MCPAPER lists the top 25 books of the last 25 years

1Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By J.K. Rowling (1998)

2The Deep End of the Ocean
By Jacquelyn Mitchard (1996)

3The Da Vinci Code
By Dan Brown (2003)

4The 911 Commission Report
By the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (2004)

5Chicken Soup for the Soul
By Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield (1993)

6Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
By John Gray (1992)

7Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
By Robert C. Atkins (1992)

8And the Band Played On
By Randy Shilts (1987)

9Beloved
By Toni Morrison (1987)

10The Greatest Generation
By Tom Brokaw (1998)
The former NBC anchor

11Bridget Jones's Diary
By Helen Fielding (1998)

12Left Behind
By Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (1995)

13The Purpose Driven Life
By Rick Warren (2003)

14Fast Food Nation
By Eric Schlosser (2001)

15The Satanic Verses
By Salman Rushdie (1989)

16The Closing of the American Mind
By Allan Bloom (1987)

17The Bonfire of the Vanities
By Tom Wolfe (1987)

18The Joy Luck Club
By Amy Tan (1989)

19What To Expect When You're Expecting
By Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway (1984)

20A Brief History of Time
By Stephen Hawking (1988)

21Iacocca
By Lee Iacocca (1984)

22Waiting to Exhale
By Terry McMillan (1992)

23Cold Mountain
By Charles Frazier (1997)

24Backlash
By Susan Faludi (1991)

25Final Exit
By Derek Humphry (1991)