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The 2000s
Every #1 New York Times bestseller, year by year.
Hardcover Fiction
2000
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
J. K. Rowling
2000
THE BRETHREN
John Grisham
2000
THE WEDDING
Danielle Steel
2000
BEFORE I SAY GOOD-BYE
Mary Higgins Clark
2000
EASY PREY
John Sandford
2000
THE INDWELLING
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2000
HOT SIX
Janet Evanovich
2000
THE HOUSE ON HOPE STREET
Danielle Steel
2000
WINTER SOLSTICE
Rosamunde Pilcher
2000
THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON
Tom Clancy
2000
THE RESCUE
Nicholas Sparks
2000
DROWNING RUTH
Christina Schwarz
2000
THE LAST PRECINCT
Patricia Cornwell
2000
WINTER'S HEART
Robert Jordan
2000
THE MARK
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Hardcover Nonfiction
2000
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
Mitch Albom
2000
THE ROCK SAYS . . .
the Rock with Joe Layden
2000
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley with Ron Powers
2000
THE DAY JOHN DIED
Christopher Andersen
2000
LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE
Sylvia Browne with Lindsay Harrison
2000
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE
Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins
2000
NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD
Stephen E. Ambrose
2000
THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
The Beatles
2000
THE O'REILLY FACTOR
Bill O'Reilly
Hardcover Fiction
2001
THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON
Tom Clancy
2001
FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE
Dean Koontz
2001
A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT
Terry McMillan
2001
A PAINTED HOUSE
John Grisham
2001
1ST TO DIE
James Patterson
2001
DREAMCATCHER
Stephen King
2001
A COMMON LIFE
Jan Karon
2001
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
Mary Higgins Clark
2001
CHOSEN PREY
John Sandford
2001
"P" IS FOR PERIL
Sue Grafton
2001
SEVEN UP
Janet Evanovich
2001
LEAP OF FAITH
Danielle Steel
2001
THE FOURTH HAND
John Irving
2001
SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS
James Patterson
2001
VALHALLA RISING
Clive Cussler
2001
BLACK HOUSE
Stephen King and Peter Straub
2001
THE CORRECTIONS
Jonathan Franzen
2001
ISLE OF DOGS
Patricia Cornwell
2001
MIDNIGHT BAYOU
Nora Roberts
2001
THE KISS
Danielle Steel
2001
DESECRATION
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2001
SKIPPING CHRISTMAS
John Grisham
Hardcover Nonfiction
2001
THE O'REILLY FACTOR
Bill O'Reilly
2001
AN HOUR BEFORE DAYLIGHT
Jimmy Carter
2001
ICE BOUND
Jerri Nielsen with Maryanne Vollers
2001
LONGABERGER
Dave Longaberger
2001
SEABISCUIT
Laura Hillenbrand
2001
NAPALM & SILLY PUTTY
George Carlin
2001
FOLEY IS GOOD
Mick Foley
2001
JOHN ADAMS
David McCullough
2001
THE WILD BLUE
Stephen E. Ambrose
2001
JACK: Straight From the Gut
Jack Welch with John A. Byrne
2001
GERMS
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad
2001
THE NO SPIN ZONE
Bill O'Reilly
2001
ONE NATION
the editors of Life magazine
Hardcover Fiction
2002
SKIPPING CHRISTMAS
John Grisham
2002
ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN
Dean Koontz
2002
JOURNEY THROUGH HEARTSONGS
Mattie J.T. Stepanek
2002
THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER
Joyce Reardon
2002
THE SUMMONS
John Grisham
2002
2ND CHANCE
James Patterson with Andrew Gross
2002
EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL
Stephen King
2002
THREE FATES
Nora Roberts
2002
THE NANNY DIARIES
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
2002
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL
Mary Higgins Clark
2002
THE SHELTERS OF STONE
Jean M. Auel
2002
IN THIS MOUNTAIN
Jan Karon
2002
THE BEACH HOUSE
James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
2002
HARD EIGHT
Janet Evanovich
2002
THE REMNANT
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2002
THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold
2002
RED RABBIT
Tom Clancy
2002
NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Nicholas Sparks
2002
FROM A BUICK 8
Stephen King
2002
Q IS FOR QUARRY
Sue Grafton
2002
ANSWERED PRAYERS
Danielle Steel
2002
CHESAPEAKE BLUE
Nora Roberts
2002
FOUR BLIND MICE
James Patterson
2002
PREY
Michael Crichton
Hardcover Nonfiction
2002
THE NO SPIN ZONE
Bill O'Reilly
2002
JOHN ADAMS
David McCullough
2002
BIAS
Bernard Goldberg
2002
SHADOW WARRIORS
Tom Clancy with Carl Stiner and Tony Koltz
2002
STUPID WHITE MEN
Michael Moore
2002
LUCKY MAN
Michael J. Fox
2002
MASTER OF THE SENATE
Robert A. Caro
2002
AMERICAN SON
Richard Blow
2002
A MIND AT A TIME
Mel Levine
2002
THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME
Marlo Thomas
2002
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS
John McEnroe with James Kaplan
2002
SLANDER
Ann Coulter
2002
LET'S ROLL!
