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December, 2011
- Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (8)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (16)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (3)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (1)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (4)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (9)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (8)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (6)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (13)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (14)
- Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (10)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (19)
- Antichrista, Amélie Nothomb (-)
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November, 2011
- 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (1)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (4)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (6)
- Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (21)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (10)
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (3)
- Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (11)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (9)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (17)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (14)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (13)
- Proof, David Auburn (19)
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October, 2011
- 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (17)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (3)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (9)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (4)
- Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (14)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (11)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (8)
- Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (13)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (7)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (16)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (10)
- Ambiguous Adventure, Cheikh Hamidou Kane (28)
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September, 2011
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- The Eye of the Storm, Patrick White (15)
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (2)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (5)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (10)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (7)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (13)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (19)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (25)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (9)
- Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (23)
- Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (37)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (12)
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August, 2011
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (1)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (27)
- The Magician King, Lev Grossman (n.a.)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (21)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (4)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (3)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (8)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (7)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (15)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (9)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (16)
- Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (17)
- The Eye of the Storm, Patrick White (18)
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July, 2011
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (16)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (2)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (12)
- El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (n.a.)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (7)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (-)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (15)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (-)
- The Gift of a Cow, Premchand (4)
- The Colorado Kid, Stephen King (-)
- Snow, Orhan Pamuk (18)
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell (13)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (3)
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June, 2011
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (4)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
- The Gift of a Cow, Premchand (66)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (8)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (67)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (11)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (13)
- Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (-)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (3)
- Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (-)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (9)
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell (27)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (6)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (18)
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May, 2011
- Mygale (Tarantula), Thierry Jonquet (-)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (3)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (2)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (4)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (10)
- Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon (38)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (6)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (8)
- The Snowman, Jo Nesbø (n.a.)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (7)
- The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (n.a.)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (12)
- Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (18)
- Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (11)
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April, 2011
- Mildred Pierce, James M. Cain (1)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (3)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (11)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (8)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (10)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (4)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (9)
- Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (7)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (13)
- Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (14)
- Proof, David Auburn (31)
- Snow, Orhan Pamuk (25)
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March, 2011
- Mildred Pierce, James M. Cain (-)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (3)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (2)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (9)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (6)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
- Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (15)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (4)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (5)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (14)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (11)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (18)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (24)
- Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (25)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (17)
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February, 2011
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (1)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (2)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (3)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (10)
- Out of my Head (Unknown), Didier van Cauwelaert (45)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (12)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (7)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (11)
- Freedom, Jonathan Franzen (6)
- 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (14)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (20)
- Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (30)
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January, 2011
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (1)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (6)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (5)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (7)
- Freedom, Jonathan Franzen (2)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (3)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (9)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (11)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (8)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (13)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (10)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (30)
- 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (n.a.)
- The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (12)
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December, 2010
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (1)
- Freedom, Jonathan Franzen (2)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (7)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (3)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (4)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (9)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
- Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (17)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (11)
- The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (25)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (10)
- Snow, Orhan Pamuk (19)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (12)
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November, 2010
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (3)
- Freedom, Jonathan Franzen (1)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (4)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (9)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (6)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (11)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (7)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (14)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (10)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (18)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (22)
- Wetlands, Charlotte Roche (-)
- Proof, David Auburn (15)
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October, 2010
- Freedom, Jonathan Franzen (n.a.)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (1)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (6)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (3)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (7)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (5)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (11)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (9)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
- Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (39)
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (22)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (15)
- Proof, David Auburn (21)
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September, 2010
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (2)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (1)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (9)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (5)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (7)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (13)
- C, Tom McCarthy (68)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
- The Colorado Kid, Stephen King (6)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (10)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (17)
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell (4)
- The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (15)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (14)
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August, 2010
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (1)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (3)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (11)
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell (n.a.)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
- The Colorado Kid, Stephen King (2)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
- The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (42)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (10)
- The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (7)
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson (8)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (19)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (20)
- The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (24)
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July, 2010
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2)
- The Colorado Kid, Stephen King (22)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (4)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
- The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (6)
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson (n.a.)
- Shivaji, James Laine (n.a.)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (10)
- The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (17)
- I Curse the River of Time, Per Petterson (n.a.)
- Absence of Mind, Marilynne Robinson (20)
- Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (16)
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June, 2010
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2)
- Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis (-)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (4)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (6)
- The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (8)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (3)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (7)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (15)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (5)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (13)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (9)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (14)
- One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (34)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (11)
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May, 2010
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (3)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (9)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (7)
- The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (29)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (10)
- The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (8)
- Q & A, Vikas Swarup (19)
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (31)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (13)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (18)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (23)
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April, 2010
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (4)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (3)
- Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (1)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (5)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (10)
- The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (45)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (9)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
- Proof, David Auburn (16)
- Solar, Ian McEwan (7)
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (22)
- Purge, Sofi Oksanen (n.a.)
- The Infinities, John Banville (-)
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March, 2010
- Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (1)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (14)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (4)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (3)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
- Solar, Ian McEwan (11)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (8)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
- King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (10)
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (9)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (13)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
- The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Paolo Giordano (n.a.)
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February, 2010
- Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (1)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (3)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (4)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (8)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (7)
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (9)
- King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (41)
- Solar, Ian McEwan (n.a.)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (10)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (13)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (12)
- Proof, David Auburn (26)
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January, 2010
- Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (1)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (9)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (7)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (4)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (5)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
- Snow, Orhan Pamuk (10)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (20)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (23)
- The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (11)
- Saturday, Ian McEwan (16)
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December, 2009
- Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (2)
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (7)
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (4)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (9)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (6)
- Snow, Orhan Pamuk (10)
- The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (13)
- Atonement, Ian McEwan (17)
- Proof, David Auburn (12)
- 2666, Roberto Bolaño (23)
- The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (40)
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November, 2009
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
- Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (2)
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (8)
- Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (9)
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (10)
- Snow, Orhan Pamuk (11)
- The Humbling, Philip Roth (36)
- Proof, David Auburn (12)
- The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (n.a.)
- Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (16)
- Stuff Happens, David Hare (3)
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