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Most Popular Reviews - 2000


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2000, first for the year as a whole, then by month.

      - Previous month's/year's position given in brackets.
      - Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      - "-" indicates book was not among top 50/150 reviews.

2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (8)
  3. Big Women, Fay Weldon (75)
  4. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (18)
  5. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (-)
  6. On Love, Alain de Botton (16)
  7. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (15)
  8. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (39)
  9. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (3)
  10. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (126)
  11. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (5)
  12. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (13)
  13. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (-)
  14. King, John Berger (17)
  15. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (12)
  16. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (n.a.)
  17. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (-)
  18. An Erotic Beyond: Sade, Octavio Paz (2)
  19. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (108)
  20. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (-)
  21. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (26)
  22. The Unexpected Man, Yasmina Reza (-)
  23. England, England, Julian Barnes (22)
  24. Stupeur et tremblements, Amélie Nothomb (-)
  25. Loving Sabotage, Amélie Nothomb (28)
  26. The Food Chain, Geoff Nicholson (118)
  27. The Mourning of John Lennon, Anthony Elliott (131)
  28. For and Against Method, I. Lakatos/P.Feyerabend (36)
  29. The Assault, Harry Mulisch (21)
  30. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (86)

December, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  4. A Darwinian Left, Peter Singer (-)
  5. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (7)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (5)
  7. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (6)
  8. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (4)
  9. The Mourning of John Lennon, Anthony Elliott (21)
  10. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (9)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (8)
  12. Loving Sabotage, Amélie Nothomb (11)
  13. Lolita, Richard Corliss (-)
  14. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (15)
  15. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (12)

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November, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (3)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  4. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (5)
  5. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  6. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (8)
  7. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (4)
  8. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (7)
  9. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (10)
  10. The Unexpected Man, Yasmina Reza (9)
  11. Loving Sabotage, Amélie Nothomb (29)
  12. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (13)
  13. King, John Berger (15)
  14. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (12)
  15. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (11)

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October, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  3. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  4. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (-)
  5. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (14)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  7. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (9)
  8. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (5)
  9. The Unexpected Man, Yasmina Reza (10)
  10. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (11)
  11. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (18)
  12. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (12)
  13. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (17)
  14. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (16)
  15. King, John Berger (7)

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September, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  3. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (2)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  5. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (6)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (7)
  7. King, John Berger (32)
  8. On Love, Alain de Botton (8)
  9. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (10)
  10. The Unexpected Man, Yasmina Reza (-)
  11. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (15)
  12. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (9)
  13. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (22)
  14. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (14)
  15. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (5)

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August, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  2. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (8)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (5)
  5. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (1)
  6. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (18)
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (4)
  8. On Love, Alain de Botton (6)
  9. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (12)
  10. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  11. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (7)
  12. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (14)
  13. Driving Mr. Albert, Michael Paterniti (9)
  14. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (25)
  15. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (23)

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July, 2000

  1. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (4)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  4. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  5. Big Women, Fay Weldon (8)
  6. On Love, Alain de Botton (3)
  7. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (5)
  8. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (7)
  9. Driving Mr. Albert, Michael Paterniti (-)
  10. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (18)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (14)
  12. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (11)
  13. Fording the Stream of Consciousness, D. Ugresic (-)
  14. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (10)
  15. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (12)

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June, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  3. On Love, Alain de Botton (3)
  4. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (12)
  5. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (9)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (10)
  7. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (n.a.)
  8. Big Women, Fay Weldon (-)
  9. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (6)
  10. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (5)
  11. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (8)
  12. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (4)
  13. England, England, Julian Barnes (16)
  14. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (7)
  15. King, John Berger (11)

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May, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (2)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (1)
  3. On Love, Alain de Botton (3)
  4. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (5)
  5. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (9)
  6. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (11)
  7. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (7)
  8. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (4)
  9. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (15)
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (10)
  11. King, John Berger (6)
  12. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (12)
  13. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (37)
  14. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (27)
  15. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (20)

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April, 2000

  1. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (1)
  2. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (2)
  3. On Love, Alain de Botton (7)
  4. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (4)
  5. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (13)
  6. King, John Berger (10)
  7. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (8)
  8. The Food Chain, Geoff Nicholson (3)
  9. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (21)
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (5)
  11. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (18)
  12. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (19)
  13. England, England, Julian Barnes (26)
  14. Marat/Sade etc., Peter Weiss (23)
  15. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (25)

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March, 2000

  1. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  2. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  3. The Food Chain, Geoff Nicholson (-)
  4. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (15)
  5. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (4)
  6. De toekomst van gisteren, Harry Mulisch (12)
  7. On Love, Alain de Botton (8)
  8. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (5)
  9. The Assault, Harry Mulisch (25)
  10. King, John Berger (10)
  11. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (2)
  12. An Erotic Beyond: Sade, Octavio Paz (11)
  13. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (14)
  14. The Mirror of Ideas, Michel Tournier (16)
  15. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (-)

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February, 2000

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  2. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (3)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  4. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (14)
  5. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (10)
  6. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (23)
  7. Fire the Bastards !, Jack Green (22)
  8. On Love, Alain de Botton (13)
  9. Stupeur et tremblements, Amélie Nothomb (5)
  10. King, John Berger (9)
  11. An Erotic Beyond: Sade, Octavio Paz (1)
  12. De toekomst van gisteren, Harry Mulisch (17)
  13. Identity, Milan Kundera (33)
  14. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (12)
  15. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (8)

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January, 2000

  1. An Erotic Beyond: Sade, Octavio Paz (3)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (8)
  3. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (18)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  5. Stupeur et tremblements, Amélie Nothomb (10)
  6. The Ground beneath her Feet, Salman Rushdie (-)
  7. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (2)
  8. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth (16)
  9. King, John Berger (6)
  10. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (21)
  11. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (31)
  12. The Cannibal Galaxy, Cynthia Ozick (5)
  13. On Love, Alain de Botton (4)
  14. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (15)
  15. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (25)

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