The top-selling hardcover books on American foreign policy and international affairs. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com.

The Best of 2005
POSTED DECEMBER 12, 2005
1		The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
2		Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Viking, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
3		China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World Ted C. Fishman Scribner, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
4		The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky PublicAffairs, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com
5		9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States National Commission on Terrorist Attacks National Commission on Terrorist Attacks W.W. Norton & Company, $19.95 Purchase at B&N.com Barnes & Noble Books, $9.95 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
6		The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com
7		Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground Robert D. Kaplan Random House, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
8		First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan Gary C. Schroen Presidio Press, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com
9		Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Secret Saudi-U.S. Connection Gerald L. Posner Random House, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com
10		The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy T.R. Reid Penguin Press, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
11		Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East Clyde V. Prestowitz Basic Books, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
12		The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God George Weigel Basic Books, $23.00 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
13		Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War Anthony Shadid Henry Holt and Company, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com
14		The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair Martin Meredith PublicAffairs, $35.00 Purchase at B&N.com
15		Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power David J. Rothkopf PublicAffairs, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
16		America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle between America and Its Enemies George Friedman Doubleday, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com
17		Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating Thomas P.M. Barnett Putnam, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com
18		John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics Richard Parker Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35.00 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
19		The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War Andrew Bacevich Oxford University Press, $28.00 Purchase at B&N.com Read the review
20		The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved Alan Dershowitz John Wiley and Sons, $22.95 Purchase at B&N.com

The bestseller list is published monthly by Foreign Affairs magazine. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com from January to December 2005.

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