The Economist - Books of the Year 2003
1. 
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by:
Lynne Truss
3.87 avg rating — 106,069 ratings 
3. 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by:
Mark Haddon
3.89 avg rating — 1,568,944 ratings 
6. 
They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967
by:
David Maraniss
4.20 avg rating — 1,927 ratings 7. 
God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible
by:
Adam Nicolson
3.78 avg rating — 2,086 ratings 
10. 
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx 4.26 avg rating — 13,312 ratings
12. 
The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
by:
Aidan Hartley
4.03 avg rating — 2,745 ratings 
14. 
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by:
Marjane Satrapi
4.27 avg rating — 224,940 ratings 
16. 
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
by:
Robert K. Massie
4.41 avg rating — 3,586 ratings 
20. 
The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation
by:
Philip Snow
3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings 
22. 
Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value
by:
Bill George
3.80 avg rating — 458 ratings 
29. 
The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon
by:
David Cordingly
4.10 avg rating — 280 ratings 30. 
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
by:
Stephen Kinzer
4.29 avg rating — 10,842 ratings 31. 
32. 
America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy
by:
Ivo H. Daalder
3.44 avg rating — 118 ratings 33. 
Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism And The Failure Of Good Intentions 3.64 avg rating — 123 ratings
34. 
World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
by:
Amy Chua
3.82 avg rating — 1,352 ratings 
36. 
The Dark Heart of Italy: An Incisive Portrait of Europe's Most Beautiful, Most Disconcerting Country
by:
Tobias Jones
3.72 avg rating — 1,277 ratings 37. 
Beyond the Core: Expand Your Market Without Abandoning Your Roots
by:
Chris Zook
3.74 avg rating — 125 ratings 38. 
Corn and Capitalism: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
by:
Arturo Warman
3.61 avg rating — 36 ratings 39. 
Eating Apes (California Studies in Food and Culture, 6)
by:
Dale Peterson
4.17 avg rating — 90 ratings 40. 
Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by:
Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 4,224 ratings 
45. 
Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): A Memoir of Love, Exile, and Crosswords
by:
Sandy Balfour
3.75 avg rating — 265 ratings 
