25 Years of Bestselling Authors and Books

50th Anniversary Edition Bill Martin Jr., illus. by Eric Carle (1996) Holt 15 Becoming Michelle Obama (2018) Crown 16 Eclipse Stephenie Meyer (2007) Little, Brown 17 Eat Pray Love: 10th Anniversary Edition Elizabeth Gilbert (2007) Riverhead 18 Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence Sarah Young (2004) Thomas Nelson 19 The Secret Rhonda Byrne (2006) Atria 20 Love You Forever Robert Munsch (1995) Firefly 21 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini (2004) Riverhead 22 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee (1988) Grand Central 23 One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Dr. Seuss (1960) Random House 24 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J.K. Rowling (2016) Scholastic 25 Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James (2012) Vintage 26 Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2) Suzanne Collins (2009) Scholastic Press 27 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald (2004) Scribner 28 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown (2003) Doubleday 29 Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) Suzanne Collins (2010) Scholastic Press 30 The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz (1997) Amber-Allen 31 Night Elie Wiesel (2006) Hill and Wang 32 Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James (2012) Vintage 33 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney (2007) Amulet 34 1984 George Orwell (1950) Signet 35 The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss (1957) Random House 36 The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) Rick Riordan (2006) Disney—Hyperion 37 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling (1999) Scholastic 38 Dr. Seuss’s ABC: Dr. Seuss (1996) Random House 39 Wonder R.J. Palacio (2012) Knopf 40 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose Eckhart Tolle (2008) Penguin Life 41 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch (2008) Hyperion 42 The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3) Jeff Kinney (2009) Amulet 43 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson (2009) Black Lizard 44 Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2) Jeff Kinney (2008) Amulet 45 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls (2006) Scribner 46 Lord of the Flies William Golding (2003) Perigee 47 Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4) Jeff Kinney (2009) Amulet 48 First 100 Words Roger Priddy (2011) Priddy Books 49 The Going to Bed Book Sandra Boynton (1982) Little Simon/Boynton Bookworks 50 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak (1963) HarperCollins 51 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens (2018) Putnam 52 The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5) Jeff Kinney (2010) Amulet 53 The Book Thief Markus Zusak (2007) Knopf 54 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo (2010) Thomas Nelson 55 Angels & Demons Dan Brown (2001) Pocket Star 56 Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wi