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Weekly Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers, 2004
Each book that appeared in a weekly hardcover nonfiction bestseller list published by The New York Times and Publishers Weekly during 2004 is listed in the table below in alphabetical order, along with information specifying whether or not the book includes an index.
Both lists include the week's top fifteen bestsellers. The Times's list is dated Sunday, such as January 4, 2004; Publishers Weekly's list is dated Monday, such as January 5, 2004. The Times published 52 lists dated the year 2004; Publishers Weekly published 51 lists dated 2004. In the table, NYT signifies The Times's list; PW signifies Publishers Weekly's list.
Information about the presence or absence of an index is based on data in the book's MARC tags retrieved from the Library of Congress Online Catalog . The table indicates the presence of an index only if the word index appears in the book's MARC field tag 500, usually in a phrase such as Includes index or Includes bibliography and index. It indicates the absence of an index if the word index does not appear in the book's MARC field tag 500 or if field tag 500 is not one of the book's MARC tags. Occasionally, information in the table is based on data in field tag 504 rather than field tag 500.
A summary follows the data about the individual books.
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Weekly Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers for 2004 NYT for January 4 through December 26, 2004 PW for January 5 through December 27, 2004 |
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On lists
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1. |
8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness |
Stephen R. Covey |
Yes |
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PW |
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2. |
Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life |
Ron Zincenko |
Yes |
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PW |
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| 3. | ADD Answer: How to Help Your Children Now | Frank Lawlis | Yes | PW | ||
| 4. | Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror | Richard Clarke | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 5. | Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 6. | America 24/7 | Rick Smolan, David Cohen | No | NYT | PW | |
| 7. | America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction | Jon Stewart | No | PW | ||
| 8. | American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush | Kevin Phillips | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 9. | American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Path to Power | Christopher Andersen | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 10. | American Soldier | Tommy Franks | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 11. | An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror | David Frum, Richard Perle | No | NYT | ||
| 12. | Anatomy of Hope: How Patients Prevail in the Face of Illness | Jerome Groopman | Yes | NYT | ||
| 13. | Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich | David Bach | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 14. | Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Really Make at Home | Ina Garten | Yes | PW | ||
| 15. | Battle Ready | Clancy | Yes | NYT | PW | |
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16. |
Because He Could |
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann |
Yes |
NYT |
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| 17. | Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth | Jenny McCarthy | No | NYT | PW | |
| 18. | Benjamin Franklin: An American Life | Walter Isaacson | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 19. | Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Aron Ralston | No | NYT | PW | |
| 20. | Big Russ & Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life | Tim Russert | No | NYT | PW | |
| 21. | Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness – A Reluctant Memoir | Richard M. Cohen | No | NYT | PW | |
| 22. | Blue Blood | Edward Conlon | No | NYT | ||
| 23. | Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answering the Questions Everybody's Asking | Darrell L. Bock | No | NYT | ||
| 24. | Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Las Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich | No | NYT | ||
| 25. | Broken Music | Sting | No | NYT | PW | |
| 26. | Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America | Molly Ivins | Yes | NYT | ||
| 27. | Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk | Maureen Dowd | No | NYT | PW | |
| 28. | Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story | John Feinstein, Bruce Edwards | No | NYT | PW | |
| 29. | Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib | Seymour M. Hersh | Yes | PW | ||
| 30. | Child Called "It" | Dave Pelzer | No | NYT | ||
| 31. | Chronicles: Volume One | Bob Dylan | No | NYT | PW | |
| 32. | Climbing Higher | Montel Williams | No | NYT | PW | |
| 33. | Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose | Paris Hilton, Merle Ginsberg | No | NYT | PW | |
| 34. | Deliver Us From Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism | Sean Hannity | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 35. | Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism | Cornel West | Yes | NYT | ||