Lisa Beamer with Ken Abraham
2002
LEADERSHIP
Rudolph W. Giuliani with Ken Kurson
2002
JOURNALS
Kurt Cobain
2002
PORTRAIT OF A KILLER
Patricia Cornwell
2002
BUSH AT WAR
Bob Woodward
Hardcover Fiction
2003
PREY
Michael Crichton
2003
THE LOVELY BONES
Alice Sebold
2003
CROSSROADS OF TWILIGHT
Robert Jordan
2003
THE KING OF TORTS
John Grisham
2003
THE JESTER
James Patterson and Andrew Gross
2003
THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown
2003
BIRTHRIGHT
Nora Roberts
2003
ARMAGEDDON
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2003
NAKED PREY
John Sandford
2003
THE LAKE HOUSE
James Patterson
2003
JOHNNY ANGEL
Danielle Steel
2003
TO THE NINES
Janet Evanovich
2003
THE TEETH OF THE TIGER
Tom Clancy
2003
BLEACHERS
John Grisham
2003
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
Mitch Albom
2003
BLOW FLY
Patricia Cornwell
Hardcover Nonfiction
2003
BUSH AT WAR
Bob Woodward
2003
PORTRAIT OF A KILLER
Patricia Cornwell
2003
THE SAVAGE NATION
Michael Savage
2003
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE?
Po Bronson
2003
STUPID WHITE MEN
Michael Moore
2003
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson
2003
LEAP OF FAITH
Queen Noor
2003
AN UNFINISHED LIFE
Robert Dallek
2003
LIVING HISTORY
Hillary Rodham Clinton
2003
KATE REMEMBERED
A. Scott Berg
2003
LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM)
Al Franken
2003
WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU?
Bill O'Reilly
2003
DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?
Michael Moore
2003
A ROYAL DUTY
Paul Burrell
2003
I AM A SOLDIER, TOO: The Jessica Lynch Story
Rick Bragg
Hardcover Fiction
2004
THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown
2004
THE LAST JUROR
John Grisham
2004
3RD DEGREE
James Patterson and Andrew Gross
2004
GLORIOUS APPEARING
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2004
SONG OF SUSANNAH
Stephen King
2004
TEN BIG ONES
Janet Evanovich
2004
SAM'S LETTERS TO JENNIFER
James Patterson
2004
“R” IS FOR RICOCHET
Sue Grafton
2004
TRACE
Patricia Cornwell
2004
THE DARK TOWER
Stephen King
2004
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Nora Roberts
2004
HOUR GAME
David Baldacci
2004
METRO GIRL
Janet Evanovich
2004
LONDON BRIDGES
James Patterson
2004
NIGHT FALL
Nelson DeMille
2004
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
Mitch Albom
Hardcover Nonfiction
2004
WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU?
