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The New Classics - 100 Best Reads From 1983 to 2008 by Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008. We've had more than a decade to devour these books, so I predict good scores.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
1
Cormac McCarthy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2
J.K. Rowling
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
The Liars' Club (Mary Karr)
The Liars' Club
4
Mary Karr
Selected Stories (Alice Munro) (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
5
Alice Munro
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
6
Philip Roth
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
7
Dennis Lehane
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
8
Art Spiegelman
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
9
Charles Frazier
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
10
Haruki Murakami
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
11
Jon Krakauer
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
12
Jose Saramago
Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen
13
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Black Water (Joyce Carol Oates)
Black Water
14
Joyce Carol Oates
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
15
Dave Eggers
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
17
Gabriel García Marquez
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
18
John Updike
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
19
Zadie Smith
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
20
Helen Fielding
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
21
Stephen King
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
22
Junot Díaz
The Ghost Road (Pat Barker)
The Ghost Road
23
Pat Barker
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
24
Larry McMurtry
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
25
Amy Tan
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
26
William Gibson
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
27
A.S. Byatt
Naked (David Sedaris)
Naked
28
David Sedaris
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
29
Ann Pratchett
Case Histories (Kate Atkinson)
Case Histories
30
Kate Atkinson
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
31
Tim O'Brien
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
32
Taylor Branch
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
33
Joan Didion
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
34
Alice Sebold
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
35
Alan Hollinghurst
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
36
Frank McCourt
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
37
Marjane Satrapi
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
38
Lorrie Moore
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
39
Jhumpa Lahiri
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
40
Phillip Pullman
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