My 2003 Book List

For those of you who have recently started following my blog, I'm an avid reader and keep rankings of the books I read during the year. When I get the opportunity, I post some of the lists I've accumulated throughout the years. Below is my list from 2003.

As always, please keep in mind that these are simply my opinions. Please leave comments below with your thoughts on any of the titles.

Distinguished Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Last Amateurs by John Feinstein
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Focus by Arthur Miller
Indigo Slam by Robert Crais
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
April 1865 by Jay Winik
The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Six Days of War by Michael Oren

Excellent Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger
Jackdaws by Ken Follett
Bias by Bernard Goldberg
The Prudent Investor Act by W. Scott Simon
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk
CrossGenerations by Robert Esperti and Renno Peterson
A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara
Up Country by Nelson DeMille
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Adventure Capitalist by Jim Rogers
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Very Good Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
What Time Is It? You Mean Now? by Yogi Berra and Dave Kaplan
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Daddy's Little Girl by Mary Higgins Clark
Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler
Code to Zero by Ken Follett
In My Hands by Irene Opdyke
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
Right as Rain by George Pelecanos

Good
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy and William Steig
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
Peony by Pearl Buck
The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich Gelissen and Heather Dune Macadam
A Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson
A Maiden's Grave by Jeffery Deaver
The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson
Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Rich Die Richer and You Can Too by William Zabel
Preparing Heirs by Roy Williams and Vic Preisser
The Jew Store by Stella Suberman
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
The Summons by John Grisham
The Mick by Mickey Mantle and Herb Gluck
Strategies for Investment Success: Index Funds by Will McClatchy
Integrating Investments and the Tax Code by William Reichenstein and William Jennings

Fair
The Science of Winning by Burton Fabricand
Dance for the Dead by Thomas Perry
The New Financial Order by Robert Shiller
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
The Art of Asset Allocation by David Darst
The Science of Investing by Ron Rhoades

Poor
Rich in America by Jeffrey Maurer
Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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