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34 Years of Annual Best Books (With a Couple of Ties)

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The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
1
John Irving
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
2
Pat Conroy
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
3
Tom Wolfe
The Book of Ruth (Jane Hamilton)
The Book of Ruth
4
Jane Hamilton
Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Joy Luck Club
5
Amy Tan
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
6
Michael Crichton
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
7
Jane Smiley
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
8
Donna Tartt
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
9
Sebastian Faulks
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
10
E.Annie Proulx
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
11
David Guterson
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
12
Rohinton Mistry
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
13
Joyce Carol Oates
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
14
Arthur Golden
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
15
Kingsolver, Barbara
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
16
Isabel Allende
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
17
Michael Chabon
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
18
Ann Patchett
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
19
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Master Butchers Singing Club (Louise Erdrich)
The Master Butchers Singing Club
20
Louise Erdrich
I Am Charlotte Simmons
I Am Charlotte Simmons
21
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
22
Zadie Smith
People of the Book
People of the Book
23
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
24
Khaled Hosseini
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
25
Elizabeth Strout
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
26
Colum McCann
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
27
Abraham Verghese
Father of the Rain (How)
Father of the Rain
28
How
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
29
Julian Barnes
Rules of Civility (Amor Towles)
Rules of Civility
30
Amor Towles
Back to Blood (Tom Wolfe)
Back to Blood
31
Tom Wolfe
The Signature of All Things (Elizabeth Gilbert)
The Signature of All Things
32
Elizabeth Gilbert
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
33
Anthony Doerr
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
34
Hanya Yanagihara
The Nix (Nathan Hill)
The Nix
35
Nathan Hill
Paris in the Present Tense (Mark Helprin)
Paris in the Present Tense
36
Mark Helprin
Virgil Wander (Leif Enger)
Virgil Wander
37
Leif Enger
City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert)
City of Girls
38
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Pull of the Stars (Emma Donoghue)
The Pull of the Stars
39
Emma Donoghue
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
40
Amor Towles
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