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Best Sellers · 2000s

2005

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN

THE DA VINCI CODE

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICA (THE BOOK)

Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum

February

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

Malcolm Gladwell

March

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson and Howard Roughan

Hardcover Nonfiction

Malcolm Gladwell

April

Hardcover Fiction

Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

THE DA VINCI CODE

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

Catherine Crier with Cole Thompson

Malcolm Gladwell

May

Hardcover Fiction

Nicholas Sparks

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE WORLD IS FLAT

Thomas L. Friedman

June

Hardcover Fiction

Michael Connelly

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

THE MERMAID CHAIR

Hardcover Nonfiction

Harry G. Frankfurt

David McCullough

July

Hardcover Fiction

Elizabeth Kostova

Janet Evanovich

James Patterson and Andrew Gross

Hardcover Nonfiction

David McCullough

August

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson and Andrew Gross

THE DA VINCI CODE

Hardcover Nonfiction

David McCullough

THE FAIRTAX BOOK

Neal Boortz and John Linder

September

Hardcover Fiction

Catherine Coulter

Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

Hardcover Nonfiction

David McCullough

THE WORLD IS FLAT

Thomas L. Friedman

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE DA VINCI CODE

A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES

THE LINCOLN LAWYER

Michael Connelly

KNIFE OF DREAMS

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE WORLD IS FLAT

Thomas L. Friedman

THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS

November

Hardcover Fiction

Nicholas Sparks

Patricia Cornwell

A FEAST FOR CROWS

George R. R. Martin

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE WORLD IS FLAT

Thomas L. Friedman

THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES)

OUR ENDANGERED VALUES

December

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson

“S” IS FOR SILENCE

Hardcover Nonfiction

OUR ENDANGERED VALUES

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