Barnes & Noble.com Announces the 100 Bestselling Books of 2002.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002 The year's bestsellers in 19 categories, based on Barnes Barnes, former municipal borough, SE England. See Richmond upon Thames. & Noble.com and Barnes & Noble retail store sales Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN), (www.bn.com) today announced its 100 Bestselling bestselling adjective successful, top, hit (informal) smash (informal) flourishing, lucrative, smash-hit (informal) chart-topping (informal) moneymaking, number one, highly successful Books of 2002 as well as the Top 10 titles in 19 categories. In addition to the top-selling fiction and nonfiction non·fic·tion n. 1. Prose works other than fiction: I've read her novels but not her nonfiction. 2. The category of literature consisting of works of this kind. titles, Barnes & Noble has compiled lists of bestselling titles in categories ranging from first novels to Spanish-language books. The 2002 bestseller lists - based on sales at Barnes & Noble.com and Barnes & Noble stores - reflect the breadth Breadth The percentage of assets or stocks advancing relative to those unchanged or declining. Also the number of independent forecasts available per year. A stock picker forecasting returns to 100 stocks every quarter exhibits a breadth of 400, assuming each forecast is of books read this year and are featured in Barnes & Noble.com's bestseller section, "What America's Reading" (www.bn.com/bestsellers). At the top of several lists is Alice Alice, city (1990 pop. 19,788), seat of Jim Wells co., S Tex.; inc. 1910. Long a cow town at a railroad junction, Alice remains a cattle-shipping center. Oil and natural gas are also important to its economy. Manufactures include office equipment and fishing tools. Sebold's The Lovely Bones, which spent 23 weeks in the Barnes & Noble Weekly Top 10, including 10 weeks as the No. 1 title. It also tops the 2002 Fiction list, First Novels list and TV Book Clubs list. The No. 2 title of the year is Phillip Phillip is a variant of the name Philip. It may refer to: Given name:
John Ray Grisham (born February 8, 1955) is a former politician, retired attorney, American novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal drama. has the No. 3 and the No. 4 titles on the overall list, with the 2002 hardcover The Summons summons: see procedure. summons In law, written notification that one is required to appear in court. In civil (noncriminal) cases, it notifies a defendant that he or she must appear and defend (e.g. and the paperback version of his 2001 hit, A Painted House. "Beyond the wonderful success of The Lovely Bones, and other first novels like The Nanny nanny mature goat doe. Diaries, the 100 Bestselling Books of 2002 reflect a memorable year in bookselling Book´sell`ing n. 1. The employment of selling books. , including the arrival of long-awaited titles such as Jean M. Auel's The Shelters of Stone, the renaissance Renaissance (rĕnəsäns`, –zäns`) [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times. of interest in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. , and the exploding popularity of the Dr. Atkins diet Atkins Diet Definition The Atkins diet is a high-protein, high-fat, and very low-carbohydrate regimen. It emphasizes meat, cheese, and eggs, while discouraging foods such as bread, pasta, fruit, and sugar. It is a form of ketogenic diet. books," said Marie Toulantis, the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Barnes & Noble.com. "By combining sales from Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com, these lists are by far the most accurate and timely analysis of the books - both new and old, hardcover and paperback - that were most popular with readers this year. These lists make gift selection a breeze. With prices up to 40 percent off, all titles on the lists are perfect for the holidays." While much attention has been focused on The Lovely Bones, the lists shine a light on many other interesting stories about the year in books. Examples include: -- Perennial bestseller James Patterson has four titles in the overall Top 100 - including new hardcovers of The Beach House and 2nd Chance, and paperback releases of 1st to Die and Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. His latest book, Four Blind Mice, was released in November and is a current bestseller. -- British author J. K. Rowling has five books in the Top 100, including paperback versions of all four novels in the Harry Potter series, and the hardcover version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which was published in July 2000. -- Rebecca Wells has two versions of her Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood on the list - the trade paperback at No. 9 and the movie tie-in edition at No. 35. If sales of the two were combined, Divine Secrets would be ranked as the No. 2 bestseller overall. -- There are 44 fiction titles in the top 100, 16 nonfiction titles, 17 children's titles, 15 self-help books and eight business books. -- There are 58 paperback editions on the list and 42 hardcovers. Of the hardcovers, 12 are "high-endurance" sellers that were published before 2002, including Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese? and Bill Phillips's Body for Life. The bestseller lists will be updated through the end of the year, and will be accompanied ac·com·pa·ny v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies v.tr. 1. To be or go with as a companion. 2. by special "Book Talk" features discussing the interesting facts and figures about 2002 book sales. Book Talk is a regular feature of What America's Reading that monitors bestselling books and trends from Barnes & Noble.com and Barnes & Noble stores. Here are some of the 2002 lists:
