The Bestselling Books of the Last One Hundred Years: 2005

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 2005.

In 2005, Bob Geldof gave us a revival of Live Aid with ten concerts to mark the anniversary of the original event. In the US tragedy struck as Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, Mississipi and Alabama. An earthquake in Southern Iran killed more than 1,000 people, while one in Kashmir killed more than 70,000.

Among all that there were plenty of books published too. So here they are, the ten top selling books of 2005. We’re also featuring some well known books that didn’t make the cut!

The Broker – John Grisham

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The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

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Mary, Mary – James Patterson

Buy

At First Sight – Nicholas Sparks

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Predator – Patricia Cornwell

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True Believer – Nicholas Sparks

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Light From Heaven – Jan Karon

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The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova

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The Mermaid Chair – Sue Monk Kidd

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Eleven on Top – Janet Evanovich

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2005 also saw the release of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, and Haruki Murikami’s, Kafka on the Shore.

We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 2006, coming soon!

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