The Book Standard booklist for 2005 has some interesting books in their top twenty books.
Two books by Dan Brown – the DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons. A million little pieces — originally considered to be non-fiction but shown to contain a lot of fiction – a personal biography embellished by James Frey who seems to rival Dan Brown’s own approach to fact and fiction.
You’ll also find Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life and Joel Osteen’s Your Best Life Now – both Christian approaches to life.
And just for the healthy types – You: The Owner’s Manual by Mehmet Oz, and French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Builiano.
History also seems to get a nod with 1776 by David McCullough and The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.
Do you see a pattern here??