Bloomsbury's 21 great reads for the 21st century

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To celebrate 21 years, Bloomsbury is publishing 21 bestselling books in special edition paperbacks.

  1. 1.
    A Prayer for Owen Meany
    by John Irving

  2. 2.
    Cat's Eye
    by Margaret Atwood

  3. 3.
    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
    by Peter Biskind

  4. 4.
    Frankie and Stankie
    by Barbara Trapido

  5. 5.
    Fugitive Pieces
    by Anne Michaels

  6. 6.
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    by J.K. Rowling

  7. 7.
    Holes
    by Louis Sachar

  8. 8.
    If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
    by Jon McGregor

  9. 10.
    Marrying the Mistress
    by Joanna Trollope

  10. 11.
    The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
    by Khaled Hosseini

  11. 12.
    The Promise of Happiness: A Novel
    by Justin Cartwright

  12. 13.
    The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw
    by Sheila Hancock

  13. 14.
    Witch Child (New Century Readers)
    by Celia Rees

  14. 15.
    A Gathering Light
    by Jennifer Donnelly

  15. 16.
    The English Patient
    by Michael Ondaatje

  16. 18.
    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel
    by Susanna Clarke

  17. 19.
    Snow Falling on Cedars
    by David Guterson

  18. 20.
    The Map Of Love
    by Ahdaf Soueif

  19. 21.
    Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Created by semolinapilchard on Jun 15, 2007.
 

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Done! — 3 years ago

Better late than never :)


Untitled — 4 years ago

Is anyone going to finish this list?




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