P*J Ebooks: June 2013

2001 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

Desecration, Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
Skipping Christmas, John Grisham
A Painted House, John Grisham
Black House, Stephen King and Peter Straub
Valhalla Rising, Clive Cussler
Violets Are Blue, James Patterson
Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson
Bear and Dragon, Tom Clancy
Carolina Moon, Nora Roberts
A Painted House, John Grisham
Hannibal, Thomas Harris
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, J..R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
Dreamcatcher, Stephen King
The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America, Bill O'Reilly

2002 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

The Summons by John Grisham
Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
Remnant by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (left behind series)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Seybold
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel (Earth's Children Series)
Four Blind Mice, James Patterson
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Bush at War by Bob Woodward
Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Face the Fire by Nora Roberts
The Villa by Nora Roberts
Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts
1st to Die, James Patterson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Violets Are Blue by James Patterson

2003 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

(Left Behind Series) by Tim Lahaye
The Big Bad Wolf
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
The Teeth of the Tiger
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
Key of Light by Nora Roberts
Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts
Dark Tower V Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

2004 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
The Last Juror, John Grisham
Glorious Appearing, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
London Bridges, James Patterson
Ten Big Ones, Janet Evanovich
Bleachers, John Grisham
The Last Juror, John Grisham
Deception Point, Dan Brown
Skipping Christmas, John Grisham
Safe Harbour, Danielle Steel
Blue Dahlia, Nora Roberts
Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
Birthright, Nora Roberts
Blow Fly, Patricia Cornwell
My Life, Bill Clinton

2005 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

The Broker, John Grisham
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
Mary, Mary, James Patterson
True Believer, Nicholas Sparks
The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich
4th of July, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The Camel Club, David Baldacci
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
A Million Little Pieces , James Frey
Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
Why Do Men Have Nipples, Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, M.D.
Natural Cures “They” Don't Want You to Know About, Kevin Trudeau
The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman

2006 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

For One More Day, Mitch Albom
Dear John, Nicholas Sparks
Hannibal Rising, Thomas Harris
Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
The 5th Horseman, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The Innocent Man, John Grisham
The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren
Bush at War, Bob Woodward
Morrigan's Cross, Nora Roberts
Valley of Silence, Nora Roberts
Blue Smoke, Nora Roberts
4th of July, James Patterson
Mary, Mary, James Patterson
Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich
Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
Cell, Stephen King
The Camel Club, David Baldaci

2007 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
World Without End by Ken Follett
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann

2008 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

Breaking Dawn Meyer, Stephenie

Twilight Meyer, Stephenie

A New Earth Tolle, Eckhart

The Last Lecture Pausch, Randy

New Moon Meyer, Stephenie

Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie

The Shack Young, William

The Appeal by John Grisham

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

Edgar Sawtelle htm

Nights in Rodanthe

Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich

Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult

Odd Hours Dean Koontz

Duma Key by Stephen King

2009 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

Breaking Dawn Meyer, Stephenie

Twilight Meyer, Stephenie

New Moon Meyer, Stephenie

Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

The Host

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Shack by William P. Young

Blood Noir Anita Blake Vampire Hunter 16

2010 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

4th of July, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Mary, Mary, James Patterson

World Without End by Ken Follett

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #2) Suzanne Collins

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

A Million Little Pieces , James Frey

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #5) by Rick Riordan

Three Cups Of Tea by Greg Mortenson

Freakonomics by Malcolm Gladwell

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid #3

2011 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Water For Elephants Sara Gruen
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay(Hunger Games Series #3) Suzanne Collins
The Help - Kathryn Stockett

2012 BEST-SELLING BOOKS Pink*Jeep Ebooks

Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades Trilogy #1)
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades Trilogy #2)
Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades Trilogy #3)
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay(Hunger Games Series #3) Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) Suzanne Collins
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven R. Covey
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Help -Kathryn Stockett
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The book by George Orwell is again trending on the internet these days, and I wonder about the book itself. How good is it?

Here's a review from wikipedia:
Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in Oceania, one of three inter-continental super-states that divided the world among themselves after a global war. Most of the action takes place in London, the "chief city of Airstrip One",^[27] the Oceanic province that "had once been called England or Britain".^[28] Posters of the Party leader, Big Brother, bearing the caption "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU", dominate the city, while the ubiquitous telescreen (transceiving television set) monitors the private and public lives of the populace. The social class system of Oceania is threefold:

(I) the upper-class Inner Party, the elite ruling minority
(II) the middle-class Outer Party, and
(III) the lower-class Proles (from proletariat), who make up 85% of the population and represent the uneducated working class.

As the government, the Party controls the population with four ministries:

the Ministry of Peace (Minipax), which deals with war,
the Ministry of Plenty (Miniplenty), which deals with economic affairs (rationing and starvation),
the Ministry of Love (Miniluv), which deals with law and order (torture),
the Ministry of Truth (Minitrue), which deals with propaganda (news, entertainment, education and art)

The protagonist Winston Smith, a member of the Outer Party, works in the Ministry of Truth as an editor, revising historical records to make the past conform to the ever-changing party line and deleting references to unpersons, people who have been "vaporised", i.e. not only killed by the state, but denied existence even in history or memory.
The story of Winston Smith begins on 4 April 1984: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen";^[29] yet he is uncertain of the true date, given the régime’s continual rewriting and manipulation of history. His memories and his reading of the proscribed book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein, reveal that after the Second World War, the United Kingdom fell to civil war and then was absorbed into Oceania. Simultaneously, the USSR conquered mainland Europe and established the second superstate of Eurasia. The third superstate, Eastasia, comprises the regions of East Asia and Southeast Asia. The three superstates wage perpetual war for the remaining unconquered lands of the world, forming and breaking alliances as is convenient. From his childhood (1949–53), Winston remembers the Atomic Wars fought in Europe, western Russia, and North America. It is unclear to him what occurred first: the Party's victory in the civil war, the US annexation of the British Empire, or the war in which Colchester was bombed. However, his strengthening memories and the story of his family's dissolution suggest that the atomic bombings occurred first (the Smiths took refuge in a tube station), followed by civil war featuring "confused street fighting in London itself", and the societal postwar reorganisation, which the Party retrospectively calls "the Revolution".