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Blast from the past

Written on: September 3rd, 2009 by: in Reviews

Here’s the New York Times bestseller list from Dec. 27, 1998- what’s so special about that date? Well, it’s the date that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone debuted on the list (at number 16):

1. A Man in Full, Tom Wolfe
2. Bag of Bones, Stephen King
3. Simple Truth, David Baldacci
4. Mirror Image, Danielle Steel
5. Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy
6. Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
7. When the Wind Blows, James Patterson
8. All Through the Night, Mary Higgins Clark
9. Vampire Armand, Anne Rice

Vampires were apparently less popular back then, but as for many of the rest, plus ca change….