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It's been over seven months since I've posted the list of Amazon's
sales ranking for the various wrestling-related books, so I thought
I'd waste some time compiling the information.

Let me know if I missed any major titles.

When I did the last list (10/30/2003) "The Stone Cold Truth" was on
top at #85.  This is the first time I've done the list where no
wrestling titles were in the top thousand, much less having only
three in the top 10,000.

___RANK__ __________________________TITLE__________________________

    7,798 Ric Flair: To Be the Man (Flair) [2004/7/6]
    8,358 Wrestlecrap & Figure Four Weekly: Death Of WCW (Reynolds)
    9,850 WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling (Reynolds)
   10,365 Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of (Mooneyham)
   16,745 Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos (Foley)
   18,962 Every Man Has His Price (DiBiase)
   20,594 Missy Hyatt, First Lady of Wrestling (Hyatt)
   20,817 Hollywood Hulk Hogan (Hogan)
   21,762 In the Pit with Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy (Piper)
   22,099 Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Great (Meltzer)
   27,160 The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire (Hardys)
   27,637 Have More Money Now : A Common Sense Approach (Layfield)
   28,000 Pure Dynamite: The Price you Pay for Stardom (Billington)
   31,409 Arn Anderson 4 Ever (Anderson)
   32,813 Chair Shots & Other Obstacles: Winning (Heenan, Anderson)
   32,995 Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Poli (Ventura)
   34,352 Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen (Hart)
   36,836 Bobby the Brain: Wrestling's Bad Boy Tells All (Heenen)
   40,684 It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes (Lawler)
   41,469 I'm Next: The Strange Journey of America's Most (Goldberg)
   42,382 The Legends of Wrestling: "Classy" Freddie  (Blassie)
   46,456 The Stone Cold Truth (Austin, Brent)
   51,178 WWF WrestleMania: The Official Insider's Story (Layden)
   53,196 Positively Page: The Diamond Dallas Page Journey (DDP)
   56,562 Bodyslams! Memoirs of a Wrestling Pitchman (Cappetta)
   57,438 Chokehold: Pro Wrestling's Real Mayhem Outside (Johnson)
   61,424 Unscripted (Ken Leiker)
   61,577 Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wr (Foley)
   65,954 Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (Foley)
   74,319 Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of (Dumas)
   76,725 Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler's Adventures (Thesz)
   85,074 The Toughest Man Alive (Gene Lebell, Bob Calhoun)
   88,952 The Rock Say (The Rock) [listed sep from The Rock Says]
   90,159 Stranglehold : An Intriguing Behind The Scenes (Nelson)
   90,470 Tietam Brown (Foley)
   92,288 Tonight in This Very Ring: A Fan's History (Keith)
   99,067 Bret 'Hitman' Hart: The Best There Is, the Best Th (Hart)
  112,079 Mick Foley's Halloween Hijinx (Foley)
  131,882 The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia (WWFE)
  141,058 The Story of the Wrestler They Call "Undertaker" (Ross)
  151,701 The Buzz on Professional Wrestling (Keith)
  158,613 Exquisite Mayhem (Ehret)
  161,906 The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess (Ellison)
  162,558 Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time (Marek, Meltzer)
  162,588 Wow: Best of Wwf, Wcw, Ecw: World Wrestling Fed (Morris)
  164,560 Body Slam: The Jesse Ventura Story (Tapper)
  166,114 Bret Hart: The Story of the Wrestler They Call (Mudge)
  166,224 Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring (Erb)
  190,001 World Wrestling Entertainment Yearbook 2003 Ed(McAvennie)
  198,381 Ric Flair: The Story of the Wrestler They Call (Hunter)
  209,040 JR's Cookbook: True Ringside Tales, BBQ, and (Ross)
  220,998 Black Stars of Professional Wrestling (Shabazz)
  235,006 Gotch: An American Hero (Mike Chapman)
  262,532 Shawn Michaels: The Story of the Wrestler T (Cicciarelli)
  275,972 Warrior Queen: Unauthorized Story of Laurer (Edelman)
  292,228 Jesse Ventura Tells It Like It Is: America's  (Ventura)
  292,474 Wrestling: A Pictorial History (David Hofstede)
  297,280 The Secret of the Iron Claw (Mullinax)
  307,915 If They Only Knew (Chyna)
  314,951 Mick Foley: Behind the Mankind Mask (West)
  316,693 Wcw World Championship Wrestling: The Ultimate Guide (DKP)
  319,447 Triple H Making the Game: Triple H's Approach (Triple H)
  322,501 The Story of the Wrestler They Call "Sting" (Alexander)
  335,936 Carnival Culture (James B. Twitchell)
  340,599 Hollywood Hulk Hogan: The Story of Terry Bollea (Zannos)
  358,826 It's True! It's True! (Kurt Angle)
  384,668 The Story of the Wrestler They Call "Hollywood" (Hunter)
  372,276 316 Ways to Tell You're Obsessed Ob/Pro-Wrestling (Hiller)
  405,355 Can You Take the Heat?: The WWF Is Cooking (Ross)
  406,472 Bill Goldberg (Prowrestling Stars) (Alexander)
  424,478 Complete Idiot's Guide to Wrestling (2nd Ed) (Albano)
  435,612 The Essential Legal Guide for the Pro Wrestler (Perkins)
  441,328 Inside the Ropes with Jesse Ventura (Tom Hauser)
  447,025 Body Slams!: In-Your-Face Insults from the World (Liebman)
  463,895 Wrestling's Heels and Heroes: An In-Depth Look (Picarello)
  469,132 The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling (Pope, Whebbe)
  491,421 Texas Rattlesnake (Scott Edelman)
  503,892 Wow-World of Wrestling: Best of Wcw (Benchmark)
  514,706 The Tables All Were Broken, McNeill's Take on (McNeill)
  566,720 The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame (Oliver)
  601,396 Face to Face With Bret "Hit Man" Hart (Ricciuti)
  616,089 Kayfabe: The Secret World of Professional (Flood)
  666,400 Bruno Sammartino (Davies)
  680,954 Rampage: The Superstars of the Wwf, Wcw, and Ecw (Benchmk)
  690,556 Wrestling's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Pro (Conner)
  787,266 Triple H: Pro Wrestler Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Kaelberer)
  789,937 Pro Wrestling: From Carnivals to Cable TV (Greenberg)
  804,496 Women of Pro Wrestling (Alexander)
  837,477 The Wrestler: A Bizarre Life in Pro Wrestling (Hawkinson)
  880,753 Pro Wrestling's Most Punishing Finishing Moves (Alexander)
  911,308 One of the Boys (Laskin)
  962,934 The Pro Wrestling Action Figure Guide (1st Edition)
  984,864 Andre the Giant (Davies)
  984,865 Ric Flair (Davies)
  984,866 Bret Hart (Davies)
1,047,705 I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body (Ventura)
1,069,335 Frank Gotch : World's Greatest Wrestler (Mike Chapman)
1,086,823 DK Readers: WCW Finishing Moves Level 4 (Teitelbaum)
1,130,706 Vince McMahon Jr. (Pro Wrestling Legends) (Alexander)
1,138,874 A History of Wrestling in Iowa: From Gotch to (Chapman)
1,150,558 Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle (Mazer)
1,180,071 The Story of the Wrestler They Call "Chyna" (Brindisi)
1,185,151 Buddy Rogers (Davies)
1,295,781 HULKAMANIA (Solomon)
1,311,442 Gorilla Monsoon (Davies)
1,384,485 Pro Wrestling's Most Punishing Moves (Kyle Alexander)
1,403,513 Hulk Hogan (All Star Wrestling) (Don Ward)
1,525,654 WWF Presents All About Hulk Hogan Fact Book (Larry Humber)
1,598,088 The Nature Boy: Pro Wrestler Ric Flair (Kaelberer)
1,620,642 In the Ring With Bret Hart (Payan)
1,676,584 Killer Pics: A Collection of Images from a (Kowalski)
1,714,457 Hulkamania! (Pocket Books) [1985]
1,734,211 Hulk Hogan (Children's Press)
1,761,175 Goldberg: Pro Wrestler Bill Goldberg (Burgan)
1,791,653 Bobo Brazil (Davies)
1,791,654 The Funk Family (Davies)
1,791,660 Sting (Davies)
1,791,661 Bill Goldberg (Davies)
1,823,180 Hulk Hogan Guide Wwf Superstars (Steve Taylor)
1,955,882 Hulk Hogan: Eye of the Tiger (Sports Stars) (Barry Janoff)
2,041,471 Haystacks Calhoun (Davies)
2,041,480 Kevin Nash (Davies)
2,387,123 Hulk Hogan: Pro Wrestler Terry Bollea (Kaelberer, Miller)
2,549,789 Hulk Hogan (Center Stage) (Carl R. Green)
 
