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The Guardian Best Books of 2001

Here is a list of the Guardian's best books of the year 2001. How many of these books have you read?
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According to Queeney (Beryl Bainbridge)
According to Queeney
1
Beryl Bainbridge
Amaryllis Night and Day (Russell Hoban)
Amaryllis Night and Day
2
Russell Hoban
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
3
Phillip Pullman
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
4
Robert Burton
The Ash Garden (Dennis Bock)
The Ash Garden
5
Dennis Bock
The Assassin's Cloak (Irene & Alan Taylor)
The Assassin's Cloak
6
Irene & Alan Taylor
At the Crossing Places (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
At the Crossing Places
7
Kevin Crossley-Holland
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
8
Jamie O'Neill
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
9
Ian McEwan
August (Gerard Woodward)
August
10
Gerard Woodward
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
11
W.G. Sebald
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
12
Lemony Snicket
The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Battle for God
13
Karen Armstrong
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband
14
Anne Carson
Behind the Lines: Pieces on Writing and Pictures (Michael Hofmann)
Behind the Lines: Pieces on Writing and Pictures
15
Michael Hofmann
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bonesetter's Daughter
16
Amy Tan
Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story From Concept to Catastrophe (Ernst Malmsten)
Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story From Concept to Catastrophe
17
Ernst Malmsten
Brilliant Orange (David Winner)
Brilliant Orange
18
David Winner
Calling a Dead Man (Gillian Cross)
Calling a Dead Man
19
Gillian Cross
Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold)
Carter Beats the Devil
20
Glen David Gold
The Chateau (William Maxwell)
The Chateau
21
William Maxwell
Churchill (Roy Jenkins)
Churchill
22
Roy Jenkins
Collected Shorter Fiction (Leo Tolstoy)
Collected Shorter Fiction
23
Leo Tolstoy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
24
Jonathan Franzen
The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s (Piers Brendon)
The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s
25
Piers Brendon
The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (Kenneth Tynan)
The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
26
Kenneth Tynan
A Double Thread: Growing Up English and Jewish in London (John Gross)
A Double Thread: Growing Up English and Jewish in London
27
John Gross
The Dying Animal
The Dying Animal
28
Electric Light (Seamus Heaney)
Electric Light
29
Seamus Heaney
Enlightenment - Britain and the Creation of the Modern World (Roy Porter)
Enlightenment - Britain and the Creation of the Modern World
30
Roy Porter
Fast-Talking Dames (Maria Dibattista)
Fast-Talking Dames
31
Maria Dibattista
Fever Pitch (Nick Hornby)
Fever Pitch
32
Nick Hornby
Five Boys (Mick Jackson)
Five Boys
33
Mick Jackson
The Folded Leaf (William Maxwell)
The Folded Leaf
34
William Maxwell
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
35
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
36
Dave Eggers
Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems (Wendy Cope)
Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems
37
Wendy Cope
Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (Helen Simpson)
Hey Yeah Right Get a Life
38
Helen Simpson
Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age (Fiona Maddocks)
Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age
39
Fiona Maddocks
The Holocaust on Trial (D.D. Guttenplan)
The Holocaust on Trial
40
D.D. Guttenplan
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