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Best Sellers · 2000s

2008

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

Khaled Hosseini

Janet Evanovich

Hardcover Nonfiction

I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)

Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello and Allison Silverman

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD

February

Hardcover Fiction

Janet Evanovich

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD

March

Hardcover Fiction

CHANGE OF HEART

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD

LIBERAL FASCISM

Valerie Bertinelli

April

Hardcover Fiction

CHANGE OF HEART

Jonathan Kellerman

UNACCUSTOMED EARTH

WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE WHOLE TRUTH

SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S

James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet

Stephenie Meyer

Hardcover Nonfiction

ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA

Chelsea Handler

Barbara Walters

June

Hardcover Fiction

Stephenie Meyer

Laurell K. Hamilton

NOTHING TO LOSE

James Patterson and Howard Roughan

Hardcover Nonfiction

Barbara Walters

Scott McClellan

WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES

July

Hardcover Fiction

FEARLESS FOURTEEN

Janet Evanovich

THE LAST PATRIOT

Hardcover Nonfiction

WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES

August

Hardcover Fiction

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Hardcover Nonfiction

WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES

THE OBAMA NATION

Jerome R. Corsi

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE FORCE UNLEASHED

Christine Feehan

Neal Stephenson

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE OBAMA NATION

Jerome R. Corsi

Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin

HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED

Thomas L. Friedman

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE

David Wroblewski

Nicholas Sparks

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED

Thomas L. Friedman

Alice Schroeder

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE BRASS VERDICT

Michael Connelly

EXTREME MEASURES

THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER

Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright

Hardcover Nonfiction

Alice Schroeder

AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE

James Patterson and Hal Friedman

Vicki Myron with Bret Witter

TOO FAT TO FISH

Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza

December

Hardcover Fiction

James Patterson

Patricia Cornwell

Hardcover Nonfiction

Malcolm Gladwell

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