| 36. | Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America | Erik Larson | Yes | NYT | ||
| 37. | Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film | Peter Biskind | Yes | NYT | ||
| 38. | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim: Essays | David Sedaris | No | NYT | PW | |
| 39. | Dry: A Memoir | Augusten Burroughs | No | NYT | ||
| 40. | Dude, Where's My Country? | Michael Moore | No | NYT | PW | |
| 41. | DW: A Lifetime of Going Round in Circles | Darrell Waltrip, Jade Gurss | No | NYT | ||
| 42. | Eating for Life: Your Guide to Great Health, Fat Loss and Increased Energy! | Bill Phillips | Yes | PW | ||
| 43. | Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation | Lynne Truss | No | NYT | PW | |
| 44. | Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military | Michael Savage | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 45. | Every Second Counts | Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins | No | NYT | PW | |
| 46. | Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality | Brian Greene | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 47. | Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season | Stewart O'Nan, Stephen King | No | NYT | PW | |
| 48. | Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty | Kitty Kelley | Yes | PW | ||
| 49. | Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family | Phillip C. McGraw | No | PW | ||
| 50. | Farewell, Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days | Edward Klein | No | NYT | ||
| 51. | Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | Eric Schlosser | Yes | NYT | ||
| 52. | Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul | Tony Hendra | No | NYT | PW | |
| 53. | Favre | Brett Favre, Bonita Favre, Chris Havel | No | NYT | PW | |
| 54. | Flyboys: A True Story of American Courage | James Bradley | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 55. | Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation | Cokie Roberts | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 56. | Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship | Jon Meacham | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 57. | From Emeril's Kitchen | Emeril Lagasse | Yes | PW | ||
| 58. | Funny Thing Is ... | Ellen DeGeneres | No | NYT | ||
| 59. | Games Do Count: America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sport | Brian Kilmeade | Yes | NYT | ||
| 60. | Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World | Jack Weatherford | Yes | NYT | ||
| 61. | Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 | Steve Coll | Yes | NYT | ||
| 62. | Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media | John Stossel | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 63. | Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don't | Jim Collins | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 64. | Gourmet Cookbook | Ruth Reichel | Yes | PW | ||
| 65. | Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House | Sally Smith | Yes | NYT | ||
| 66. | Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History | John M. Barry | Yes | NYT | ||
| 67. | Green River, Running Red: The Real Sotry of the Green River Killer, America's Deadliest Serial Murderer | Ann Rule | No | NYT | ||
| 68. | Guinness World Records 2004 | Guinness Media | Yes | PW | ||
| 69. | Guinness World Records 2005: Special 50th Anniversary Issue | Guinness Media | Yes | PW | ||
| 70. | Had Enough? A Handbook for Fighting Back | James Carville, Jeff Nussbaum | No | NYT | ||
| 71. | Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes | Maya Angelou | No | PW | ||
| 72. | He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys | Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo | Yes | PW | ||
| 73. | Hippie | Barry Miles | Yes | NYT | ||
| 74. | His Excellency: George Washington | Joseph J. Ellis | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 75. | Holidays on Ice: Stories | David Sedaris | No | NYT | ||
| 76. | Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon – The Case Against Celebrity | Andrew Breitbart, Mark Ebner | Yes | NYT | ||
| 77. | Hollywood Animal: A Memoir | Joe Eszterhas | No | NYT | ||
| 78. | Holy Blood, Holy Grail | Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, Richard Leigh | Yes | NYT | ||
| 79. | Homegrown Democrat | Garrison Keillor | No | NYT | ||
| 80. | House of Bush House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties | Craig Unger | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 81. | How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale | Jenna Jameson | No | NYT | PW | |
| 82. | How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter | Ann Coulter | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 83. | Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror | Anonymous | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 84. | In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat | Rick Atkinson | Yes | NYT | ||
| 85. | In the Shadow of No Towers | Art Spiegelman | No | NYT | PW | |
| 86. | Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia | Carmine bin Laden | No | NYT | PW | |
| 87. | Journals | Kurt Cobain | No | NYT | ||
| 88. | Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 | Simon Winchester | Yes | NYT | ||
| 89. | Last Gangster: From Cop to Wiseguy to FBI Informant: Big Ron Previte and the Fall of the American Mob | George Anastasia | No | NYT | ||
