Top Books Cited in 2004*


When the Swift Boat Veterans' attack book can share top billing with a Vatican conspiracy novel and Jon Stewart's irreverent look at democracy in action, it's apparent that bloggers are a diverse and well-read group of folks..



Top Books*  
Rank Title Citations
1
Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry by John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi 1006
2
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 741
3
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by the writers of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart 623
4
My Life by Bill Clinton 487
5
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 425
6
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke 396
7
If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It by Hugh Hewitt 387
8
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank 348
9
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 318
10
Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man by David T. Hardy, Jason Clarke 309
11
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke 292
12
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke 283
13
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 264
14
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 257
15
He's Just Not That Into You : The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo 246
16
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley 240
17
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 209
18
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen 208
19
Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer 205
20
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken 202
21
Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton 192
22
In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror by Michelle Malkin 190
23
How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men by Adam Quan 186
24
Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook by Debbie Stoller 186
25
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) by Neal Stephenson 182
26
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson 180
27
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon 177
28
Life of Pi by Yann Martel 175
29
1984 by George Orwell 171
30
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 171
31
Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives by George Lakoff, Howard Dean 170
32
Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern 159
33
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised : Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything by Joe Trippi 157
34
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 143
35
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations by James Surowiecki 142
36
The Plot Against America : A Novel by Philip Roth 140
37
The Pentagon's New Map by Thomas P. M. Barnett 135
38
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3)by Neal Stephenson 135
39
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 131
40
We the Media by Dan Gillmor 131
41
Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides 131
42
Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity by Lawrence Lessig 130
43
Watchmen by Alan Moore 130
44
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 129
45
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7) by Stephen King, Michael Whelan 128
46
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 124
47
Chain of Command : The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh 124
48
Free Prize Inside!: The Next Big Marketing Idea by Seth Godin 122
49
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by DOUGLAS ADAMS 122
50
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 119


* Based on citations mentioning books at Amazon.com and bn.com (Barnes & Noble)

 

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