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Salon's Best Books 1996-2005

Here is a list of Salon's best books of the years 1996-2005..how many of these books have you read??
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Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
1
Frank McCourt
The Family Markowitz (Allegra Goodman)
The Family Markowitz
2
Allegra Goodman
The Giant's House (Elizabeth McCracken)
The Giant's House
3
Elizabeth McCracken
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
4
David Foster Wallace
The Living and the Dead (Paul Hendrickson)
The Living and the Dead
5
Paul Hendrickson
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie)
The Moor's Last Sigh
6
Salman Rushdie
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir (James Ellroy)
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir
7
James Ellroy
Reader's Block (David Markson)
Reader's Block
8
David Markson
The Shadow Man (Mary Gordon)
The Shadow Man
9
Mary Gordon
The Temple Bombing (Melissa Fay Greene)
The Temple Bombing
10
Melissa Fay Greene
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
11
Margaret Atwood
Because They Wanted to (Mary Gaitskill)
Because They Wanted To
12
Mary Gaitskill
Close to the Machine (Ellen Ullman)
Close to the Machine
13
Ellen Ullman
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
14
Charles Frazier
Echoes of a Native Land (Serge Schmemann)
Echoes of a Native Land
15
Serge Schmemann
How Proust Can Change Your Life
How Proust Can Change Your Life
16
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
17
Jon Krakauer
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
18
Thomas Pynchon
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
19
Bernhard Schlink
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
20
Anne Fadiman
At Home With the Marquis De Sade: A Life (Francine Du Plessix Gray)
At Home With the Marquis De Sade: A Life
21
Francine Du Plessix Gray
A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
22
Sylvia Nasar
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
23
Lorrie Moore
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
24
José Saramago
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
25
Simon Winchester
A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage (Beth Kephart)
A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage
26
Beth Kephart
Starting Out in the Evening (Brain Morton)
Starting Out in the Evening
27
Brain Morton
Thirst (Ken Kalfus)
Thirst
28
Ken Kalfus
The Voyage of the Narwhal (Andrea Barrett)
The Voyage of the Narwhal
29
Andrea Barrett
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
30
Philip Gourevitch
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
31
Mark Bowden
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley (Peter Guralnick)
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
32
Peter Guralnick
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
33
Neal Stephenson
Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World (Mark Fritz)
Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World
34
Mark Fritz
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
35
Jonathan Lethem
Original Bliss (A.L. Kennedy)
Original Bliss
36
A.L. Kennedy
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
37
Kent Haruf
A Prayer for the Dying (Stewart O'Nan)
A Prayer for the Dying
38
Stewart O'Nan
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette (Judith Thurman)
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
39
Judith Thurman
Show Me a Hero (Lisa Belkin)
Show Me a Hero
40
Lisa Belkin
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