Best Books of 2003

1.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating β€” 3,690,876 ratings
2.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating β€” 2,475,248 ratings
3.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,401,930 ratings
4.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,568,733 ratings
5.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,843,007 ratings
6.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating β€” 412,815 ratings
7.
Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
Into the Wild (Warriors, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 116,790 ratings
8.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 281,934 ratings
9.
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 274,562 ratings
10.
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 438,718 ratings
11.
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 225,105 ratings
12.
Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3)
Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) 4.02 avg rating β€” 243,293 ratings
13.
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) 4.26 avg rating β€” 83,261 ratings
14.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating β€” 215,601 ratings
15.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating β€” 207,204 ratings
16.
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood, #2)
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood, #2) 3.81 avg rating β€” 100,475 ratings
17.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating β€” 106,065 ratings
18.
Moneyball
Moneyball 4.27 avg rating β€” 141,346 ratings
19.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 739,754 ratings
20.
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 59,902 ratings
21.
The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)
The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 42,069 ratings
22.
The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3)
The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3) 4.05 avg rating β€” 139,664 ratings
23.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 4.06 avg rating β€” 234,444 ratings
24.
The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)
The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 133,379 ratings
25.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating β€” 99,472 ratings
26.
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10) 4.05 avg rating β€” 133,232 ratings
27.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 120,552 ratings
28.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating β€” 220,433 ratings
29.
Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5)
Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5) 4.20 avg rating β€” 197,454 ratings
30.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,557 ratings
31.
Princess in Waiting (The Princess Diaries, #4)
Princess in Waiting (The Princess Diaries, #4)
by: Meg Cabot
3.69 avg rating β€” 49,339 ratings
32.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven 4.01 avg rating β€” 781,570 ratings
33.
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] 3.74 avg rating β€” 24,742 ratings
34.
Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)
Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10) 3.78 avg rating β€” 135,782 ratings
35.
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 118,205 ratings
36.
Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6)
Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6) 3.97 avg rating β€” 40,795 ratings
37.
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) 4.29 avg rating β€” 145,051 ratings
38.
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1)
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) 3.42 avg rating β€” 42,427 ratings
39.
Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1)
Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 112,067 ratings
40.
The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux 4.07 avg rating β€” 210,306 ratings
41.
A Northern Light
A Northern Light 3.83 avg rating β€” 45,423 ratings
42.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,107 ratings
43.
Pompeii
Pompeii 3.88 avg rating β€” 51,568 ratings
44.
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 138,221 ratings
45.
Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2)
Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 26,659 ratings
45.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating β€” 138,463 ratings
47.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 295,202 ratings
48.
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn 3.71 avg rating β€” 46,857 ratings
49.
Bleachers
Bleachers 3.54 avg rating β€” 45,672 ratings
50.
East (East, #1)
East (East, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 46,252 ratings
51.
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 147,425 ratings
52.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,144 ratings
53.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life 4.05 avg rating β€” 147,322 ratings
54.
Sunshine
Sunshine 3.84 avg rating β€” 43,832 ratings
55.
Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right
Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right 3.82 avg rating β€” 29,649 ratings
56.
A Question of Blood (Inspector Rebus, #14)
A Question of Blood (Inspector Rebus, #14) 4.08 avg rating β€” 14,262 ratings
57.
Fray
Fray 4.07 avg rating β€” 12,039 ratings
58.
Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13)
Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13) 4.22 avg rating β€” 66,921 ratings
59.
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic 4.23 avg rating β€” 25,515 ratings
60.
Princess in Pink (The Princess Diaries, #5)
Princess in Pink (The Princess Diaries, #5)
by: Meg Cabot
3.71 avg rating β€” 39,599 ratings
61.
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,679 ratings
61.
Blankets
Blankets 4.06 avg rating β€” 123,312 ratings
63.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 46,125 ratings
64.
Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7)
Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7)
by: Lee Child
4.14 avg rating β€” 101,361 ratings
65.
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! 4.33 avg rating β€” 103,394 ratings
66.
Flashback (Anna Pigeon, #11)
Flashback (Anna Pigeon, #11) 3.91 avg rating β€” 8,419 ratings
67.
The Last Detective (Elvis Cole, #9)
The Last Detective (Elvis Cole, #9) 4.27 avg rating β€” 20,406 ratings
68.
The War of the Flowers
The War of the Flowers 3.89 avg rating β€” 9,515 ratings
68.
The King of Torts
The King of Torts 3.73 avg rating β€” 89,582 ratings
68.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,125 ratings
71.
Living History
Living History 3.76 avg rating β€” 34,055 ratings
71.
The Dot
The Dot 4.26 avg rating β€” 34,501 ratings
73.
The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, #1)
The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 11,385 ratings
74.
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (The Children of the Red King, #2)
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (The Children of the Red King, #2) 3.91 avg rating β€” 24,758 ratings
75.
The Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude 3.84 avg rating β€” 24,040 ratings
76.
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 4.26 avg rating β€” 4,612 ratings
77.
Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship 4.16 avg rating β€” 8,445 ratings
78.
Gulag: A History
Gulag: A History 4.28 avg rating β€” 12,841 ratings
79.
A Place of Hiding (Inspector Lynley, #12)
A Place of Hiding (Inspector Lynley, #12) 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,306 ratings
80.
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4)
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4) 4.21 avg rating β€” 41,110 ratings
81.
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx 4.26 avg rating β€” 13,311 ratings
82.
Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3)
Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 37,556 ratings
83.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating β€” 35,230 ratings
84.
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times 4.01 avg rating β€” 9,615 ratings
85.
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1)
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 92,673 ratings
86.
City of Stars (Stravaganza, #2)
City of Stars (Stravaganza, #2) 4.03 avg rating β€” 8,101 ratings
87.
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13) 3.88 avg rating β€” 99,889 ratings
87.
Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 67,599 ratings
89.
The Sinister Pig (Leaphorn & Chee, #16)
The Sinister Pig (Leaphorn & Chee, #16) 3.96 avg rating β€” 8,155 ratings
90.
Toast : The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Toast : The Story of a Boy's Hunger 3.79 avg rating β€” 7,922 ratings
91.
Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger
Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger 3.49 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
92.
Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)
Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)
by: C.J. Box
4.26 avg rating β€” 29,484 ratings
93.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating β€” 13,603 ratings
94.
Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide
Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide 4.29 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
95.
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America 3.72 avg rating β€” 2,292 ratings
96.
Empire
Empire 3.93 avg rating β€” 9,621 ratings
97.
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone 4.15 avg rating β€” 7,474 ratings
97.
Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11)
Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11) 3.88 avg rating β€” 53,800 ratings
99.
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6)
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6) 4.33 avg rating β€” 6,481 ratings
99.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,298 ratings
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