The Book Sense Bestseller List for Sports and Exercise
Based on sales reports from nearly 400 independent bookstores across the U.S. for the four weeks ending May 11, 2003.
From golf to the Iditarod to hiking, and, of course, baseball -- sports, exercise, and physical recreation are winning subjects with book buyers.
To reprint this list, please contact Kristen Gilligan at kristen@bookweb.org. Thanks to all loyal reporters!
| 1. | Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand, Ballantine, $15.95, 0449005615 |
| 2. | It's Not About the Bike Lance Armstrong, Berkley, $13, 0425179613 |
| 3. | Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: My Lifelong Passion for Baseball Stephen Jay Gould, Norton, $24.95, 0393057550 |
| 4. | Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life Deepak Chopra, Harmony, $21, 0609603906 |
| 5. | Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball David Wells, Morrow, $25.95, 0060508248 |
| 6. | Sandy Koufax Jane Leavy, HarperCollins, $23.95, 0060195339 |
| 7. | Fly-Fishing the 41st: Around the World on the 41st Parallel James Prosek, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060193794 |
| 8. | Final Round William Bernhardt, Ballantine, $7.50, 0345449630 |
| 9. | The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire Matt and Jeff Hardy, Regan, $24.95, 0060521546 |
| 10. | A Nasty Bit of Rough David Feherty, Penguin, $14, 0142002658 |
| 11. | The Fish's Eye: Essays about Angling and the Outdoors Ian Frazier, Picador, $12, 0312421699 |
| 12. | At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman John Gierach, S&S, $22, 0743229924 |
| 13. | We Love Baseball! Peggy Harrison, Random House, $3.25, 0375814426 |
| 14. | Strength Training Anatomy Frederic Delavier, Human Kinetics, $18.95, 0736041850 |
| 15. | The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf Mark Frost, Hyperion, $30, 0786869208 |
| 16. | Game Time: A Baseball Companion Roger Angell, Harcourt, $25, 0151008248 |
| 17. | Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge Jill A. Fredston, North Point Press, $14, 0865476551 |
| 18. | Stud: Adventures in Breeding Kevin Conley, Bloomsbury, $14.95, 1582343322 |
| 19. | Fatal Mountaineer: The High Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend Robert Roper, St. Martin's Press, $15.95, 0312302665 |
| 20. | The Founding Fish John McPhee, FSG, $25, 0374104441 |
| 21. | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $7.99, 0385492081 |
| 22. | Fever Pitch Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1573226882 |
| 23. | The Footbag Book: All the Tricks, All the Tips Klutz Press (Ed.), Klutz, $12.95, 1570541906 |
| 24. | California Hiking: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,000 of the Best Hikes Tom Stienstra, Avalon Travel, $21.95, 1566914876 |
| 25. | Downhill Slide: Why the Corporate Ski Industry Is Bad for Skiing, Ski Towns, and the Environment Hal Clifford, Sierra Club, $24.95, 1578050715 |
| 26. | Baseball America Prospect Handbook Jim Callis (Ed.), Baseball America, $21.95, 0684019302 |
| 27. | I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It Charles Barkley, Random House, $22.95, 037550883X |
| 28. | 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon |
| 29. | Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth Robert Burleigh, Harcourt, $6, 0152045996 |
| 30. | By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions Richard A. Cohen, Random House, $29.95, 0375504176 |
| 31. | The Long Ball: The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played Tom Adelman, Little Brown, $24.95, 0316068993 |
| 32. | Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court John R. Wooden, McGraw-Hill, $16.95, 0809230410 |
| 33. | Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder Tony Hawk, Regan, $6.99, 0060096896 |
| 34. | Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Gary Paulsen, Harvest, $15, 0156001454 |
| 35. | Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure Peter Stark, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345441516 |
| 36. | Baseball Register: Every Player, Every Stat! Tony Nistler and David Walton (Eds.), McGraw-Hill, $17.95, 0892046996 |
| 37. | First Day at Gymnastics Anita Ganeri, DK, $3.99, 0789485133 |
| 38. | Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $12.95, 0385488181 |
| 39. | On the Court With ... Michael Jordan Matt Christopher, Little Brown, $4.95, 0316137928 |
| 40. | When Boston Won the World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903 |
| 41. | Zen in the Art of Archery Eugen Herrigel, Vintage, $10, 0375705090 |
| 42. | The Best American Sports Writing Rick Reilly (Ed.), Mariner, $13, 0618086285 |
| 43. | Baseball Prospectus Gary Huckabay, Brassey's, $21.95, 1574885618 |
| 44. | Pride of October: What It Was to Be Young and a Yankee Bill Madden, Warner, $24.95, 044652932X |
| 45. | The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together Michael Shapiro, Doubleday, $37.95, 0385501528 |
| 46. | Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke, Free Press, $40, 0743222202 |
| 47. | Foghorn Outdoors California Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,500 Tent and RV Campgrounds Tom Stienstra, Avalon Travel, $21.95, 1566914868 |
| 48. | Himalayan Quest: Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants Ed Viesturs, National Geographic, $20, 0792268849 |
| 49. | 2003 ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac Gerry Brown (Ed.), Hyperion, $12.99, 078688715X |
| 50. | On the Court with Kobe Bryant Matt Christopher, Little Brown, $4.99, 0316137324 |
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