Year’s Best

The Best Books I Read in 2006

Listed alphabetically by author Atkinson, Kate. Case Histories Auster, Paul. Oracle Night Auster, Paul. The Book of Illusions Harwood, John. The Ghost Writer Lipton, Bruce. The Biology of Belief Phillips, Arthur. The Egyptologist Picoult, Jodi. Plain Truth Setterfield, Diane. The Thirteenth Tale Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle

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The Best Books I Read in 2005

Listed alphabetically by author Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake Frankl, Viktor E. Man’s Search for Meaning Gross, Joel. The Lives of Rachel Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner Krakauer, Jon. Under the Banner of Heaven Shriver, Lionel. We Need to Talk about Kevin Tartt, Donna. The Secret History Turow, Scott. Ordinary Heroes Wharton, Edith. The House

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The Best Books I Read in 2004

Listed alphabetically by author Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections Goodman, Carol. The Seduction of Water Gross, Joel. The Books of Rachel Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Haruf, Kent. Eventide Hoffman, Alice. Blue Diary Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City Niffenegger,

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The Best Books I Read in 2003

Listed alphabetically by author Atwood, Margaret. The Blind Assassin Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game Connelly, Michael. Lost Light Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter McCafferty, Jane. Thank You for the Music McEwan, Ian. Atonement Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea Sebold, Alice.

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The Best Books I Read in 2002

Listed alphabetically by author Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague Connelly, Michael. The Last Coyote Dallas, Sandra. Alice’s Tulips Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Sister of My Heart Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend Mason, Richard. The Drowning People McDermid, Val. A Place of Execution Pears, Iain. An

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The Best Books I Read in 2001

Listed alphabetically by author Bragg, Rick. All Over But the Shoutin’ Haruf, Kent. Plainsong Irving, John. The World According to Garp Lethem, Jonathan. Motherless Brooklyn Liss, David. A Conspiracy of Paper Oates, Joyce Carol. Blonde Oates, Joyce Carol. We Were the Mulvaneys Schwarz, Christina. Drowning Ruth Shreve, Anita. Strange Fits of Passion Vreeland, Susan. Girl

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The Best Books I Read in 2000

Listed alphabetically by author Gibbons, Kaye. A Virtuous Woman Hamilton, Jane. The Short History of a Prince Hegi, Ursula. Stones from the River James, Henry. The Turn of the Screw Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird McEwan, Ian. Enduring Love: A Novel Percy, Walker. The Moviegoer Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia Shreve, Anita. The Weight of

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The Best Books I Read in 1999

Listed alphabetically by author Berg, A. Scott. Lindbergh Cheever, Susan. Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker Connelly, Michael. The Black Echo Danticat, Edwidge. Breath, Eyes, Memory Deane, Seamus. Reading in the Dark Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin

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The Best Books I Read in 1998

Listed alphabetically by author Austen, Jane. Emma Berendt, John. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Davies, Robertson. The Cunning Man DeLillo, Don. Underworld Ellroy, James. L.A.Confidential Erdrich, Louise. The Antelope Wife Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain Hamilton, Jane. The Book of Ruth Irving, John. The Cider House Rules Lefkowitz, Bernard. Our Guys: The Glen

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The Best Books I Read in 1997

Listed alphabetically by author Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage Atkinson, Kate. Behind the Scenes at the Museum Byatt, A.S. Possession: A Romance Dorris, Michael. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Finney, Jack. Time and Again Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance O’Connell, Carol. Stone Angel Smiley, Jane. A Thousand

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