Barnes & Noble top ACW sellers, 2004

How this list was made: I searched Barnes and Noble online for "Civil War." Sorted the list by "Bestselling." Removed the following items: novels and poems, books selling at deep discount (i.e., being liquidated), and topically irrelevant titles.

The place a book would have occupied if I had not made such list edits is shown in parenthesis after the title: "Title of Book (34)."

The overall "Barnes and Noble Sales Rank" is its ranking outside of the Civil War context. This is followed by my estimate of 2004 sales as per Ingram times six (as of 12/28/04).

The titles in the list link to Amazon, with which this site is affiliated. Amazon will not carry some books published by Barnes & Noble, so the first link in the list, which is a B&N title, should draw a blank. You might amuse yourself by clicking a link and comparing the B&N sales rank with the Amazon sales rank.

1. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War (1)
by the U.S. War Department / Barnes & Noble, Nov 2003
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 1,171
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: Ingram data not available

2. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies (7)
by Michael W. Kauffman / Random House, Nov 2004
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 1,405
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 11,100

3. Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief (25)
Geoffrey Perret / Random House, Apr 2004
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 3,951
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 4,100

4. Ulysses S. Grant (American Presidents Series) (30)
by Josiah Bunting / Henry Holt, Aug 2004
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 4,714
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 7,000

5. April 1865: The Month That Saved America (37)
by Jay Winik / Harper Collins, Mar 2002
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 5,516
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 8,700

6. Great Maps of the Civil War: Pivotal Battles and Campaigns Featuring 32 Removable Maps (39)
by William J. Miller / Rutledge Hill, Oct 2004
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 6,541
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 5,600

7. Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America (41)
by Mark Perry / Random House, May 2004
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 6,386
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 8,600

8. Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War (43)
by Ernest B. Furgurson / Knopf, Nov 2004
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 6,599
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 3,000

9. Battle Cry of Freedom (Oxford History of the United States Series): The Civil War Era (44)
by James M. McPherson / Oxford, Oct 2003
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 6,211
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 10,800

10. Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers (65)
by Gary Paulsen, Wendy Lamb (Editor) / Laurel Leaf, Sep 2000
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 9,591
Total 2004 sales estimate for this edition: 36,500

Notes: (1) This last title is a work for the children's market and may sell through schools. (2) Publication dates shown are those of most recent release. (3) Anomalies between B&N ranking and my total sales figures can be viewed as reflecting sales made through stores.