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Books Alive's "50 Books You Must Own 2004"

‘50 Books You Must Own’ was part of the 2004 Books Alive project in Australia. The list includes a range of books chosen by booksellers around Australia. There are books by international and Australian writers and from every genre – thrillers, literature, classics, non-fiction, and more.

(found at: http://www.booksalive.com.au/)
1. The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
by Paulo Coelho
  
2. The Surgeon of Crowthorne
by Simon Winchester
  
3. Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
by Jostein Gaarder
  
4. The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
  
5. Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
by Frank Herbert
  
6. Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy)
by Sara Douglass
  
7. The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
  
8. Cold Mountain : A Novel
by CHARLES FRAZIER
  
9. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
  
10. Dirt Music : A Novel
by Tim Winton
  
11. This Side of Brightness: A Novel
by Colum McCann
  
12. Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
  
13. Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
  
14. Oscar and Lucinda: movie tie-in edition
by Peter Carey
  
15. Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy)
by Naguib Mahfouz
  
16. Possession: A Romance
by A.S. Byatt
  
17. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Suskind
  
18. Mosquito Coast, The
by Paul Theroux
  
19. All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International)
by Cormac Mccarthy
  
20. Enduring Love: A Novel
by Ian Mcewan
  
21. Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
  
22. The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
  
23. The Corrections: A Novel
by Jonathan Franzen
  
24. Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction
by Luke Davies
  
25. High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
  
26. Fight Club: A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk
  
27. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson
  
28.
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 Three Dog Night
by Peter Goldsworthy
  
29. It (Signet Books)
by Stephen King
  
30. The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II)
by Anne Rice
  
31. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
by Bill Bryson
  
32. Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
by Sarah Turnbull
  
33. Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
  
34. The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
  
35. Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
by Charlotte Brontë
  
36. To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
  
37. My Brilliant Career / My Career Goes Bung
by Miles Franklin
  
38. Tully
by Paullina Simons
  
39. Eat Me
by Linda Jaivin
  
40. Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
  
41. The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
  
42. Ice Station
by Matthew Reilly
  
43. Perfect Match: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
  
44. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Novels)
by Tom Clancy
  
45. The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
  
46. The Constant Gardener
by John Le Carre
  
47. The Poet
by Michael Connelly
  
48. Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics)
by Jane Austen
  
49. The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
  
50. A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
  
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