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Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2003

Here is a list of Publishers Weekly's best books of the year 2003. How many of these have you read??
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Against Love: A Polemic (Laura Kipnis)
Against Love: A Polemic
1
Laura Kipnis
Air (Geoff Ryman)
Air
2
Geoff Ryman
All the Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters (Craig R. Whitney)
All the Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters
3
Craig R. Whitney
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon (Stephen Prothero)
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon
4
Stephen Prothero
American Woman
American Woman
5
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America (Henry Wiencek)
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
6
Henry Wiencek
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 (Robert Dallek)
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
7
Robert Dallek
And the Dead Shall Rise (Steve Oney)
And the Dead Shall Rise
8
Steve Oney
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
9
Bangkok 8
Bangkok 8
10
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (Elaine Pagel)
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
11
Elaine Pagel
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
12
Craig Thompson
The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping (Nasdijj)
The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping
13
Nasdijj
Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers (Alissa Quart)
Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers
14
Alissa Quart
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
15
Monica Ali
Budayeen Nights (George Alec Effinger)
Budayeen Nights
16
George Alec Effinger
Bull!: A History of the Boom, 1982-1999 (Maggie Mahar)
Bull!: A History of the Boom, 1982-1999
17
Maggie Mahar
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response (Peter Balakian)
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
18
Peter Balakian
Charlie Opera (Charlie Stella)
Charlie Opera
19
Charlie Stella
Child-And-Rose (Gennady Aygi)
Child-And-Rose
20
Gennady Aygi
City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center (James Glanz)
City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center
21
James Glanz
City Room (Arthur Gelb)
City Room
22
Arthur Gelb
The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley (Alanna Nash)
The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley
23
Alanna Nash
The Commissariat of Enlightenment (Ken Kalfus)
The Commissariat of Enlightenment
24
Ken Kalfus
Conclave (Roberto Pazzi)
Conclave
25
Roberto Pazzi
The Constants of Nature (John D. Barrow)
The Constants of Nature
26
John D. Barrow
Cook the Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook (Nichols Thomas)
Cook the Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
27
Nichols Thomas
The Crisis of Islam (Bernard Lewis)
The Crisis of Islam
28
Bernard Lewis
Crown of Slaves (David Weber)
Crown of Slaves
29
David Weber
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic (Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury)
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
30
Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
31
Mark Haddon
Darkfall (Stephen Laws)
Darkfall
32
Stephen Laws
Death of a Nationalist (Rebecca C. Pawel)
Death of a Nationalist
33
Rebecca C. Pawel
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
34
Erik Larson
Diary (Chuck Palahniuk)
Diary
35
Chuck Palahniuk
Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O'Hara (Joe Lesueur)
Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O'Hara
36
Joe Lesueur
Distant Echo (Val Mcdermid)
Distant Echo
37
Val Mcdermid
The Dogs of Riga (Henning Mankell)
The Dogs of Riga
38
Henning Mankell
Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation From Socrates and Jesus to Thoma (Jennifer Michael Hecht)
Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation From Socrates and Jesus to Thoma
39
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Drop City (T. C. Boyle)
Drop City
40
T. C. Boyle
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