unranked Mick Foley: The Story of the Wrestler They (Alexander)
unranked Official WCW Factfile: World Championship Wrestling
unranked Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George? (Frank, Jares)
unranked The Rock Says... (The Rock)
unranked Wrestling Renegades: An In Depth Look at Today's (Cohen)
unranked Diamond Dallas Page (Davies)
unranked Pro Wrestling: The Early Years (Hunter)
unranked Rulers of the Ring: Wrestling's Hottest (Picarello)
unranked Gorgeous George (Orchard Super Crunchies) (Powling,
Dupasquier)

unranked Pro Wrestling Legends: Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg, Bret
Hart, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Sting, the Undertaker and the Body
(CHP) [list price is $498.00]

unranked Hulk Hogan Campeon De Lucha Libre/ Wrestling Pro
(Superestrellas Del Deporte) (Heather Feldman, Hulk Hogan)

 
The following used to be listed in Amazon.com but no longer show up:

unlisted Hulk Hogan: Wrestling Pro (Reading Power) (H Feldman)
unlisted Professional Wrestling Collectibles (Pope, Whebbe)
unlisted Rowdy Roddy: The Official Biography of Rowdy Roddy (WWF)
unlisted Hulkamania!: Hulk Hogan America's Hero (Abbot Neil)
unlisted Hulkamania: The Official Biography of Hulk Hogan (WWF)
unlisted The Dirtiest Player in the Game: Ric Flair (Flair) [2004]

I'm guessing this last one has been renamed to "To Be The Man"

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