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1997 Books & Bestsellers |
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1997 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Partner by John Grisham 2. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier 3. The Ghost by Danielle Steel 4. The Ranch by Danielle Steel 5. Special Delivery by Danielle Steel 6. Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell 7. The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon 8. Pretend You Don’t See Her by Mary Higgins Clark 9. Cat & Mouse by James Patterson 10. Hornet’s Nest by Patricia Cornwell |
1997 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt 2. Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach 3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 4. The Royals by Kitty Kelley 5. Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ether Becker 6. Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton 7. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 8. Conversations with God, Book 1 by Neale Donald Walsch 9. Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus by John Gray 10. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health by Andrew Weil |
New York Times Bestsellers |
| Personal History by Katharine Graham Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman Underboss by Peter Maas Mothers & Daughters by Carol Saline and Sharon J. Wohlmuth Without a Doubt by Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Just As I Am by Billy Graham The Royals by Kitty Kelley Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words (updated version) by Andrew Morton Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt |
Amazon’s Top 10 Books |
| 1. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier 2. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 3. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger 4. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt 5. Creating Killer Websites by David Siegel 6. The Visual Display of Quantitive Information by Edward R. Tufte 7. Net Gain by John Hagel III 8. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson 9. Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte 10. Songs in Ordinary Times by Mary McGarry Morris |
Oprah’s Book Club Selections |
| Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou Songs In Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris The Meanest Thing To Say by Bill Cosby A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby |
Young Adult |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine |
| 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1997, according to GoodReads |