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The Bestselling Books of the Last One Hundred Years: 1995

We started at 1918, bringing you the bestselling books of the last one hundred years. Today we start a new decade, as we countdown to the end of a century and a millennia with 1995!

1994 was a tumultuous year around the world as was rages on in the Balkans, and the US sees a car bomb devastate Oklahoma City. In better news, Javascript was used for the first time and is still in use today. NASA’s Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, only to stop transmitting just an hour and a half later.

Among all that, there were plenty of books published and read too, and today we’re featuring the bestselling novels of 1995, and some that didn’t make the list but have stood the test of time.

The Rainmaker – John Grisham

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The Lost World – Michael Crichton

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Five Days in Paris – Danielle Steel

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The Christmas Box – Richard Paul Evans

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Lightning – Danielle Steel

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The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield

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Rose Madder – Stephen King

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Silent Night – Mary Higgins Clark

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Politically Correct Holiday Stories – James Finn Garner

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The Horse Whisperer – Nicholas Evans

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1995 also saw the release of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.

We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 1996, coming soon!

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