The Book Sense Modern Politics and Government Bestseller List

Posted Wednesday, Jul 16, 2003

Based on four weeks of sales from over 400 independent bookstores across America.

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Modern Politics and Government Bestsellers
1. Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $28, 0743222245
2. Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
Ann Coulter, Crown, $26.95, 1400050308
3. The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Greg Palast, Plume, $14, 0452283914
4. Stupid White Men
Michael Moore, Regan, $24.95, 0060392452
5. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Perennial, $18.95, 0060528370
6. War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Chris Hedges, Anchor, $12.95, 1400034639
7. Dereliction of Duty
Robert Patterson, Regnery, $27.95, 0895261405
8. The Clinton Wars
Sidney Blumenthal, FSG, $30, 0374125023
9. What Went Wrong?
Bernard Lewis, Perennial, $12.95, 0060516054
10. War Talk
Arundhati Roy, South End, $12, 0896087247
11. Off With Their Heads: Traitors, Crooks & Obstructionists in American Politics, Media & Business
Dick Morris, ReganBooks, $24.95, 0060559284
12. The No Spin Zone
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $14, 076790849X
13. Leadership
Rudolph Giuliani, Miramax Books, $25.95, 0786868414
14. Dreaming War
Gore Vidal, Thunder's Mouth/Nation Book, $11.95, 1560255021
15. The Savage Nation
Michael Savage, Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 0785263535
16. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Michael B. Oren, Presidio, $16.95, 0345461924
17. Crisis of Islam
Bernard Lewis, Modern Library, $19.95, 0679642811
18. You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!: Remixed War Propaganda
Micah Ian Wright, Seven Stories, $15.95, 1583225846
19. A Treasury of Great American Scandals
Michael Farquhar, Penguin, $14, 0142001929
20. Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld
Hart Seely (Ed.), Free Press, $12.95, 0743255976
21. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich
Kevin Phillips, Broadway, $16.95, 0767905342
22. Pigs at the Trough
Arianna Huffington, Crown, $22, 1400047714
23. The Future of Freedom
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $24.95, 0393047644
24. More George W. Bushisms
Jacob Weisberg (Ed.), Fireside, $9.95, 0743225198
25. Bush's Brain
James Moore, Wiley, $27.95, 0471423270
26. A Heart, a Cross, and a Flag: America Today
Peggy Noonan, Free Press, $25, 0743250052
27. What's So Great About America
Dinesh D'Souza, Penguin, $15, 0142003018
28. What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World: Your Guide to Today's Hot Spots, Hot Shots, and Incendiary Issues
M. L. Rossi, Plume, $14, 0452284058
29. Of Paradise and Power
Robert Kagan, Knopf, $18, 1400040930
30. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
Thomas L. Friedman, BDD, $15.95, 0385499345
31. What Every Person Should Know About War
Chris Hedges, Free Press, $11, 0743255127
32. Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $15.95, 0393324397
33. Power and Terror
Noam Chomsky, Seven Stories, $11.95, 1583225900
34. A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq
Christopher Hitchens, Plume, $8.99, 0452284988
35. Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative
David Brock, Three Rivers, $15, 1400047285
36. From Beirut to Jerusalem: Updated With a New Chapter
Thomas L. Friedman, Anchor, $15.95, 0385413726
37. George W. Bushisms: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President
Jacob Weisberg (Ed.), Fireside, $9.95, 0743222229
38. The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $14, 0767905296
39. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace
Gore Vidal, Nation, $15, 156025405X
40. Benjamin Franklin
Edmund Morgan, Yale, $24.95, 0300095325
41. 9-11
Noam Chomsky, Seven Stories, $8.95, 1583224890
42. Why Are We at War?
Norman Mailer, Random House, $7.99, 0812971116
43. Onion Ad Nauseum
Editors of The Onion, Three Rivers, $17, 1400047242
44. What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News
Eric Alterman, Basic, $25, 0465001769
45. Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right
Ann H. Coulter, Crown, $25.95, 1400046610
46. Longitudes and Attitudes
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $26, 0374190666
47. Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World
Noam Chomsky, South End, $18, 0896086852
48. Kennedy Curse
Edward Klein, St. Martin's, $24.95, 031231292X
49. Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
Molly Ivins, Vintage, $10, 0375757147
50. Bush at War
Bob Woodward, S&S, $28, 0743204735