Book statistics for 2008
For the first day of the new year we present a compilation of statistics from our website showing the most popular pages for books,
authors, publishers, and subjects for 2008. While these pages received the most visitors during 2008, keep in mind that measuring "page hits" is not the
same thing as determining the "best" of the year. Visitors might have reached these pages for any of a variety of reasons, including sheer accident.
Likewise, books which were in the database and accessible all year long could have a amassed a greater number of visitors than equally popular books
that didn't show up until late in the year. And some of the pages most visited are for books not yet published. So, slice and dice these standings
however you like, but here are the most visited pages at Stone & Stone for the year 2008.
Book pages most visited
1. Rohwer, Jurgen and G. Hummelchen. Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two
2. Zetterling, Niklas and Anders Frankson. Korsun Pocket: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944
3. Anonymous translated by Steven Bullard. Japanese Army Operations in the South Pacific Area: New Britain and Papua Campaigns, 1942-43
4. Bishop, Chris. Essential Tank Identification Guide: Waffen SS Divisions, 1939-1945
5. Balkoski, Joseph. From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August - September 1944
6. Gijbels, Peter and David Truesdale. Leading the Way to Arnhem: An Illustrated History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company 1942-1946
7. deZeng, Henry L. and Douglas G. Stankey with Eddie J. Creek. Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945: A Reference Source, volume 1
8. Shores, Christopher, Hans Ring, and William N. Hess. Fighters over Tunisia
9. Nevenkin, Kamen. Fire Brigades: The Panzer Divisions, 1943-1945
10. Glantz, David M. Stalingrad Trilogy, volume 1: To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942
11. Hastings, Max. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
12. Nash, Douglas E. Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Hurtgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich
13. Walker, James. Liberandos: A WWII History of the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group and Its Founding Units
14. Bellis, Malcolm A. Regiments of the British Army, 1939-1945 (Armour & Infantry)
15. Boiten, Theo. Nachtjagd War Diaries: An Operational History of the German Night Fighter Force in the West, volume 1: September 1939 - March 1944
16. Corum, James S. Wolfram von Richthofen: Master of the German Air War
17. Healy, Mark. Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943
18. Kamenir, Victor. Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in Ukraine, June 1941
19. Glantz, David. After Stalingrad: The Red Army's Winter Offensive, 1942-1943
20. Jones, Michael K. Stalingrad: How the Red Army Survived the German Onslaught
Author pages most visited
1. David Glantz
2. Joseph Balkoski
3. Mike Spick
4. H.F. Joslen
5. Christopher Shores
6. Christer Bergstrom
7. Tony Le Tissier
8. Steve Zaloga
9. Mark Zuehlke
10. Rupert Butler
11. Mark Yerger
12. Samuel W. Mitcham
13. Roger Freeman
14. Walter Spielberger
15. Ferdinando D'Amico
16. John Foreman
17. Gerald Astor
18. Rudi Rolf
19. George Forty
20. Niklas Zetterling
Publisher pages most visited
1. The History Press
2. Little Brown and Company
3. Naval Institute Press
4. Osprey Publishing
5. Frank Cass Publishers
6. Schiffer Publishing Ltd
7. Smithsonian Institution Press
8. Presidio Press
9. Tempus Publishing
10. Squadron Signal Publications
11. Vanwell Publishing Ltd
12. Spellmount Ltd
13. Stackpole Books
14. Pen and Sword Books Ltd
15. Hill and Wang
16. Patrick Stephens Ltd
17. Her Majesty's Stationery Office
18. Weidenfeld and Nicolson
19. J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc
20. Arno Press
Subject pages most visited
1. Nations at war
2. Russo-German War, 1941-1945
3. Warsaw ghetto uprising, April 1943
4. Germany: SS unit histories
5. Northwest Europe campaign, 1944-1945
6. Unit histories
7. North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943
8. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945
9. France, Belgium, and Netherlands campaign, 1939-1940
10. Theory, structure, and practice of National Socialism
11. Northwest Europe campaign, 1944-1945: Ground unit histories
12. Reference works
13. Italian campaign, 1943-1945
14. Germany: Unit histories of divisions
15. China - Burma - India theater and the Indian Ocean, 1941-1945
16. United Kingdom: Regimental histories
17. Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
18. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
19. Philippines campaign, 1941-1942
20. Wars, theaters, fronts, campaigns, battles
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