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22 Bestsellers Published in the 2000s

Curious what people were stoked about reading in the 2000s?  These fiction and nonfiction reads were some of the bestselling books throughout the decade. 

  1. 1

    Fiasco

    by Thomas E. Ricks

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    S is for Silence

    by Sue Grafton

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    In This Mountain

    by Jan Karon

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  4. 4

    Unaccustomed Earth

    by Jhumpa Lahiri

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  5. 5

    What Should I Do with My Life?

    by Po Bronson

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  6. 6

    Valhalla Rising

    by Clive Cussler

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  7. 7

    The Audacity of Hope

    by Barack Obama

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    $30.00

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  8. 8

    Journals

    by Kurt Cobain

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  9. 9

    Seabiscuit

    by Laura Hillenbrand

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  10. 10

    Shopaholic & Baby

    by Sophie Kinsella

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  11. 11

    The Da Vinci Code

    by Dan Brown

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  12. 12

    The Brethren

    by John Grisham

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  13. 13

    My Friend Leonard

    by James Frey

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  14. 14

    I Feel Bad About My Neck

    by Nora Ephron

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  15. 15

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes

    by Diana Gabaldon

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  16. 16

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Illustrated Edition

    by Khaled Hosseini

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    A Feast for Crows (HBO Tie-in Edition): A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four

    by George R. R. Martin

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  18. 18

    The Devil in the White City

    by Erik Larson

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