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The Guardian Best Books of 2003

Here is a list of the Guardian's best books of the year 2003. How many of these books have you read?
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After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
1
Haruki Murakami
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern (John Gray)
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern
2
John Gray
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Stephen Kinzer)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
3
Stephen Kinzer
The Alphabet (David Sacks)
The Alphabet
4
David Sacks
Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
Any Human Heart
5
William Boyd
Apple of My Eye (Patrick Redmond)
Apple of My Eye
6
Patrick Redmond
Autumn of the Moguls (Michael Wolff)
Autumn of the Moguls
7
Michael Wolff
The Bank Manager and the Holy Grail (Byron Rogers)
The Bank Manager and the Holy Grail
8
Byron Rogers
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith (Andrew Wilson)
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
9
Andrew Wilson
Beethoven (Lewis Lockwood)
Beethoven
10
Lewis Lockwood
Beneath a Waning Moon: Diaries, 1985-1987 (James Lees-Milne)
Beneath a Waning Moon: Diaries, 1985-1987
11
James Lees-Milne
Blackbox: A Novel in 840 Chapters (Nick Walker)
Blackbox: A Novel in 840 Chapters
12
Nick Walker
Blair's Wars (John Kampfner)
Blair's Wars
13
John Kampfner
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Steven Pinker)
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
14
Steven Pinker
The Book of Salt (Monique Truong)
The Book of Salt
15
Monique Truong
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
16
Monica Ali
The Buenos Aires Quintet (Manuel Vazquez Montalban)
The Buenos Aires Quintet
17
Manuel Vazquez Montalban
The Centre of the Bed (Joan Bakewell)
The Centre of the Bed
18
Joan Bakewell
Clouds of Glory: A Hoxton Childhood (Bryan Magee)
Clouds of Glory: A Hoxton Childhood
19
Bryan Magee
Collected Poems (Ted Hughes)
Collected Poems
20
Ted Hughes
Collected Poems, 1934-1952
Collected Poems, 1934-1952
21
Conversations With My Agent (Rob Long)
Conversations With My Agent
22
Rob Long
Cousin Coat (Sean O'Brien)
Cousin Coat
23
Sean O'Brien
A Cry From the Dark (Robert Barnard)
A Cry From the Dark
24
Robert Barnard
The Cryptographer (Tobias Hill)
The Cryptographer
25
Tobias Hill
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
26
Mark Haddon
The Damascened Blade (Barbara Cleverly)
The Damascened Blade
27
Barbara Cleverly
Dancer (Colum McCann)
Dancer
28
Colum McCann
David Beckham: My Side (David Beckham)
David Beckham: My Side
29
David Beckham
The Devil That Danced on the Water (Aminatta Forna)
The Devil That Danced on the Water
30
Aminatta Forna
Diary (Chuck Palahniuk)
Diary
31
Chuck Palahniuk
Dylan's Visions of Sin (Christopher Ricks)
Dylan's Visions of Sin
32
Christopher Ricks
The Fall of Berlin 1945 (Antony Beevor)
The Fall of Berlin 1945
33
Antony Beevor
Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia (Paul Willetts)
Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia
34
Paul Willetts
Fear Itself (Walter Mosley)
Fear Itself
35
Walter Mosley
Freud and the Non-European (Edward Said)
Freud and the Non-European
36
Edward Said
Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life (Caroline Moorehead)
Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life
37
Caroline Moorehead
The Girl From the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell (Hilary Spurling)
The Girl From the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell
38
Hilary Spurling
Giving Up the Ghost (Hilary Mantel)
Giving Up the Ghost
39
Hilary Mantel
The Good Doctor (Damon Galgut)
The Good Doctor
40
Damon Galgut
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