Top Bestsellers for the Year 2004
January 4, 2005
The following titles are the top bestsellers for the year 2004 as listed by USA Today and owned by Wolfner Library. It is a good mixture of fiction and nonfiction. The list is compiled by Administrative Program Coordinator Debbie Musselman.
To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone. You may also request these titles online through our OPAC. Happy Reading!
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
RC 55735, BR 15406.
Professor Robert Langdon investigates the crime scene of the Louvre's murdered curator. Joining him is French cryptologist Sophie Neveu. The clues left behind pit two Catholic societies against each other in search of the Holy Grail. Robert Langdon, Book 2. Series Code LAR. Some violence and some strong language. -
The South Beach Diet by Arthur Agatston.
RC 56409, BR 15395.
Description of a three phase program developed by a Florida cardiologist to help his overweight patients. The plan involves eating the right carbohydrates and the right fats in order to correct the way the body reacts to foods that previously caused weight problems. Includes suggested menus and recipes. -
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.
RC 51799.
Professor of religious iconology Robert Langdon is called to the Vatican to investigate the murder of a physicist by the brotherhood of the Illuminati, a secret medieval society. Joining Langdon is the victim's beautiful daughter, Vittoria, and scientists from CERN, a Swedish research facility. Robert Langdon, Book 1. Series Code LAR. Some violence and some strong language. -
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.
RC 55648, BR 15156.
Christian minister provides a guide to a forty day spiritual journey to help readers discover the answer to one of life's most important questions: What on earth am I here for? Uses biblical references and describes the benefits of changing one's perspective. -
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.
RC 57004.
Eddie spends his last hours on earth in his usual way, maintaining the Ruby Pier amusement park rides. But something goes wrong, and Eddie dies on his eighty-third birthday while trying to save a little girl. In heaven he meets five people who explain his life to him. -
My Life by Bill Clinton.
RC 58100, Unabridged.
RC 58101, Abridged.
Autobiography of William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second American president. -
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.
RC 43180, BR 15245.
An elderly man reads from a notebook to his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease. Gradually he unfolds the story of a couple who fell in love the summer after high school and were reunited by a fluke fourteen years later. But will his wife recognize her own story? Calhoun-Lewis, Book 1. Series Code CLS. Some explicit descriptions of sex. -
Deception Point by Dan Brown.
RC 57939.
Just as NASA is targeted by presidential candidate Senator Sedgewick Sexton's budget investigations, the agency makes an astonishing discovery in the arctic ice. In verifying the news, White House intelligence liaison Rachel Sexton, the senator's daughter, uncovers evidence of scientific trickery. Some violence and some strong language. -
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.
RC 49630.
TRANSLATR, the National Security Agency's top secret computer, intercepts and decodes terrorist e-mail traffic. When a renegade develops an ingenious algorithm that defeats the critical intelligence system, NSA agents race to undo the dangerous code before it can upset the geopolitical balance of power. -
The 9/11 Commission Report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
RC 58238, BR 15396.
Independent, nonpartisan commission analyzes facts and circumstances surrounding the fatal September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda attacks on the United States homeland. Summarizes failures of intelligence and other United States agencies before and after that date. Recommends government reorganization to provide a safer, more prepared nation. -
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
RC 55533, BR 15225.
South Carolina, 1964. Fourteen-year-old Lily rescues her African American housekeeper, and substitute mother, Rosaleen, from the hospital. Rosaleen had been beaten for trying to register to vote. They flee to a safe place where Lily's battered late mother had also fled, a beekeeping operation run by three black sisters. Some strong language. -
The Last Juror by John Grisham.
RC 57381, BR 15333.
Clanton, Mississippi ; 1970. Twenty-three-year-old Willie Traynor buys the bankrupt county paper and begins building circulation. He inflames readers with his reporting of a young widow's rape and murder by Danny Padgitt, who threatens his jury with revenge if they convict him. Years later Padgitt returns for retribution. Some strong language. -
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss.
RC 58442, BR 15421.
Despairing over the abysmal state of British usage, author and journalist Truss, a stickler for punctuation, dissects common language errors involving apostrophes, commas, dashes, and hyphens. She notes punctuation is not a class issue but a tool to clarify the written word. -
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger.
RC 57705.
Radio talk show psychologist illustrates marital enjoyment, using real life examples. Enumerates her fundamental concepts and techniques to keep a mate content. -
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
RC 54950.
Pi Patel, the sole human survivor of a shipwreck, is in a lifeboat with an injured zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and an adult Bengal tiger. Strangely, after 227 days in the Pacific, the boy and the tiger make landfall. Some violence.