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The Bestselling Books of the Last One Hundred Years: 2003

We started at 1918, bringing you the bestselling books of the last one hundred years. We’re moving along now and we’re starting to get close to what will be the end of this blog series as today we feature 2003.

2003 saw Concorde embark on its final flight, while in the USA disaster struck with the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster. Also in the US the Department of Homeland Security began operations, Sadam Hussein was captured by US forces, and Lance Armstrong won his fifth Tour de France.

So here they are, the ten top selling books of 2003. We’re also featuring some well known books that didn’t make the cut!

The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

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The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom

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The King of Torts – John Grisham

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The Bleachers – John Grisham

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Armageddon – Tim LaHaye / Jerry B. Jenkins

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Teeth of the Tiger – Tom Clancy

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Big Bad Wolf – James Patterson

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Blow Fly – Patricia Cornwell

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The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

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The Wedding – Nicholas Sparks

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2003 also saw the release of some brilliant books that have really stood the test of time including The Kite Runner, the brilliant Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, and Margaret Atwood’s, Oryx and Crake.

We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 2004, coming soon!

If you’d like to see all the lists so far, try this search



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