I absolutely love lists! S. Krishna posted about USA TODAY’S top 150 best-selling books of the last 15 years, so I had to go through them and figure out how many I’ve read — of course! I’ve bolded everything I’ve checked out. That would be 33. Thirty three out of 150? I guess that’s all right. Check out the original article here!

I’m surprised to see so many “recent” books on the list: The Shack, The Last Lecture, Breaking Dawn, Eldest . . . not that they’re not all worthy of making the best-selling list! Not too many surprises on there, especially with Harry Potter dominating most of the top positions. Many of the titles are weight/nutrition guides, too, which makes sense. Working at the bookstore, I would only go a few hours without someone asking me for a weight loss guide . . . and definitely had enough of them.

And now, without further ado:

USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books List Top 150 books
of the last 15 years
(Oct. 28, 1993 through Oct. 23, 2008)

Rank, Title, Author

1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

2 Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution — Robert C. Atkins

3 The Da Vinci Code — Dan Brown

4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

8 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

9 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre

10 Who Moved My Cheese? — Spencer Johnson

11 The South Beach Diet — Arthur Agatston

12 Tuesdays With Morrie — Mitch Albom

13 Angels & Demons — Dan Brown

14 What to Expect When You’re Expecting — Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

15 The Purpose-Driven Life — Rick Warren

16 The Five People You Meet in Heaven — Mitch Albom

17 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen R. Covey

18 The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini

19 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus —  John Gray

20 The Secret — Rhonda Byrne

21 Rich Dad, Poor Dad — Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter

22 To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee

23 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … And It’s All Small Stuff — Richard Carlson

24 The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd

25 Eat, Pray, Love — Elizabeth Gilbert

26 Twilight — Stephenie Meyer

27 The Notebook — Nicholas Sparks

28 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter — Kim Edwards

29 The Catcher in the Rye — J.D. Salinger

30 Memoirs of a Geisha — Arthur Golden

31 A New Earth — Eckhart Tolle

32 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! — Dr. Seuss

33 The Four Agreements Don — Miguel Ruiz

34 Angela’s Ashes — Frank McCourt

35 The Lovely Bones — Alice Sebold

36 Body-for-Life — Bill Phillips, Michael D’Orso

37 New Moon — Stephenie Meyer

38 Night — Elie Wiesel, translations by Marion Wiesel and Stella Rodway

39 Chicken Soup for the Soul — Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

40 The Greatest Generation — Tom Brokaw

41 Breaking Dawn — Stephenie Meyer

42 The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield

43 Wicked — Gregory Maguire

44 Good to Great —  Jim Collins

45 Eclipse — Stephenie Meyer

46 Eragon — Christopher Paolini

47 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood — Rebecca Wells

48 Your Best Life Now — Joel Osteen

49 In the Kitchen With Rosie — Rosie Daley

50 Simple Abundance — Sarah Ban Breathnach

51 A Child Called It — Dave Pelzer

52 A Million Little Pieces — James Frey

53 The Testament — John Grisham

54 Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul — Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

55 Deception Point — Dan Brown

56 The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho

57 Marley & Me — John Grogan

58 Dr. Atkins’ New Carbohydrate Gram Counter — Robert C. Atkins

59 Life of Pi — Yann Martel

60 The Brethren — John Grisham

61 The South Beach Diet Good Fats Good Carbs Guide — Arthur Agatston

62 The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town — John Grisham

63 For One More Day — Mitch Albom

64 The Polar Express —  Chris Van Allsburg

65 The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald

66 The Last Lecture — Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

67 What to Expect the First Year — Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway

68 Love You Forever — Robert Munsch, art by Sheila McGraw

69 Green Eggs and Ham — Dr. Seuss

70 A Painted House — John Grisham

71 The Rainmaker — John Grisham

72 Skipping Christmas — John Grisham

73 Cold Mountain — Charles Frazier

74 The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time — Mark Haddon

75 Life Strategies — Phillip C. McGraw

76 Seabiscuit: An American Legend — Laura Hillenbrand

77 The Summons —  John Grisham

78 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — John Berendt

79 The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien

80 The Runaway Jury — John Grisham

81 Goodnight Moon Board Book — Margaret Wise Brown, art by Clement Hurd

82 The Perfect Storm — Sebastian Junger

83 Snow Falling on Cedars — David Guterson

84 The Giver — Lois Lowry

85 Embraced by the Light — Betty J. Eadie

86 The Chamber — John Grisham

87 You: On A Diet — Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

88 The Prayer of Jabez — Bruce Wilkinson

89 Holes — Louis Sachar

90 Digital Fortress — Dan Brown

91 The Shack — William P. Young

92 The Devil Wears Prada — Lauren Weisberger

93 Water for Elephants — Sara Gruen

94 A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini

95 The Seat of the Soul — Gary Zukav

96 Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul — Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff

97 The Partner — John Grisham

98 Lord of the Flies — William Golding

99 Eldest: Inheritance, Book II — Christopher Paolini

100 The Broker — John Grisham

101 The Street Lawyer — John Grisham

102 A Series of Unfortunate Events No. 1: The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket

103 The Poisonwood Bible — Barbara Kingsolver

104 Into the Wild — Jon Krakauer

105 The King of Torts — John Grisham

106 The Tipping Point — Malcolm Gladwell

107 The Horse Whisperer — Nicholas Evans

108 Hannibal — Thomas Harris

109 The Audacity of Hope — Barack Obama

110 Running With Scissors — Augusten Burroughs

111 The Glass Castle: A Memoir — Jeannette Walls

112 My Sister’s Keeper —  Jodi Picoult

113 The Last Juror — John Grisham

114 The Devil in the White City — Erik Larson

115 Left Behind — Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

116 America (The Book) — Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show

117 The Red Tent — Anita Diamant

118 John Adams — David McCullough

119 The Christmas Box — Richard Paul Evans

120 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants — Ann Brashares

121 Sugar Busters! — H. Leighton Steward, Sam S. Andrews, Morrison C. Bethea, Luis A. Balart

122 Blink — Malcolm Gladwell

123 The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle

124 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life — Don Piper, Cecil Murphey

125 The Fellowship of the Ring — J.R.R. Tolkien

126 1776 — David McCullough

127 The Bridges of Madison County — Robert James Waller

128 Where the Heart Is — Billie Letts

129 The Ultimate Weight Solution — Phillip C. McGraw

130 Protein Power — Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades

131 Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul —  Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff

132 Into Thin Air — Jon Krakauer

133 Middlesex — Jeffrey Eugenides

134 Three Cups of Tea — Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

135 You: The Owner’s Manual — Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

136 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List — Patricia Schultz

137 Self Matters — Phillip C. McGraw

138 She’s Come Undone — Wally Lamb

139 1984 — George Orwell

140 The Chronicles of Narnia — C.S. Lewis

141 The Millionaire Next Door — Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

142 The Other Boleyn Girl — Philippa Gregory

143 The Zone — Barry Sears, Bill Lawren

144 The Pilot’s Wife — Anita Shreve

145 The Lost World — Michael Crichton

146 Atonement — Ian McEwan

147 He’s Just Not That Into You — Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

148 Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury

149 The World Is Flat — Thomas L. Friedman

150 Cross — James Patterson