11.05.2003

Tastemakers, beware -- Amazon.com's Top Books of 2003 (query what happens to all the books released in the next eight weeks) is equal parts ridiculous and sublime. The Amazon editors chose some real sleepers, like this, this, and this which are on my list -- as well as Bill Bryson's book which is certainly my top choice of the year. The customers, on the other hand, are playing it culturally fast and loose -- Harry Potter and Al Franken, OK; Dungeons & Dragons and the South Beach Diet? Sounds like a bad punchline...and speaking of which, please tell me this item (at #28!) isn't real.

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