Abebooks' Year End Lists 2004
The bestselling and most searched books, authors, and subjects based on 20,000 book sales each day, from over 12,500 independent booksellers.
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Top 5 Bestselling New Books
Bill Clinton, My Life
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
9/11 Commission Report
Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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Some of the Most Expensive Books Sold on Abebooks in 2004
Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiment ($25,646)
Alan Jay Lerner, Brigadoon ($15,000)
Stephen King, Gunslinger ($6,168)
Bernard Bosanquet, The Collected Works of Bernard Bosanquet ($4,717)
Anthony Powell, From a View to a Death ($4,528)
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Editor's Picks, Most Collectible Books
Saddam Hussein: The Fighter, The Thinker And The Man, Amir Iskander (signed by Saddam Hussein)
Dark Tower Series, Stephen King (signed first editions)
Every Second Counts, Lance Armstrong (signed by Armstrong)
Journey To Beloved, Oprah Winfrey (signed by Oprah)
Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama
The New Soldier, John Kerry
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Abebooks Bestselling Children's Books
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Scott O'Dell, The Island of the Blue Dolphins
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
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Top 5 Searched Publishers
Easton Press
Folio Society
Franklin Library
Collins Crime
Modern Library
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Abebooks Bestselling Spanish Authors
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Paulo Coehlo
Laura Esquivel
Don Miguel Ruiz
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Bestselling Subjects
Sex
Dogs
Philosophy
Chess
Music
Art
Boxing
Golf
Civil War
Photography
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Top 10 Bestselling New & Used Books
Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
Stephen C. Lundin, Fish
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
Philip Kotler, Marketing Management
Mitch Albom, Five People You Meet in Heaven
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point
Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
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Top 10 Bestsellers by Title Search
Da Vinci Code
Bible
Harry Potter (any title)
Korea
My Life
Dictionary
Kama Sutra
South Beach Diet
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lord of the Rings
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Bestselling Authors
Stephen King
Hans Christian Andersen
Ernest Hemingway
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bill Clinton
Dan Brown
John Steinbeck
Charles Dickens
P.G. Wodehouse
E.C.R. Lorac
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Most Searched Author Autographs
Bill Clinton, My Life
Margaret Atwood, Handmaid's Tale
Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
Chris Va Allsburg, Polar Express
Dan Brown, Da Vinci Code
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Socerers Stone
John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath
Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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Most Searched Authors
Albert Terhune
Stephen King
Dan Brown
J.R.R. Tolkien
Aleister Crowley
P.G. Wodehouse
Bill Clinton
Roland Bestialite
Shakespeare
Ernest Hemingway
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Top Selling Textbooks
Philip Kotler, Marketing Management
Stephen P. Robbins, Organizational Behavior
Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Kenneth C. Laudon, Management Information Systems
Adel S. Sedra, Microelectronic Circuits
John D. Cutnell, Physics
Gary Armstrong, Marketing: An Introduction
Leon Schiffman, Consumer Behavior
James Stewart, Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability
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Bestselling First Editions
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowling
Rex Stout
Jane Austen
John Steinbeck
Susanna Clarke
James Joyce
Bill Clinton
Agatha Christie
A.A. Milne
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