LJ Bestsellers
The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries
by Staff -- Library Journal, 6/15/2004
Library Journal’s Best Sellers is compiled from data on books borrowed and requested (placed on hold) at public libraries throughout the United States. It includes statistics from urban, suburban, and public libraries. We thank the many contributing libraries as well as GIS Information Systems, The Library Corporation (TLC), and Sirsi Corporation. Copyright 2004 by Library Journal. Contact publisher for permission to reproduce.
Fiction
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Last Ranking /Times On List |
| 1 | The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-50420-9. $24.95. | 1 / 2 |
| 2 | 3rd Degree. James Patterson & Andrew Gross. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-60357-0. $26.95. | 5 / 2 |
| 3 | The Amateur Marriage. Anne Tyler. Knopf. ISBN 1-4000-4207-0. $24.95. | 3 / 3 |
| 4 | The Big Bad Wolf. James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-60290-6. $27.95. | 2 / 2 |
| 5 | Nighttime Is My Time. Mary Higgins Clark. S. & S. ISBN 0-7432-0607-X. $25.95. | 11 / 2 |
| 6 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom. Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-6871-6. $19.95. | 7 / 2 |
| 7 | Split Second. David Baldacci. Warner. ISBN 0-446-53089-1. $26.95. | 8 / 2 |
| 8 | Ransom. Danielle Steel. Delacorte. ISBN 0-385-33632-2. $26.95. | 6 / 2 |
| 9 | The Conspiracy Club. Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-45257-7. $26.95. | 1 / 2 |
| 10 | The Last Juror. John Grisham. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-51043-8. $27.95. | – / – |
| 11 | The Narrows. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-15530-6. $25.95. | – /– |
| 12 | Emma's Secret. Barbara Taylor Bradford. St. Martin's. ISBN 0-312-30702-0. $24.95. | 12 / 2 |
| 13 | Angels & Demons. Dan Brown. Atria: S. & S. ISBN 0-7434-8622-6 $19.95; pap. Pocket Star. ISBN 0-671-02736-0. $7.99. | – / – |
| 14 | Hello, Darkness. Sandra Brown. S. & S. ISBN 0-7432-4552-0. $25.95. | 10 / 2 |
| 15 | Reckless Abandon. Stuart Woods. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-15151-6. $25.95. | – / – |
Nonfiction
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Last Ranking /Times On List |
| 1 | The South Beach Diet. Arthur Agatston, M.D. Rodale. ISBN 1-57954-646-3. $24.95. | 1 / 2 |
| 2 | Against All Enemies. Richard A. Clarke. Free Pr: S. & S. ISBN 0-7432-6024-4. $27. | 2 / 2 |
| 3 | Plan of Attack. Bob Woodward. S. & S. ISBN 0-7432-5547-X. $28. | 5 / 2 |
| 4 | Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Lynne Truss. Gotham. ISBN 1-59240-087-6. $17.50. | – / – |
| 5 | Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. John W. Dean. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-00023-X. $22.95. | 12 / 2 |
| 6 | The Fabric of the Cosmos. Brian Greene. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-41288-3. $20.95. | – / – |
| 7 | Reading Lolita in Tehran. Azar Nafisi. Random. ISBN 0-375-50490-7. $23.95; pap. ISBN 0-8129-7106-X. $13.95. | 4 / 2 |
| 8 | Blue Blood. Edward Conlon. Riverhead: Putnam. ISBN 1-57322-266-6. $26.95. | – / – |
| 9 | Three Weeks with My Brother. Nicholas & Micah Sparks. Warner. ISBN 0-446-53244-4. $22. | 15 / 2 |
| 10 | The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill. Ron Suskind. S. & S. ISBN 0-7432-5545-3. $26. | 3 / 2 |
| 11 | The Ultimate Weight Solution. Phil McGraw. Free Pr: S. & S. ISBN 0-7432-3674-2. $26. | 7 / 2 |
| 12 | Perfectly Legal: The Secret Campaign To Rig Our Tax System.... David Cay Johnston. Portfolio. ISBN 1-59184-019-8. $25.95. | – / – |
| 13 | The South Beach Diet Cookbook. Arthur Agatston, M.D. Rodale. ISBN 1-57954-957-8. $25.95. | – / – |
| 14 | American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush. Kevin Phillips. Viking. ISBN 0-670-03264-6. $25.95. | 6 / 2 |
| 15 | Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them…. Al Franken. Dutton. ISBN 0-525-94764-7. $24.95. | 9 / 2 |
