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The Times Literary Supplement 100 Best Books of the Decade (2000s) - Page 2

I must be 10 years behind the times. Another list from the noughties. Also another one used to compile the master list at thegreatestbooks.org, from which website I obtained the list. It came with some anomalies for which I can only guess the explanation (see below).
Notes: Frankly, I didn't know that "War and Peace" was written so recently. Actually, I assume its inclusion is for the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation. Similarly "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" for the Armitage translation.
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The Secret Scripture (Sebastian Barry)
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Sebastian Barry
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
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Alison Bechdel
Thursbitch
Thursbitch
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Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
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Steven D. Levitt
London the Biography (Peter Ackroyd)
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Peter Ackroyd
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Collected Poems of Ted Hughes
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
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Bill Bryson
The Ghost (Robert Harris)
The Ghost
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Robert Harris
No Logo (Naomi Klein)
No Logo
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Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
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Marilynne Robinson
Youth (J.M. Coetzee)
Youth
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J.M. Coetzee
Wolf Brother (Michelle Paver)
Wolf Brother
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Michelle Paver
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
54
Lynne Truss
Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
55
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (Jon McGregor)
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
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Jon McGregor
Fleshmarket Close (Ian Rankin)
Fleshmarket Close
57
Ian Rankin
Dart (Alice Oswald)
Dart
58
Alice Oswald
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth (Andrew Smith)
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
59
Andrew Smith
Collapse (Jared Diamond)
Collapse
60
Jared Diamond
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
61
Alan Hollinghurst
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
62
Sarah Waters
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
63
Staying Alive (Neil Astley)
Staying Alive
64
Neil Astley
Peeling the Onion (Gunter Grass)
Peeling the Onion
65
Gunter Grass
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
66
David Mitchell
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
67
Jonathan Littell
Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)
Out Stealing Horses
68
Per Petterson
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
69
Orhan Pamuk
The Powerbook (Jeanette Winterson)
The Powerbook
70
Jeanette Winterson
Experience (Martin Amis)
Experience
71
Martin Amis
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
72
Peter Carey
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
73
Haruki Murakami
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad (Christopher Logue)
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad
74
Christopher Logue
The Damned Utd (David Peace)
The Damned Utd
75
David Peace
England in Particular (Sue Clifford, Angela King)
England in Particular
76
Sue Clifford, Angela King
Collected Poems (Michael Donaghy)
Collected Poems
77
Michael Donaghy
Giving Up the Ghost (Hilary Mantel)
Giving Up the Ghost
78
Hilary Mantel
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
79
Chris Ware
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
80
Aravind Adiga
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