| 90. | Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul | Phil Jackson, Michael Arkush | No | No | PW | |
| 91. | Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life | Clay Aiken | No | NYT | PW | |
| 92. | Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism | Sean Hannity | Yes | NYT | ||
| 93. | Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right | Al Franken | No | NYT | PW | |
| 94. | Living History | Hillary Clinton | No | NYT | ||
| 95. | Living to Tell the Tale | Gabriel García Márquez | No | NYT | ||
| 96. | Long Way From Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland | Tom Brokaw | No | NYT | ||
| 97. | Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare | Chris Hawken Smith | No | NYT | ||
| 98. | Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency | Robert C. Byrd | No | NYT | PW | |
| 99. | Loud and Clear | Anna Quindlen | No | PW | ||
| 100. | Magical Thinking: True Stories | Augusten Burroughs | No | NYT | PW | |
| 101. | Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush | Ronald Kessler | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 102. | Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man | David T. Hardy, Jason Clarke | No | NYT | PW | |
| 103. | Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling | Ross King | Yes | NYT | ||
| 104. | Miracle: A Celebration of New Life | Ann Geddes, Celine Dion | No | NYT | PW | |
| 105. | Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters | Bill Sammon | No | NYT | ||
| 106. | Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game | Michael Lewis | Yes | NYT | ||
| 107. | More Than Money: True Stories of People Who Learned Life's Ultimate Lesson | Neil Cavuto | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 108. | My Life | Bill Clinton | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 109. | My Prison Without Bars | Pete Rose | No | NYT | PW | |
| 110. | Namath: A Biography | Mark Kriegel | No | NYT | ||
| 111. | Naomi's Breakthrough Guide: 20 Choices to Transform Your Life | Naomi Judd | Yes | PW | ||
| 112. | National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat | Zell Miller | No | NYT | ||
| 113. | Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme | Calvin Trillin | No | NYT | PW | |
| 114. | On the Down Low: A Journey Into the Lives of "Straight" Black Men Who Sleep with Men | J. L. King | No | NYT | PW | |
| 115. | On the Wing: To the Edge of the World with the Peregrine Falcon | Allan Tennant | No | NYT | ||
| 116. | Onion ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Vol. 14 | Robert Siegel | No | NYT | ||
| 117. | Other Man: A Love Story | Michael Bergin | No | PW | ||
| 118. | Paper Life | Tatum O'Neal | No | NYT | PW | |
| 119. | Passion: Photography from Passion of Christ | Ken Duncan, Philippe Antonello | No | NYT | PW | |
| 120. | Patriot Reign: The Genius of Bill Belichick and the Building of a Dynasty | Michael Holly | No | NYT | ||
| 121. | Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century | Thomas Barnett | Yes | NYT | ||
| 122. | Perfectly Legal: The Secret Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich – and Cheat Everybody Else | David Cay Johnston | Yes | NYT | ||
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123. |
Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps |
Nicholas Perricone |
Yes |
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PW |
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| 124. | Plan of Attack | Bob Woodward | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 125. | Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity – A Diplomat's Memoir | Joseph Wilson | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 126. | Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed | Patricia Cornwell | Yes | NYT | ||
| 127. | Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way | Wayne Dyer | No | PW | ||
| 128. | Present: Enjoying Your Work and Life in Changing Times | Spencer Johnson | No | PW | ||
| 129. | Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill | Ron Suskind | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 130. | Privilege of Youth: A Teenager's Story of Longing for Acceptance and Friendship | Dave Pelzer | No | NYT | ||
| 131. | Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands | Laura Schlessinger | No | PW | ||
| 132. | Prophesy: What the Future Holds for You | Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison | No | PW | ||
| 133. | Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? | Rick Warren | No | PW | ||
| 134. | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: Looking Better | Ted Allen, et. al. | No | PW | ||
| 135. | Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books | Azar Nafisi | No | NYT | ||
| 136. | Reagan: A Life in Letters | Kiron Skinner, et. al. | Yes | NYT | ||
| 137. | Reflections: Life After the White House | Barbara Bush | Yes | NYT | ||
| 138. | Rewriting History | Dick Morris | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 139. | Ric Flair: To Be the Man | Ric Flair | No | NYT | PW | |
| 140. | Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet | James Mann | Yes | NYT | ||
| 141. | Royal Duty | Paul Burrell | No | NYT | PW | |
| 142. | Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It | Peter G. Peterson | No | NYT | ||
| 143. | Running With Scissors: A Memoir | Augusten Burroughs | No | NYT | ||
| 144. | Scar Tissue | Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman | No | NYT | ||