Bill O'Reilly
2004
LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM)
Al Franken
2004
MY PRISON WITHOUT BARS
Pete Rose with Rick Hill
2004
THE PRICE OF LOYALTY
Ron Suskind
2004
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Sean Hannity
2004
AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
Richard A. Clarke
2004
PLAN OF ATTACK
Bob Woodward
2004
EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss
2004
DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM
David Sedaris
2004
BIG RUSS AND ME
Tim Russert
2004
MY LIFE
Bill Clinton
2004
AMERICAN SOLDIER
Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell
2004
UNFIT FOR COMMAND
John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi
2004
THE FAMILY
Kitty Kelley
2004
AMERICA (THE BOOK)
Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum
Hardcover Fiction
2005
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
Mitch Albom
2005
THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown
2005
THE BROKER
John Grisham
2005
HONEYMOON
James Patterson and Howard Roughan
2005
THE RISING
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2005
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Mary Higgins Clark
2005
TRUE BELIEVER
Nicholas Sparks
2005
4TH OF JULY
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2005
THE CLOSERS
Michael Connelly
2005
THE MERMAID CHAIR
Sue Monk Kidd
2005
THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova
2005
ELEVEN ON TOP
Janet Evanovich
2005
LIFEGUARD
James Patterson and Andrew Gross
2005
CHILL FACTOR
Sandra Brown
2005
POINT BLANK
Catherine Coulter
2005
POLAR SHIFT
Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos
2005
ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman
2005
A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES
Diana Gabaldon
2005
THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly
2005
KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan
2005
AT FIRST SIGHT
Nicholas Sparks
2005
PREDATOR
Patricia Cornwell
2005
A FEAST FOR CROWS
George R. R. Martin
2005
MARY, MARY
James Patterson
2005
“S” IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton
Hardcover Nonfiction
2005
AMERICA (THE BOOK)
Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum
2005
WITNESS
Amber Frey
2005
BLINK
Malcolm Gladwell
2005
JUICED
Jose Canseco
2005
BLOOD BROTHER
Anne Bird
2005
A DEADLY GAME
Catherine Crier with Cole Thompson
2005
MY LIFE SO FAR
Jane Fonda
2005
THE WORLD IS FLAT
Thomas L. Friedman
2005
ON BULL----
Harry G. Frankfurt
2005
1776
David McCullough
2005
THE FAIRTAX BOOK
Neal Boortz and John Linder
2005
THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt
2005
THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES)
Al Franken
2005
OUR ENDANGERED VALUES
Jimmy Carter
2005
TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt
Hardcover Fiction
2006
MARY, MARY
James Patterson
2006
“S” IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton
2006
THE HOSTAGE
W. E. B. Griffin
2006
THE DA VINCI CODE
Dan Brown
2006
CELL
Stephen King
2006
THE 5TH HORSEMAN
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2006
THE HOUSE
Danielle Steel
2006
GONE
Jonathan Kellerman
2006
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Mary Higgins Clark
2006
BEACH ROAD
James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
2006
AT RISK
Patricia Cornwell
2006
THE HUSBAND
Dean Koontz
2006
TWELVE SHARP
Janet Evanovich
2006
ANGELS FALL
Nora Roberts
2006
PHANTOM
Terry Goodkind
2006
JUDGE & JURY
James Patterson and Andrew Gross
2006
RISE AND SHINE
Anna Quindlen
2006
THE BOOK OF FATE
Brad Meltzer
2006
THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Diane Setterfield
2006
FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom
2006
LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King
2006
DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks
2006
CROSS
James Patterson
Hardcover Nonfiction
2006
TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt
2006
TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin
2006
OUR ENDANGERED VALUES
Jimmy Carter
2006
MY FRIEND LEONARD
James Frey
2006
FOR LACI
Sharon Rocha
2006
MARLEY & ME
John Grogan
2006
DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER EARRINGS
Tyler Perry
2006
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE
Anderson Cooper
2006
GODLESS
Ann Coulter
2006
WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
Tim Russert
2006
FIASCO
Thomas E. Ricks
2006
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron
2006
CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly
2006
STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward
2006
THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham
2006
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama
Hardcover Fiction
2007
FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom
2007
PLUM LOVIN'
Janet Evanovich
2007
PLUM LOVIN’
Janet Evanovich
2007
STEP ON A CRACK
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
2007
INNOCENT IN DEATH
J. D. Robb
2007
SHOPAHOLIC & BABY
Sophie Kinsella
2007
NINETEEN MINUTES
Jodi Picoult
2007
I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE
Mary Higgins Clark
2007
THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN
J. R. R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee
2007
SIMPLE GENIUS
David Baldacci
2007
THE 6TH TARGET
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2007
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini
