HYDE PARK BOOKS (return home)
Best Selling Books in America, 1990's
1990
F I C T I O N 1. The Plains of Passage, Jean M. Auel 2. Four Past Midnight, Stephen King 3. The Burden of Proof, Scott Turow 4. Memories of Midnight, Sidney Sheldon 5. Message from Nam, Danielle Steel 6. The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum 7. The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition, Stephen King 8. Lady Boss, Jackie Collins 9. The Witching Hour, Anne Rice 10. September, Rosamunde Pilcher |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. A Life on the Road, Charles Kuralt 2. The Civil War, Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns 3. The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Heritage: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother, Jeff Smith 4. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book 5. Financial Self-Defense: How To Win the Fight for Financial Freedom, Charles J. Givens 6. Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, John Bradshaw 7. Wealth Without Risk: How To Develop a Personal Fortune Without Going Out on a Limb, Charles J. Givens 8. Bo Knows Bo, Bo Jackson and Dick Schaap 9. An American Life: An Autobiography, Ronald Reagan 10. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990s, John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene |
1991
F I C T I O N 1. Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," Alexandra Ripley 2. The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy 3. Needful Things, Stephen King 4. No Greater Love, Danielle Steel 5. Heartbeat, Danielle Steel 6. The Doomsday Conspiracy, Sidney Sheldon 7. The Firm, John Grisham 8. Night Over Water, Ken Follet 9. Remember, Barbara Taylor Bradford 10. Loves Music, Loves to Dance, Mary Higgins Clark |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Me: Stories of My Life, Katharine Hepburn 2. Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography, Kitty Kelley 3. Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door, Robert Fulghum 4. Under Fire: An American Story, Oliver North with William Novak 5. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, Derek Humphry 6. When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, Erma Bombeck 7. More Wealth Without Risk, Charles J. Givens 8. Den of Thieves, James B. Stewart 9. Childhood, Bill Cosby 10. Financial Self-Defense, Charles J. Givens |
1992
F I C T I O N 1. Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King 2. The Pelican Brief, John Grisham 3. Gerald's Game, Stephen King 4. Mixed Blessings, Danielle Steel 5. Jewels, Danielle Steel 6. The Stars Shine Down, Sidney Sheldon 7. Tale of the Body Thief, Anne Rice 8. Mexico, James A. Michener 9. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan 10. All Around the Town, Mary Higgins Clark |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. The Way Things Ought To Be, Rush Limbaugh 2. It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf 3. How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time, Naura Hayden 4. Every Living Thing, James Herriot 5. A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson 6. Sam Walton: Made in America, Sam Walton 7. Diana: Her True Story, Andrew Morton 8. Truman, David McCullough 9. Silent Passage, Gail Sheehy 10. Sex, Madonna |
1993
F I C T I O N 1. The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller 2. The Client, John Grisham 3. Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend, Robert James Waller 4. Without Remorse, Tom Clancy 5. Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King 6. Vanished, Danielle Steel 7. Lasher, Anne Rice 8. Pleading Guilty, Scott Turow 9. Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel 10. The Scorpio Illusion, Robert Ludlum |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. See, I Told You So, Rush Limbaugh 2. Private Parts, Howard Stern 3. Seinlanguage, Jerry Seinfeld 4. Embraced by the Light, Betty J. Eadie with Curtis Taylor 5. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra 6. Stop the Insanity, Susan Powter 7. Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes 8. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray 9. The Hidden Life of Dogs, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas 10. And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend, Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake |
1994
F I C T I O N 1. The Chamber, John Grisham 2. Debt of Honor, Tom Clancy 3. The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield 4. The Gift, Danielle Steel 5. Insomnia, Steven King 6. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner 7. Wings, Danielle Steel 8. Accident, Danielle Steel 9. The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller 10. Disclosure, Michael Crichton |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. In the Kitchen with Rosie, Rosie Daley 2. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray 3. Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul II. 4. Magic Eye I, N.E. Thing Enterprises 5. The Book of Virtues, William J. Bennett 6. Magic Eye II, N.E. Thing Enterprises 7. Embraced by the Light, Betty J. Eadie with Curtis Taylor 8. Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, Tim Allen 9. Couplehood, Paul Reiser 10. Magic Eye III, N.E. Thing Enterprises |
1995
F I C T I O N 1. The Rainmaker, John Grisham 2. The Lost World, Michael Crichton 3. Five Days in Paris, Danielle Steel 4. The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans 5. Lightning, Danielle Steel 6. The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield 7. Rose Madder, Stephen King 8. Silent Night, Mary Higgins Clark 9. Politically Correct Holiday Stories, James Finn Garner 10. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray 2. My American Journey, Colin Powell 3. Miss America, Howard Stern 4. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra 5. The Road Ahead, Bill Gates 6. Charles Kuralt's America, Charles Kuralt 7. Mars and Venus in the Bedroom, John Gray 8. To Renew America, Newt Gingrich 9. My Point...and I Do Have One, Ellen DeGeneres 10. The Moral Compass, William J. Bennett |
1996
F I C T I O N
1. The Runaway Jury, John Grisham2. Executive Orders, Tom Clancy3. Desperation, Stephen King4. Airframe, Michael Crichton5. The Regulators, Richard Bachman6. Malice, Danielle Steele7. Silent Honor, Danielle Steel8. Primary Colors, Anonymous9. Cause of Death, Patricia Cornwell10. The Tenth Insight, James Redfield |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Make the Connection, Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene2. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray3. The Dilbert Principle, Scott Adams4. Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach5. The Zone, Barry Sears with Bill Lawren6. Bad As I Wanna Be, Dennis Rodman7. In Contempt, Christopher Darden8. A Reporter's Life, Walter Cronkite9. Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook, Scott Adams10. My Sergei: A Love Story, Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift |
1997
F I C T I O N 1. The Partner, John Grisham 2. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier 3. The Ghost, Danielle Steel 4. The Ranch, Danielle Steel 5. Special Delivery, Danielle Steel 6. Unnatural Exposure, Patricia Cornwell 7. The Best Laid Plans, Sidney Sheldon 8. Pretend You Don't See Her, Mary Higgins Clark 9. Cat & Mouse, James Patterson 10. Hornet's Nest, Patricia Cornwell |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt 2. Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach 3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt 4. The Royals, Kitty Kelley 5. Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker 6. Diana: Her True Story, Andrew Morton 7. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer 8. Conversations with God, Book I, Neale Donald Walsch 9. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray 10. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Andrew Weil |
1998
F I C T I O N 1. The Street Lawyer, John Grisham 2. Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy 3. Bag of Bones, Stephen King 4. A Man in Full, Tom Wolfe 5. Mirror Image, Danielle Steel 6. The Long Road Home, Danielle Steel 7. The Klone and I, Danielle Steel 8. Point of Origin, Patricia Cornwell 9. Paradise, Toni Morrison 10. All Through the Night, Mary Higgins Clark |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, Suze Orman 2. The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw 3. Sugar Busters!, H. Leighton Steward, Morrison C. Bethea, Sam S. Andrews, and Luis A. Balart 4. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom 5. The Guinness Book of Records 1999 6. Talking to Heaven, James Van Praagh 7. Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self, Sarah Ban Breathnach 8. In the Meantime, Iyanla Vanzant 9. A Pirate Looks at Fifty, Jimmy Buffett 10. If Life Is a Game These Are the Rules, Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. |