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Top 10 for 10 Years - 2000
2008 is Fanatics' 10th anniversary! To celebrate every fanatical year, we have gone back in time, through the Top 10 books from each of the last 10 years.
We picked our favourites from the bestselling titles, from 1998 to 2007. You'll enjoy revisiting these chart-toppers - they are the books everyone was talking about at the time.
What you see in the pages that follow is a delicious concoction of books that hit the top sales charts, and books that captured our imagination, and remain top of mind. We hope you enjoy will enjoy the list as much as we enjoyed compiling it.
Select a top ten from a year below:
Monsoon, set in the dawn of the 18th century in
England, East Africa and Arabia follows the lives of
the three sons of Hal Courteney. It tells us more
about the East India trade, channel smuggling, the
Arab slave trade and the struggle to keep Oman
free from the Ottoman Empire.
When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives
in the French village of Lanquenent and opens a
chocolate boutique directly opposite the church,
Father Reynaud identifies her as a serious danger
to his flock - especially as it is the beginning of Lent,
the traditional season of self-denial. Rich, clever
and mischievous, this is a triumphant read.
Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather have decided to
create the best catering company in Dublin. They
have the perfect premises, heaps of talent, and
even a few contacts - but not everyone seems as
pleased by the idea of Scarlet Feather as they are.
Cathy and Tom strive to maintain their emotional
ties amidst catering triumphs and disasters,
supported by an enchanting cast of classic Binchy
characters.
The twenty-fourth Discworld novel - featuring
dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue and big lumps of fat.
Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was
a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the
mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now, he
has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy
trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask).
A Brazilian boy, Santiago, travels to Spain after
dreaming about treasures. He meets an alchemist
who teaches him the true nature of the treasure.
A perennial classic for soul searchers.
The Poisonwood Bible tells the story of an American
family in the Congo during a time of political and
social upheaval. This tale of one family's tragic
undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the
course of three decades in postcolonial Africa is
set against one of history's most dramatic political
parables.
John and Martha were an exceptionally ambitious
and driven all-American couple. With six Harvard
degrees between them, and living in the refined
and competitive atmosphere of the Harvard campus,
the last thing they expected was to become parents
to a Down's Syndrome baby.
Zakes Mda introduces us to a clash of cultures -
not, as so often in South Africa, between black and
white, but between educated urban black and rural
poverty-stricken black. The story Zakes Mda tells
is interesting but what gives it depth and complexity,
is this interaction between past and present,
between modern and traditional.
Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th
richest man in America, is about to read his last
will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11
billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping
offspring and a legion of lawyers, wait breathlessly.
However, the magnate shocks everyone with a
bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute the spoils.
Spirited Eliza leaves her home in Chile in search of
her lover, who has set out for the Californian gold
rush. What she finds instead is adversity and
adventure and, through her own resourcefulness,
an even more momentous journey to independence
and freedom.
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