2007
LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Janet Evanovich
2007
THE QUICKIE
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
2007
YOU’VE BEEN WARNED
James Patterson and Howard Roughan
2007
PLAYING FOR PIZZA
John Grisham
2007
WORLD WITHOUT END
Ken Follett
2007
BOOK OF THE DEAD
Patricia Cornwell
2007
PROTECT AND DEFEND
Vince Flynn
2007
STONE COLD
David Baldacci
2007
DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson
2007
“T” IS FOR TRESPASS
Sue Grafton
Hardcover Nonfiction
2007
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama
2007
IN AN INSTANT
Lee and Bob Woodruff
2007
A LONG WAY GONE
Ishmael Beah
2007
EINSTEIN
Walter Isaacson
2007
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM
George Tenet
2007
GOD IS NOT GREAT
Christopher Hitchens
2007
THE ASSAULT ON REASON
Al Gore
2007
THE REAGAN DIARIES
Ronald Reagan. Edited by Douglas Brinkley
2007
THE DIANA CHRONICLES
Tina Brown
2007
LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
2007
QUIET STRENGTH
Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
2007
IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM
Denise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn
2007
YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE
Duane Chapman with Laura Morton
2007
WONDERFUL TONIGHT
Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor
2007
GIVING
Bill Clinton
2007
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Laura Ingraham
2007
THE AGE OF TURBULENCE
Alan Greenspan
2007
MY GRANDFATHER’S SON
Clarence Thomas
2007
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello and Allison Silverman
2007
AN INCONVENIENT BOOK
Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe
Hardcover Fiction
2008
DOUBLE CROSS
James Patterson
2008
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Khaled Hosseini
2008
PLUM LUCKY
Janet Evanovich
2008
DUMA KEY
Stephen King
2008
THE APPEAL
John Grisham
2008
CHANGE OF HEART
Jodi Picoult
2008
COMPULSION
Jonathan Kellerman
2008
UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri
2008
WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Mary Higgins Clark
2008
HOLD TIGHT
Harlan Coben
2008
THE WHOLE TRUTH
David Baldacci
2008
SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S
James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
2008
THE HOST
Stephenie Meyer
2008
ODD HOURS
Dean Koontz
2008
BLOOD NOIR
Laurell K. Hamilton
2008
NOTHING TO LOSE
Lee Child
2008
SAIL
James Patterson and Howard Roughan
2008
FEARLESS FOURTEEN
Janet Evanovich
2008
THE LAST PATRIOT
Brad Thor
2008
TRIBUTE
Nora Roberts
2008
MOSCOW RULES
Daniel Silva
2008
ACHERON
Sherrilyn Kenyon
2008
SMOKE SCREEN
Sandra Brown
2008
THE FORCE UNLEASHED
Sean Williams
2008
DEVIL BONES
Kathy Reichs
2008
DARK CURSE
Christine Feehan
2008
ANATHEM
Neal Stephenson
2008
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
David Wroblewski
2008
THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks
2008
THE BRASS VERDICT
Michael Connelly
2008
EXTREME MEASURES
Vince Flynn
2008
THE GATE HOUSE
Nelson DeMille
2008
DIVINE JUSTICE
David Baldacci
2008
THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright
2008
CROSS COUNTRY
James Patterson
2008
SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell
Hardcover Nonfiction
2008
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello and Allison Silverman
2008
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Michael Pollan
2008
TOM CRUISE
Andrew Morton
2008
LIBERAL FASCISM
Jonah Goldberg
2008
LOSING IT
Valerie Bertinelli
2008
BEAUTIFUL BOY
David Sheff
2008
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb
2008
HOME
Julie Andrews
2008
ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA
Chelsea Handler
2008
THE REVOLUTION
Ron Paul
2008
AUDITION
Barbara Walters
2008
WHAT HAPPENED
Scott McClellan
2008
WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris
2008
THE OBAMA NATION
Jerome R. Corsi
2008
STORI TELLING
Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin
2008
HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED
Thomas L. Friedman
2008
THE SNOWBALL
Alice Schroeder
2008
AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
James Patterson and Hal Friedman
2008
DEWEY
Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
2008
TOO FAT TO FISH
Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza
2008
OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell
Hardcover Fiction
2009
THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER
Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright
2009
SCARPETTA
Patricia Cornwell
2009
BLACK OPS
W. E.B. Griffin
2009
PLUM SPOOKY
Janet Evanovich
2009
THE ASSOCIATE
John Grisham
2009
PROMISES IN DEATH
J. D. Robb
2009
HANDLE WITH CARE
Jodi Picoult
2009
TRUE DETECTIVES
Jonathan Kellerman
2009
LONG LOST
Harlan Coben
2009
TURN COAT
Jim Butcher
2009
JUST TAKE MY HEART
Mary Higgins Clark
2009
FIRST FAMILY
David Baldacci
2009
THE 8TH CONFESSION
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2009
DEAD AND GONE
Charlaine Harris
2009
WICKED PREY
John Sandford
2009
GONE TOMORROW
Lee Child
2009
THE SCARECROW
Michael Connelly
2009
SKIN TRADE
Laurell K. Hamilton
2009
RELENTLESS
Dean Koontz
2009
KNOCKOUT
Catherine Coulter
2009
FINGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN
Janet Evanovich
2009
SWIMSUIT
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2009
BLACK HILLS
Nora Roberts
2009
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Jennifer Weiner
