100 Bestselling Books of 2005

The top-lists of the year continue to be published, including this one for the top selling 100 books in the United States as tracked by Nielsen BookScan. Any one of these titles would make a nice edition to your home library!

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. A Million Little Pieces, James Frey
3. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
4. 1776, David McCullough
5. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
6. The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
7. The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren
8. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
9. You: The Owner's Manual, Mehmet Oz
10. Eldest, Christopher Paolini

11. The Broker, John Grisham (Doubleday)
12. Your Best Life Now, Joel Osteen
13. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
14. Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About, Kevin Trudeau
15. Freakonomics, Steven Levitt
16. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
17. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
18. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
19. The Broker, John Grisham (Dell Publisher)
20. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano

21. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
22. True Believer, Nicholas Sparks
23. The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd
24. Black Rose, Nora Roberts
25. The Penultimate Peril, Lemony Snicket
26. The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
27. Mary, Mary, James Patterson
28. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
29. Girls in Pants, Ann Brashares
30. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood of Travelling Pants, Ann Brashares

31. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
32. Red Lily, Nora Roberts
33. The Last Juror, John Grisham
34. Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, JK Rowling
35. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
36. At First Sight, Nicholas Sparks
37. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
38. Deception Point, Dan Brown
39. He's Just Not That Into You, Greg T. Behrendt
40. Rachael Ray's 365, Rachael Ray

41. Honeymoon, James Patterson
42. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
43. 4th of July, James Patterson
44. Why Do Men Have Nipples?, Mark Leyner
45. Teacher Man, Frank McCourt
46. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
47. Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter
48. Trace, Patricia Cornwell
49. Bad Cat, Jim Edgar
50. Predator, Patricia Cornwell

 

51. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
52. Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
53. America (The Book), Jon Stewart
54. Lifeguard, James Patterson
55. Winning, Jack Welch
56. What To Expect When You're Expecting, Heidi E. Murkoff
57. 3rd Degree, James Patterson
58. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
59. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki
60. Nighttime is My Time, Mark Higgins Clark

61. Sudoku Easy Vol 1, Will Shortz
62. Everyday Italian, Giada De Laurentiis
63. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
64. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
65. State of Fear, Michael Crichton
66. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Patricia Schultz
67. Good to Great, James C. Collins
68. Marley & Me, John Grogan
69. The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
70. Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich

71. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
72. The Camel Club, David Baldacci
73. Light From Heaven, Jan Karon
74. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston
75. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
76. London Bridges, James Patterson
77. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
78. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell
79. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
80. Hour Game, David Baldacci

81. Collapse, Jared Diamond
82. The Wedding, Nicholas Sparks
83. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
84. The Known World, Edward P. Jones
85. Northern Lights, Nora Roberts
86. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
87. Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom
88. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
89. Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals, Rachael Ray
90. The Taking, Dean Koontz

91. Light on Snow, Anita Shreve
92. The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary, Paulo Coelho
93. 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, Bernard Goldberg
94. The Grim Grotto, Lemony Snicket
95. Guns, Germs & Steel, Jared Diamond
96. Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone, JK Rowling
97. To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
98. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
99. The Official SAT Study Guide
100. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston