Sex, Saints, and Exorcisms: BookFinder.com Unveils Top 10 Out-of-Print
Books of 2005
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Madonna's photo book Sex leads the top 10 most sought after out-of-print books of 2005. Other popular out-of-print titles include Dear and Glorious Physician, a novel about the life of Saint Luke, and The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, which inspired the film The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
"Looking at demand for out-of-print books is a great way to tell what people are interested in when they're not swayed by marketing campaigns. This year we want to read a little bit of everything," reports BookFinder.com founder Anirvan Chatterjee. "America has more then just Sex on its mind. Readers are seeking out books on politics, history, religion, and knitting."
The top 10 most sought after out-of-print books in America in 2005, as compiled by BookFinder.com ( http://www.bookfinder.com/ ), a search engine used by millions of readers:
1) Sex (1992) by Madonna; The pop icon's first book, featuring erotic
photos and more
2) Sisters (1981) by Lynne Cheney; Frontier lesbian romance in 19th
century Wyoming
3) The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel (1981) by Felicitas D. Goodman; An
account of the case that inspired the 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily
Rose
4) Where Troy Once Stood (1991) by Iman Wilkens; Posits that the Trojan
War took place in England, and that The Iliad and The Odyssey are based
on oral histories of a major war between Celtic peoples circa 1160 BCE
5) The Principles of Knitting (1988) by June Hemmons Hiatt; Methods and
techniques of hand knitting, the ultimate resource
6) General Printing (1963) by Glen Cleeton; Everything you ever wanted to
know about letterpress printing, but were afraid to ask
7) The New Soldier (1971) edited by John Kerry; Vietnam Veterans Against
the War's account of a mismanaged war
8) The Lion's Paw (1946) by Robb White; An enduring children's adventure
story
9) Dear and Glorious Physician (1959) by Taylor Caldwell; A novel based
on the life of Saint Luke, patron saint of painters, physicians, and
healers
10) The Book of Counted Sorrows (2003) by Dean Koontz; The suspense
novelist brings to life the fictional book of poetry he's been referring
to in all his novels
Since 1997, BookFinder.com has been one of the best ways to find and buy books online. The web service searches an inventory of 100 million books for sale by thousands of booksellers from around the world, making it the world's largest searchable book inventory, either online or off. Last month, USA Today said "BookFinder.com is the place to go when looking for new, used, rare and out-of-print books."
BookFinder.com also publishes the BookFinder.com Report, a measure of the most sought after out-of-print book in America. Online at: http://report.bookfinder.com/ . SOURCE BookFinder.com