The Year's Bestselling Celebrity Memoirs
1. Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man
2. Rosie O'Donnell, Find Me
3. Tom Brokaw, A Long Way from Home
4. Fran Drescher, Cancer Schmancer
5. Christopher Reeve, Nothing Is Impossible
6. Patricia Heaton, Motherhood & Hollywood
7. Terry Bradshaw, Keep It Simple
8. Jorge Ramos, Atravesando Fronteras
9. Joe Pantoliano, Who's Sorry Now?
10. Sela Ward, Homesick
The Year's Bestselling First Novels
1. Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
2. Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus, The Nanny Diaries
3. Jennifer Weiner, Good in Bed
4. Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
5. Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
6. Rebecca Wells, Little Altars Everywhere
7. Janet Fitch, White Oleander
8. Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring
9. Stephen L. Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park
10. Ann Packer, The Dive from Clausen's Pier
The Year's Bestsellers in Books Over $50
1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Red Collectors Edition)
2. Elizabeth Taylor, My Love Affair with Jewelry
3. The Culinary Institute of America, The Professional Chef
(7th Edition)
4. Peter Jennings, In Search of America
5. The New Oxford American Dictionary
6. The American Heritage Dictionary (4th Edition)
7. David Burnie, Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide
8. Thomas Keller, The French Laundry Cookbook
9. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (One-Volume Illustrated
Edition)
10. Hugh Johnson, World Atlas of Wine (5th Edition)
The Year's Bestselling Pre-Ordered Books
1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (Boxed Set)
2. Nora Roberts, Face the Fire
3. Jean M. Auel, The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children #5)
4. John Grisham, The Summons
5. Louis V. Gerstner, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's
Historic Turnaround
6. Susan Miller, The Year Ahead 2003
7. James Patterson, Four Blind Mice
8. Janet Evanovich, Hard Eight
9. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10. Michael Crichton, Prey
The Year's Bestsellers from TV Book Clubs
1. Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
2. Carly Phillips, The Bachelor
3. Stephen L. Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park
4. Ann Packer, The Dive from Clausen's Pier
5. Haven Kimmel, A Girl Named Zippy
6. Kate White, If Looks Could Kill
7. Linda Greenlaw, The Lobster Chronicles
8. Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
9. Carole Matthews, For Better, for Worse
10. Adele Lang, Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
Also for the holidays, Barnes & Noble.com recently introduced the Holiday Gift Guide - a showcase A showcase, or vitrine, is a glassed-in cabinet or case for displaying delicate or valuable articles such as objects d'art or merchandise in a shop, museum, or house. of the season's major books, CDs, and DVDs/Videos, as well as calendars, gift items, games and journals - all for sale at 40 percent off list price. About Barnes & Noble.com Barnes & Noble.com is a leading online retailer of books, music, DVDs and videos. Since opening its online store (www.bn.com) in March 1997, Barnes & Noble.com has attracted more than 12 million customers in 228 countries. Barnes & Noble.com's online bookstore includes the largest in-stock selection of in-print book titles with access to one million titles for immediate delivery, supplemented by more than 20 million listings from its nationwide network of out-of-print, rare and used book dealers. Barnes & Noble.com's online educational resource, Barnes & Noble University, was recently named Forbes' Best of the Web. Barnes & Noble.com offers its customers fast delivery, easy and secure ordering, and rich editorial content. |
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