# Amazon.com Top 100 List: Do you see what I see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072 "2005-02-02T23:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/1 "2005-02-02T23:38:35Z")
I usually browse the Amazon 100 list. Usually I’m not too surprised at what is on there, but every few weeks they throw something out that I just can’t believe is selling, and I wonder if someone is paying to have it included. This week: [The Nephilim](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594678944/ref=pd_ts_b_19/104-9570489-7181518?v=glance&s=books&n=1000) You can’t even get it for 10-12 days. Does it show up on your Amazon top 100? Or have I been browsing some books that are way out there and is Amazon targeting me with this? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/2 "2005-02-03T00:35:36Z")
It shows up at #18 on my list. I wonder, though, if that wasn’t influenced by the fact that it was the most recent item I’d looked at (because I clicked on the link in the OP)? Somehow I doubt it, but I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/3 "2005-02-03T01:42:23Z")
I’ve never heard of the book before you mentioned it here, but it looks like some whacked-out Christian Fiction. It’s probably being advance ordered in bulk by Left Behind types. ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/4 "2005-02-03T02:21:35Z")
It shows up as #17 when I view the [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) 100, and I’ve never clicked on the book link. I think my mom is all into those “Left Behind” books…I’ll have to ask her what the deal is… ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/5 "2005-02-03T05:18:07Z")
Well, the book’s page on Amazon isn’t working now. You just get a blank page. But I looked it up on Barnes and Noble’s [site](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1f1eSNsAOO&isbn=1594678944&itm=1) and it’s sales rank there is 118. Not as high as it is on Amazon, but still pretty high. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/6 "2005-02-03T05:22:16Z")
I live in a rural area. I’m not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/7 "2005-02-03T06:52:33Z")
Funny, I looked up [The Nephilim](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000189D/qid=1107414064/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-3296044-4982548) and it’s ranked #50,522. Nowhere near the top 100… …oh there’s a book? I thought you meant the old goth band… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/8 "2005-02-03T14:35:10Z")
Interesting. I have been secretly accusing them of targeting. Based on your response, this doesn’t seem to be the case. I still can’t believe that this book belongs in the top 20, and now I have to suspect that they accept bribes to position a book. Wasn’t that illegal in the music industry? ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-top-100-list-do-you-see-what-i-see/288072/9 "2005-02-03T14:51:45Z")
But then [this piece of nonesense](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401900852/ref=pd_ts_b_11/104-6401373-0270314?v=glance&s=books&n=1000) is #11. Stonehenge & the Pyramids! Whee!