The Great British Literary Census

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The Great British Literary Census
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Title	Author	Publisher	Publishing date
God Delusion	Dawkins, Richard	Transworld	2006
Book Thief, The	Zusak, Markus	Transworld	2006
Historian, The	Kostova, Elizabeth	Little, Brown	2005
Labyrinth	Mosse, Kate	Orion	2005
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The	Haddon, Mark	Random House	2004
Cloud Atlas	Mitchell, David	Hodder & Stoughton	2004
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell	Clarke, Susannah	Bloomsbury	2004
Small Island	Levy, Andrea	Headline	2004
Time Traveler's Wife, The	Niffenegger, Audrey	Random House	2003
Kite Runner, The	Hosseini, Khaled	Bloomsbury	2003
Five People You Meet in Heaven, The	Albom, Mitch	Little, Brown	2003
Da Vinci Code, The	Brown, Dan	Transworld	2003
Short History of Nearly Everything, A	Bryson, Bill	Transworld	2003
Notes On A Scandal	Heller, Zoe	Penguin	2003
Vernon God Little	Pierre, D.B.C.	Faber	2003
Lovely Bones, The	Sebold, Alice	Macmillan	2002
Fingersmith	Waters, Sarah	Little, Brown	2002
Middlesex	Eugenides, Jeffrey	Bloomsbury	2002
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things	McGregor, Jon	Bloomsbury	2002
Crimson Petal and the White	Faber, Michel	Canongate	2002
Shadow of the Wind, The	Zafon, Carlos Ruiz	Orion	2001
Life of Pi	Martel, Yann	Canongate	2001
Atonement	McEwan, Ian	Random House	2001
Artemis Fowl	Colfer, Eoin	Penguin	2001
Carter Beats The Devil	Gold, Glen David	Hodder & Stoughton	2001
Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay, The	Chabon, Michael	HarperCollins	2000
Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, The	Kinsella, Sophie	Transworld	2000
Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, A	Eggers, Dave	Macmillan	2000
White Teeth	Smith, Zadie	Penguin	2000
Blind Assassin	Atwood, Margaret	Little, Brown	2000
Stalingrad	Beevor, Anthony	Penguin	1999
Gruffalo, The	Donaldson, Julia	Macmillan	1999
Chocolat	Harris, Joanne	Transworld	1999
Disgrace	Coetzee, Michael	Random House	1999
Holes	Sacher, Louis	Bloomsbury	1998
Poisonwood Bible	Kingsolver, Barbara	Faber	1998
Girlfriend In A Coma	Coupland, Douglas	HarperCollins	1998
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Rowling, J.K.	Bloomsbury	1997
Memoirs of a Geisha	Golden, Arthur	Random House	1997
God of Small Things, The	Roy, Arundhati	HarperCollins	1997
Enduring Love	McEwan, Ian	Random House	1997
Cold Mountain	Frazier, Charles	Hodder & Stoughton	1997
Instance Of The Fingerpost, An	Pears, Iain	Random House	1997
Bridget Jones's Diary:A Novel	Fielding, Helen	Macmillan	1996
Beach, The	Garland, Alex	Penguin	1996
Angela's Ashes:A Memoir of a Childhood	McCourt, Frank	HarperCollins	1996
Northern Lights:His Dark Materials S.	Pullman, Philip	Scholastic	1995
Notes from a Small Island	Bryson, Bill	Transworld	1995
High Fidelity	Hornby, Nick	Penguin	1995
Behind The Scenes At The Museum	Atkinson, Kate	Transworld	1995
Fine Balance, A	Mistry, Rohinton	Faber	1995
Snow Falling On Cedars	Guterson, David	Bloomsbury	1995
Longitude	Sobel, Dava	HarperCollins	1995
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, the	Murakami, Haruki	Random House	1994
Suitable Boy, A	Seth,Vikram	Orion	1994
What A Carve Up	Coe, Jonathan	Penguin	1994
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil	Berendt, John	Random House	1994
Birdsong	Faulks, Sebastian	Random House	1993
Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Bernieres, Louis De	Random House	1993
Trainspotting	Welsh, Irvine	Random House	1993
Shipping News	Proulx, E. Annie	HarperCollins	1993
Secret History	Tartt, Donna	Penguin	1992
Wild Swans	Chang, Jung	HarperCollins	1992
Crow Road	Banks, Iain M.	Little, Brown	1992
Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow	Hoeg, Peter	HarperCollins	1992
All The Pretty Horses	McCarthy, Cormac	Macmillan	1992
Fatherland	Harris, Robert	Random House	1992
English Patient	Ondaatje, Michael	Macmillan	1992
Fever Pitch	Hornby, Nick	Penguin	1992
American Psycho	Elllis, Bret Easton	Macmillan	1991
Regeneration	Barker, Pat	Penguin	1991
LA Confidential	Ellroy, James	Random House	1990
Possession	Byatt, A.S.	Random House	1990
Prayer For Owen Meany, A	Irving, John	Transworld	1989
Pillars Of The Earth	Follet, Ken	Macmillan	1989
Remains Of The Day	Ishiguro, Kazuo	Faber	1989
Silence Of The Lambs, The	Harris, Thomas	Random House	1988
Alchemist, The	Coelho, Paulo	HarperCollins	1988
Brief History of Time, A	Hawkings, Stephen	Transworld	1988
Cat's Eye	Atwood, Margaret	Bloomsbury	1988
Norwegian Wood	Murakami, Haruki	Random House	1987
Bonfire Of The Vanities, The	Wolfe, Tom	Macmillan	1987
Knots and Crosses	Rankin, Ian	Orion	1987
Watchmen	Moore, Alan	Titan	1987
Perfume	Suskind, Patrick	Penguin	1985
Handmaid's Tale	Atwood, Margaret	Random House	1985
New York Trilogy, The	Auster, Paul	Faber	1985
Love In The Time Of Cholera	Marquez, Gabriel Garcia	Penguin	1985
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit	Winterson, Jeanette	Random House	1985
Hawksmoor	Ackroyd, Peter	Random House	1985
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The	Kundera, Milan	Faber	1984
Neuromancer	Gibson, William	HarperCollins	1984
Wasp Factory, The	Iain M Banks	Little, Brown	1984
Money	Amis, Martin	Random House	1984
Name of the Rose, The	Eco, Umberto	Random House	1983
Woman In Black	Hill, Susan	Random House	1983
Colour Of Magic	Pratchett, Terry	Transworld	1983
BFG, The	Dahl, Roald	Puffin	1982
Magician	Feist, Raymond	HarperCollins	1982
Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged Thirteen and Three quarters, The	Townsend, Sue	Penguin	1982