NYT Bestsellers – Nonfiction 2000-2005

New York Times Bestselling Nonfiction 2000-2005

Here’s a list of nonfiction titles that have made it to the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller list. This page covers the years 2000 – 2005. The books that are owned by the library have the call numbers listed.

For more New York Times Bestseller reading lists check out:

New York Times #1 Bestsellers – Fiction – 2000-2005
New York Times #1 Bestsellers – Fiction – 2006-2010
New York Times #1 Bestsellers – Fiction – 2011
New York Times #1 Bestsellers – Nonfiction – 2000-2005
New York Times #1 Bestsellers – Nonfiction – 2006-2010
New York Times #1 Bestsellers – Nonfiction – 2011

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New York Times #1 Bestsellers Nonfiction – 2000
Title	Author(s)	Date of #1 Ranking	Library Owns / Call #
The Rock Says	The Rock with Joe Layden	Jan 30, 2000	N/A
Flags of Our Fathers	James Bradley with Ron Powers	Jun 11, 2000	940.5426 Bra
The Day John Died	Christopher Andersen	Jul 30, 2000	N/A
Life On the Other Side	Sylvia Browne with Lindsay Harrison	Aug 6, 2000	N/A
It’s Not About the Bike	Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins	Aug 13, 2000	Bio – Armstrong, L.
Nothing Like It in the World	Stephen E. Ambrose	Sep 12, 2000	N/A
The Beatles Anthology	The Beatles	Oct 22, 2000	782.421660922 Bea
The O’Reilly Factor	Bill O’Reilly	Nov 12, 2000	973.929 Ore
New York Times #1 Bestsellers Nonfiction – 2001
Title	Author(s)	Date of #1 Ranking	Library Owns / Call #
An Hour Before Daylight	Jimmy Carter	Jan 28, 2001	Bio – Carter, J.
Ice Bound	Jerry Nielseni with Maryanne Vollers	Feb 18, 2001	N/A
Longaberger	Dave Longaberger	Mar 25, 2001	338.7617464 Lon
Seabiscuit	Laura Hillenbrand	Apr 8, 2001	798.4 Hil
Napalm and Silly Putty	George Carlin	May 20, 2001	818.5402 Car
Foley is Good	Mick Foley	May 27, 2001	N/A
John Adams	David McCoullough	Jun 10, 2001	Bio – Adams, J.
The Wild Blue	Stephen E. Ambrose	Sep 9, 2001	N/A
Jack: Straight From the Gut	Jack Welch with John A. Byrne	Sep 30, 2001	Bio – Welch, J.
Germs	Judith Miller	Oct 28, 2001	N/A
The No Spin Zone	Bill O’Reilly	Nov 11, 2001	N/A
One Nation	Editors of Life Magazine	Dec 16, 2001	N/A
New York Times #1 Bestsellers Nonfiction – 2002
Title	Author(s)	Date of #1 Ranking	Library Owns / Call #
Bias	Bernard Goldberg	Jan 20, 2002	302.23 Gol
Shadow Warriors	Tom Clancy with Carl Stiner and Tony Koltz	Feb 24, 2002	356.16 Cla
Stupid White Men	Michael Moore	Mar 24, 2002	973.931 Moo
Lucky Man	Michael J. Fox	Apr 21, 2002	Bio – Fox, M.
Master of the Senate	Robert A. Caro	May 19, 2002	Bio – Johnson, L.
American Son	Richard Blow	Jun 2, 2002	Bio – Kennedy, J.
A Mind at a Time	Mel Levine	Jun 9, 2002	N/A
The Right Words at the Right Time	Marlo Thomas	Jun 16, 2002	170.44 Tho
You Cannot Be Serious	John McEnroe with James Kaplan	Jun 30, 2002	Bio – McEnroe, J.
Slander	Ann Coulter	Jul 14, 2002	N/A
Let’s Roll	Lisa Beamer with Jen Abraham	Sep 8, 2002	973.930192 Bea
