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Best and Worst Books of 2003?

Posted by simoniker on from the printed-word-is-the-bird dept.

Thousandstars writes "I saw the article on the best and worst movies of 2003, and, being a literature geek, I thought it would also be appropriate to ask for the best and worst books of 2003. In fiction, Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is toward the top of my best list. How about everyone else?"

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  1. Answer: The Bible by CmdrTostado · · Score: 1, Troll

    It tops the best seller lists every year
    Nothing beats it
    World sales of the Bible are more than 100 million every year.
    The Bible is the best-selling book every year. If sales of the Bible were included in best-seller lists, it would be a rare week when anything else would achieve a look in.

    above text from http://www.sm3a.org.uk/messengers/bible.html

    . It has been estimated that between 1815 and 1975 some 2.5 billion copies of the Bible were printed ... (Guinness Book of Records)