| 145. | Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Laura Hillenbrand | Yes | NYT | ||
| 146. | Season of Life: A Football Star, a Ballboy, a Journey to Manhood | Jeffrey Marx | No | NYT | ||
| 147. | Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries behind the Da Vinci Code | Dan Burstein | No | NYT | PW | |
| 148. | Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men | Suzanne Somers | Yes | PW | ||
| 149. | Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II | Robert Kurson | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 150. | Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror | Richard Miniter | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 151. | Sharing Good Times | Jimmy Carter | No | NYT | ||
| 152. | Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | Yes | NYT | ||
| 153. | Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue | Jane Pauley | No | PW | ||
| 154. | Sons of Camelot: The Fate of an American Dynasty | Laurence Leamer | Yes | NYT | ||
| 155. | South Beach Diet | Arthur Agatson | Yes | PW | ||
| 156. | South Beach Diet Cookbook | Arthur Agatson | Yes | PW | ||
| 157. | Spiral Staircase: My Climb out of Darkness | Karen Armstrong | No | NYT | ||
| 158. | Sports Illustrated 50 Years: The Anniversary Book | Sports Illustrated | No | NYT | PW | |
| 159. | Still More George W. Bushisms | Jacob Weisberg | No | NYT | ||
| 160. | Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories | Chuck Palahniuk | No | NYT | ||
| 161. | Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life | Steven Pratt | Yes | PW | ||
| 162. | Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero | Leigh Montville | Yes | NYT | ||
| 163. | Ten Minutes from Normal | Karen Hughes | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 164. | Three Weeks with My Brother | Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 165. | Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs | National Geographic | No | NYT | ||
| 166. | 'Tis Herself | Maureen O'Hara | Yes | NYT | ||
| 167. | Tommyland | Tommy Lee, Anthony Bozza | No | NYT | ||
| 168. | Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival | Joe Simpson | No | NYT | ||
| 169. | Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War | Douglas Brinkley | Yes | NYT | ||
| 170. | Treachery: How America's Friends and Foes Are Secretly Arming Our Enemies | Bill Gertz | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 171. | Trump: How to Get Rich | Donald Trump | No | PW | ||
| 172. | Trump: The Art of the Deal | Donald Trump | Yes | NYT | ||
| 173. | Trump: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About Success, Real Estate, and Life | Donald Trump | Yes | PW | ||
| 174. | Truth & Beauty: A Friendship | Ann Patchett | No | NYT | ||
| 175. | Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson | Mitch Albom | No | NYT | ||
| 176. | Ultimate Weight Solution | Phillip C. McGraw | Yes | PW | ||
| 177. | Ultimate Weight Solution Cookbook | Phillip C. McGraw | Yes | PW | ||
| 178. | Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy | Frances Mayes | No | NYT | ||
| 179. | Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry | John O'Neill, Jerome Corsi | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 180. | United States of Europe: A New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy | T. R. Reid | Yes | NYT | ||
| 181. | Washington's Crossing | David Hackett Fischer | Yes | NYT | ||
| 182. | What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America | Thomas Frank | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 183. | When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? | George Carlin | No | NYT | PW | |
| 184. | Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency | Patrick Buchanan | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 185. | Who Let the Dogs In? Incredible Political Animals I Have Known | Molly Ivins | No | NYT | PW | |
| 186. | Who's Looking Out for You? | Bill O'Reilly | No | NYT | PW | |
| 187. | Why Courage Matters | John McCain | No | PW | ||
| 188. | Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare | Stephen Greenblatt | Yes | NYT | ||
| 189. | Will They Ever Trust Us Again? Letters from the War Zone | Michael Moore | No | NYT | PW | |
| 190. | Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers: True Cases from Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vols. 1-8 | Ann Rule | No | NYT | ||
| 191. | Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life | Laura Schlessinger | No | PW | ||
| 192. | Working Poor: Invisible in America | David Shipler | Yes | NYT | ||
| 193. | World According to Mister Rogers | Fred Rogers | No | PW | ||
| 194. | Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush | John Dean | Yes | NYT | PW | |
| 195. | Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential | Joel Osteen | No | PW | ||
| 2004 Totals | |||||||
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Over- all |
On NYT |
On PW |
On Both |
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Titles: # Titles with indexes: % Titles with indexes: |
195 94 48% |
162 77 48% |
114 56 49% |
81 38 47% |
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For information about this year's foreign affairs and international relations bestsellers, link to
| Foreign Affairs 2004 |
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 |
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| 1975 to 1979 | 1990 to 1999 |
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