Leadership	Rudolph Guiliani with Ken Kurson	Oct 20, 2002	658.4094 Giu
Journals	Kurt Cobain	Nov 24, 2002	N/A
Portrait of a Killer	Patricia Cornwell	Dec 1, 2002	364.1523092 Cor
Bush at War	Bob Woodward	Dec 15, 2002	973.931 Woo
New York Times #1 Bestsellers Nonfiction – 2003
Title	Author(s)	Date of #1 Ranking	Library Owns / Call #
The Savage Nation	Michael Savage	Feb 2, 2003	306.0973 Sav
What Should I Do With My Life?	Po Bronson	Feb 16, 2003	170.44 Bro
The Devil In the White City	Erik Larson	Mar 23, 2003	364.1523 Lar
Leap of Faith	Queen Noor	Apr 13, 2003	Bio – Noor, Queen
An Unfinished Life	Robert Dallek	Jun 1, 2003	Bio – Kennedy, J.
Living History	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Jun 29, 2003	Bio – Clinton, H.
Kate Remembered	Scott A. Berg	Aug 3, 2003	Bio – Hepburn, K.
Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)	Al Franken	Sep 7, 2003	817 Fra
Who’s Looking Out For You?	Bill O’Reilly	Oct 12, 2003	N/A
Dude, Where’s My Country?	Michael Moore	Oct 26, 2003	320.97309 Moo
A Royal Duty	Paul Burrell	Nov 16, 2003	N/A
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story	Rick Bragg	Nov 30, 2003	Bio – Lynch, J.
New York Times #1 Bestsellers Nonfiction – 2004
Title	Author(s)	Date of #1 Ranking	Library Owns / Call #
My Prison Without Bars	Pete Rose with Rick Hill	Jan 25, 2004	N/A
The Price of Loyalty	Ron Suskind	Feb 1, 2004	973.931 Sus
Deliver Us From Evil	Sean Hannity	Mar 7, 2004	N/A
Against All Enemies	Richard A. Clarke	Apr 11, 2004	363.32 Cla
Plan of Attack	Bob Woodward	May 9, 2004	973.931 Woo
Eats, Shoots and Leaves	Lynne Truss	May 3 0, 2004	428.2 Tru
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim	David Sedaris	Jun 20, 2004	N/A
Big Russ and Me	Tim Russert	Jul 4, 2004	Bio – Russert, T.
My Life	Bill Clinton	Jul 11, 2004	Bio – Clinton, B.
American Soldier	Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell	Aug 22, 2004	N/A
Unfit for Command	John E. O’Neill and Jerome R. Corsi	Sep 5, 2004	973.931 One
The Family	Kitty Kelley	Oct 3, 2004	B-Coll – Kelley, K.
America (The Book)	Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin and David Javerbaum	Oct 10, 2004	N/A
New York Times #1 Bestsellers Nonfiction – 2005
Title	Author(s)	Date of #1 Ranking	Library Owns / Call #
Witness	Amber Frey	Jan 23, 2005	N/A
Blink	Malcolm Gladwell	Feb 6, 2005	153.44 Gla
Juiced	Jose Canseco	Mar 6, 2005	N/A
Blood Brother	Anne Bird	Mar 20, 2005	N/A
A Deadly Game	Catherine Crier with Cole Thompson	Apr 3, 2005	N/A
My Life So Far	Jane Fonda	Apr 24, 2005	Bio – Fonda, J.
The World Is Flat	Thomas L. Friedman	May 15, 2005	303.48 Fri
On Bullshit	Harry G. Frankfurt	Jun 5, 2005	177.3 Fra
1776	David McCullough	Jun 12, 2005	973.3 Mcc
The Fairtax Book	Neal Boortz and John Linder	Aug 21, 2005	N/A
The City of Falling Angels	John Berendt	Oct 16, 2005	945.31 Ber
The Truth (With Jokes)	Al Franken	Nov 13, 2005	973.931 Fra
Our Endangered Values	Jimmy Carter	Nov 20, 2005	306.0973 Car
Teacher Man	Frank McCourt	Dec 4, 2005	Bio – McCourt, F.