Fiction Best Sellers of Interest to High School

 

For One More Day by Mitch Albom (2006)

Oakdale Confidential by Anonymous (2006)

Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer (2003)

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

First Family by David Baldacci (2009)

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (2008)

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell (2009)

The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg (2005)

The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (2006)

The Last Summer of You by Ann Brashares (2007)

The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun (2003)

Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (2009)

Hounded to Death by Rita Mae Brown (2008)

Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (2008)

One Fofth Avenue by Cadace Bushnell (2008)

The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot (2005)

Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain (2008)

Ender in Exile by Orsen Scott Card (2008)

The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter (2002)

Summerland by Michael Chabon (2002)

The Teeth of a Tiger by Tom Clancy (2003)

Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark (2009)

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben (2008)

Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (2008)

The Front by Patricia Cornwell (2008)

Critical by Robin Cook (2007)

Tailspin by Catherine Coulter (2008)

Next by Michael Crichton (2006)

Specimen Days by Michael Cummingham (2005)

Plague Ship by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul (2008)

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (2003)

The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinksy (2008)

The Strain by Guillermo del Torro and Chuck Hogan (2009)

Abyss by Troy Denning (2009)

The Mulberry Tree by Jude Deveraux (2007)

Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich (2008)

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (2002)

Entombed by Linda Fairstein (2005)

Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks (2008)

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2002)

Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg (2002)

Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn (2008)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (2005)

World Without End by Ken Follett (2007)

The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth (2006)

Isle of Palms by Dorthea Benton Frank (2003)

Forced Out  by Stephen Frey (2008)

Alone by Lisa Gardner (2005)

Shadow Music by Julie Garwood (2008)

Careless in Red by Elizabeth George (2008)

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen (2007)

Spook Country by William Gibson (2007)

T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton (2007)

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (2009)

Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin (2009)

The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes (2002)

The Associate by John Grisham (2009)

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2007)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003)

Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton (2003)

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah (2008)

A Love of My Own by E. Lynn Harris (2002)

The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks (2005)

The Downhill Lie by Carl Hiaasen (2008)

The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks (2005)

Rough Justice by Jack Higgins (2008)

Heart-shaped Box by Joe Hill (2007)

Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (2006)

Dark Horse by Tami Hoag (2002)

Blood Dreams by Kay Hopper (2008)

A Long way Down by Nick Hornby (2005)

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaied Hosseini (2008)

Charleston by John Jakes (2002)

Private Patient by P. D. James (2008)

Partner in Crime J. A. Jance (2002)

Silent Thunder by Iris Johansen (2008)

Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan (2006)

Partner in Crime by Jan Karon (2002)

Burnt House by Faye Kellerman (2007)

Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman (2007)

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (2005)

Just after Sunset by Stpehen King (2008)

Odd Hours by Dean R. Koontz (2008)

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella (2009)

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (2005)

Smoke in Mirrors by Jayne Ann Krentz (2002)

 Regime: Evil Advances by Tim LaHaye (2005)

Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott (2002)

The Perfect Love by Stephanie Laurens (2003)

A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre (2008)

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane (2008)

The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard (2006)

Betrayal by John Lescroart (2008)

A Man to Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey (2003)

Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell (2008)

Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno (2005)

The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum (2002)

Too Far by Mike Lupica (2004) 

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (2005)

Ties That Bind by Phillip Margolin (2003)

Shadow of Power by Steve Martini (2008)

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2007)

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (2005)

Shadow of Power by Steve Martini (2008)

Fiddlers by Ed McBain (2005) 

Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty (2009)

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith (2005)

Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005)

The Intteruption of Everything by Terry McMillan (2005)

Sin Killer by Larry McMurty (2002)

Somone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught (2003)

The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer (2008)

The Host by Stephenie Meyer (2008)

Pretty Women by Fern Michaels (2005)

Twelve Times Blessed by Jacquelyn Mittchard (2003)

Fool by Christopher Moore (2009)

Love by Toni Morrison (2003)

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2005)

Diary by Chuck Palahniuk (2003)

Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky (2005)

Resolution by Robert Parker (2008)

The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst (2003)

Sunday's at Tiffany's by James Patterson (2008)

Conviction by Richard North Patterson (2005)

The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (2003)

I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (2003)

Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry (2008)

Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters (2008)

Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillilps (2005)

Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult (2009)

Blasphemy by Douglass Preston (2008)

Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick (2005)

Blessings by Anna Quindlen (2002)

Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs (2008)

 Guilty by Karen Robards (2008)

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (2004)

The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg (2002)

The Orc King by R. A. Salvatore (2007)

Heat Lightning by John Sandford (2008)

 Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz (2000)

Look Again by Lisa Scottoline (2009)

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2002)

Testimony by Anita Shreve (208)

Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons (2005)

The Defector by Daniel Silva (2009)

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (2005)

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (2009)

Saving Fish from Drowing by Amy Tan (2005)

The Little Friend by Donna Tatt (2003)

The Apostle by Brad Thor (2009)

Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani (2004)

Reversible Errors by Scott Turrow (2002)

BEst Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner (2009)

Chasing Harry Winston by Laura Weisberger (2008)

If Looks Could Kill by Kate White (2002)

The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams (2008)

Everlasting by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (2007)

Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods (2009)

Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn (2006)

Afterburn by Zane (2004)

 

**Note that for authors whose books are consistently on the best sellers list we listed the most recent title as of 10/2008.