Book Group's List 1997-2006

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Complete List 1997-2006
2006
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt
The Secret River, Kate Grenville
Old Filth, Jane Gardam
The Invisible Woman, Claire. Tomalin
Journey to the Stone Country, Alex Miller
Digging to America, Anne Tyler
Votes for best book of 2006: 1. Old Filth 2. The Book Thief 3. The Secret River
2005
Broken Book, Susan Johnson
The Turning, Tim Winton
The Good Doctor, Damon Galgut
For the Love of a Good Woman, Alice Munro
Joe Cinque's Consolation, Helen Garner
Small Island, Andrea Levy
Saturday, Ian McEwan
Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best books of 2005: 1. Saturday . 2. The Turning . 3. For the Love of a Good Woman
2004
The Life of Pi, Yann Martel
The Light of Day, Graham Swift
The Solace of Leaving Early, Havel Kimmel
Old School, Tobias Wolff
Tom Keneally. Tyrant’s Novel
The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard
The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mark Haddon
Best books of 2004: 1. The Life of Pi, 2. Old School, 3. The Solace of Leaving Early.
2003
Dirt Music, Tim Winton
Truth about My Fathers, Gaby Naher
The Underpainter, Jane Urquhart
Atomised, Michel Houellebecq
Gilgamesh, Joan London
Skins, Sarah Hay
Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry
Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
Best books of 2003: 1. Dirt Music, 2. Family Matters, 3. The Underpainter
2002
White Teeth, Zadie Smith
No Great Mischief, Alistair McLeod
The Idea of Perfection, Kate Grenville
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Age of Kali, William Dalrymple
Atonement, Ian McEwan
Unless, Carol Shields
Spies, Michael Frayn
The God of Small Things, Arundati Roy
Best books of 2002: 1. No Great Mischief, 2. Atonement, 3. The Idea of Perfection
2001
Thursday’s Child, Sonya Hartnett
Chocolat, Joanne Harris
On the Hills of God, Ibrahim Fawal
When I Lived in Modern Times, Linda Grant
The Twelfth Of Never, Louis Nowra
Intimacy, Hanif Kureishi
The Floating Brothel, Sian Rees
The Samurai’s Garden, Gail Tsukiyama
The Australian Fiance, Simone Lazaroo
Best books of 2001: 1. The Samurai’s Garden , 2. The Australian Fiance, 3. The Twelfth Of Never
2000
The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester
The Hours, Michael Cunningham Anne
Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
Drawn from Life, Stella Bowen
Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
The Quiet American, Graham Greene
The Singing Line, Alice Thomson
Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
About a Boy, Nick Hornby
Best books of 2000: 1. Disgrace, 2. About a Boy, 3. Surgeon of Crowthorne
1999
The Reader, Bernard Schlink
Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels
Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes
Tasting Salt, Stephanie Dowrick
Armadillo, William Boyd
Lambs of God, Marele Day
Cod, Mark Kurlansky
The Travelling Hornplayer, Barbara Trapido
The Weight of Water, Anita Schrieve
Best book of 1999: 1. The Reader
1998
Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
The 100 Secret Senses, Amy Tan
Dear Sun, Janine Burke
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
Snake Cradle, Roberta Sykes
Night Letters, Robert Dessaix
The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag
Floating Life (film)
Best book of 1998: 1. Alias Grace, 2. Snake Cradle
1997
Morality Play, Barry Unsworth
Masons Retreat, Christopher Tilghman
Moo, Jane Smiley
Camille’s Bread, Amanda Lohrey
None To Accompany, Nadine Gordimer
Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow, Peter Hoeg
Best book of 1997: 1. Camille’s Bread