AbeBooks 2007 in Review

Out of the millions of titles available on AbeBooks, a select few really stood out in 2007. We've listed the top 25 books in a variety of categories from the most expensive sold, to the bestselling signed copies. Have a browse through the AbeBooks Year in Review for insight into the booklover's zeitgeist - as well as some quality reading recommendations.

Most Expensive Books Sold

Which book - at almost $25,000 - topped the list as the most expensive title sold on AbeBooks this year?

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Most Popular Author

With both The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns selling strongly and making all our title lists, Khaled Hosseini's rise as an author continues.

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Top 25 Overall Bestselling Books

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
6. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
10. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
14. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
15. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
16. The South Beach Diet by Arthur Agatston
17. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
18. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
19. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
20. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
21. Night by Elie Wiesel
22. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
23. The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
24. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
25. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Top 25 Bestselling Signed Books

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
3. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
4. The Highfield Mole by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
5. The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien, illustrated by Alan Lee)
6. After Dark by Murakami Haruki
7. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
8. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
9. First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
10. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
11. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
12. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
13. A Long Way Gone by Ismael Beah
14. Tough Guys Don’t Dance by Norman Mailer
15. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
16. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Hamid Mohsin
17. Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman
18. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
19. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
20. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
21. My Life by Bill Clinton
22. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
23. The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
24. Finn by Jon Clinch
25. God's Architect by Rosemary Hill

Top 25 Bestselling Used Books

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
3. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
5. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
7. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
8. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
9. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
11. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
13. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
14. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
15. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
16. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
18. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden
19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
20. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
21. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
22. People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
23. For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
24. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
25. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Top 25 Bestselling Authors

1. JK Rowling
2. Nora Roberts
3. William Shakespeare
4. James Patterson
5. CS Lewis
6. Stephen King
7. Janet Evanovich
8. Carolyn Keene
9. Kurt Vonnegut
10. Agatha Christie
11. Ernest Hemingway
12. Isaac Asimov
13. John Steinbeck
14. Edgar Rice Burroughs
15. Cormac McCarthy
16. Charles Dickens
17. Mark Twain
18. Terry Pratchett
19. Dean Koontz
20. Dr Seuss
21. Georgette Heyer
22. JRR Tolkien
23. Enid Blyton
24. George Orwell
25. Robert B Parker