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Top 10 for 10 Years - 2004
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:
One of the most commercially successful novels
of modern times. A Harvard professor is on the
trail of the murderer of the curator of the Louvre.
Opus Dei, several Catholic churches and a hint of
Leonardo Da Vinci spice up the mix.
Christopher is 15 and has Asperger's, a form of
autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and
Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand
other people. He has never gone further than the
end of the road on his own, but when he finds a
neighbour's dog murdered, he sets out on a terrifying
journey.
Can a good company become a great one and, if
so, how? After a five-year research project, the
author concludes that 'good to great' can and does
happen. Here he uncovers the underlying variables
that enable any type of organization to make the
leap from good to great while other organizations
remain only good.
Ranging freely and often wittily across many terrains,
this brave book provides a unique and compelling
discourse on living creatively in Africa today. A
Change of Tongue traces the humour of change
and the pain of belonging through the personal
narratives of individuals, families, groups, poets,
officials and politicians.
Winter, 1975: Afghanistan, a country on the verge
of an internal coup. 12-year-old Amir is desperate
to win the approval of his father, one of the richest
merchants in Kabul. He's failed to do so through
brains or brawn but the one area in which they
connect is the annual kite-fighting tournament.
Entrepreneur/author/educator Robert Kiyosaki
teaches adults and their children about money and
how to become financially independent. Kiyosaki
will show parents why they can't rely on schools
to teach their children about money and explodes
the myth that you need a high income to be rich.
Africa is the only continent to have grown poorer
in the last century. Why? This book seeks to
diagnose the sickness that continues to hobble
Africa's development. It provides a history and a
commentary on the enigma of modern Africa.
A groundbreaking manifesto on the meaning of life,
The Purpose-Driven Life will help you understand
why you are alive and God's amazing plan for you
- both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren
will guide you through a personal 40-day spiritual
journey that will transform your answer to life's
most important question: What on earth am I here
for?
Pale Native is a story filled with drama about the
risks of investigative journalism on the front line.
It's controversial, because Max du Preez is not
afraid to expose what others want hidden from
view. It's insightful, giving a fascinating analysis of
southern African politics from a skilled reporter
who has seen it first-hand.
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10 AGAAT
deur Marlene van Niekerk
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Agaat speel af in die periode 1946 tot 1996 en
handel oor die lotgevalle van vier mense op 'n plaas
in die distrik van Swellendam. Die verhaal ontvou
aan die hand van die verteller, Milla de Wet (née
Redelinghuys), waar sy op haar sterfbed probeer
sin maak van haar lewe as "oorsprong" van die
lotgevalle op 'n familieplaas.
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