NY Times, 10 Best Books of 2004

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Newsweek, 10 Best Books of 2004

Fiction

Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
Links, Nuruddin Farah
Little Children, Tom Perotta
The Master, Colm Toibin
The Plot Against America, Philip Roth

Non-Fiction

Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan
DeKooning: An American Master, Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan
In the Company of Soldiers, Rick Atkinson
In the Shadow of No Towers, Art Spiegelman
Shakespeare After All, Marjorie Garber

Seattle Times, 10 Best Fiction & Poetry of 2004

Remember Me, Trezza Azzopardi
You Remind Me of Me, Dan Chaon
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
Birds Without Wings, Louis de Bernieres
Any Place I Hang My Hat, Susan Isaacs
Life, Gwyneth Jones
Transmission, Hari Kunzru
Aloft, Chang-Rae Lee
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
The Falls, Joyce Carol Oates

Wall Street Journal Bestselling Fiction Books 2004

Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
A Salty Piece of Land, Jimmy Buffett
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
Night Fall, Nelson DeMille
Black Wind, Clive Cussler
London Bridges, James Patterson
The Da Vinci Code (Illustrated Version), Dan Brown
I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe
The Grim Grotto, Lemony Snicket

Forbes.com Top 10 Business Books For 2004

Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow
The Price of Loyalty, Ron Suskind
The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki
The Truth About the Drug Companies, Marcia Angell
Trump: How to Get Rich, Donald Trump
The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz
The Coming Generational Storm, Laurence Kotlikoff & Scott Burns
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, Lois Frankel
The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach
Free Prize Inside!, Seth Godin

The Economist Books of the Year 2004, Fiction & Memoirs

The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
The Master, Colm Toibin
Snow, Orhan Pamuk
I'll Go to Bed at Noon, Gerard Woodward
The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler
The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
About Love and Other Stories, Anton Chekhov
The Lambs of London, Peter Ackroyd
A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz

USA Today, Best in Their Categories

Movie Tie-ins
The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
Skipping Christmas, John Grisham
Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier

Classics
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McClullers
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

Humor
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops?, George Carlin
Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, Robert Mankoff
The Funny Things Is, Ellen DeGeneres

Cookbooks
The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston
30-Minute Meals 2, Rachael Ray
Ultimate Weight Solution Cookbook, Phil McGraw
Gourmet Cookbook, Ruth Reichl
Barefoot in Paris, Ina Garten

Reference
Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Patricia Schultz
The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
Webster's New World Dictionary
The Pill Book, 11th edition, Harold M. Silverman

Sports
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Michael Lewis
It's Not About the Bike, Lance Armstrong
Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aron Ralston
The Last Season, Phil Jackson

Family
What to Expect When You're Expecting, Heidi Murkoff
Family First, Phil McGraw
What to Expect The First Year, revised, Heidi Murkoff
Your Pregnancy Week by Week, fifth edition, Glade B. Curtis
Belly Laughs, Jenny McCarthy

USA Today, Top 10 Selling Books 2004

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston
Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren
Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
The South Beach Diet Good Fats Good Carbs Guide, Arthur Agatston
My Life, Bill Clinton
The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
Deception Point, Dan Brown
Digital Fortress, Dan Brown