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Most Popular Reviews - 2001


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2001, 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.

2001

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (32)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (3)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  5. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (10)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (4)
  7. Lolita, Richard Corliss (147)
  8. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (5)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (n.a.)
  10. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (n.a.)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (7)
  12. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (114)
  13. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (8)
  14. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (20)
  15. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (132)
  16. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (21)
  17. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (17)
  18. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (29)
  19. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (19)
  20. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (-)
  21. Proof, David Auburn (n.a.)
  22. Collected Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges (81)
  23. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (-)
  24. Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges (59)
  25. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (11)
  26. Fear and Trembling, Amélie Nothomb (24)
  27. Spinning into Butter, Rebecca Gilman (-)
  28. The Sopranos, Alan Warner (39)
  29. The Triple Helix, Richard Lewontin (-)
  30. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (48)

December, 2001

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (4)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  5. Big Women, Fay Weldon (5)
  6. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (10)
  7. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (11)
  8. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  9. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (7)
  10. Confabulario, Juan José Arreola (-)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (13)
  12. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (8)
  13. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (14)
  14. Proof, David Auburn (16)
  15. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)

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November, 2001

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  4. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  5. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  7. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (10)
  8. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (7)
  9. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (8)
  10. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (12)
  11. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (13)
  13. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (14)
  14. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (11)
  15. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (38)

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October, 2001

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (4)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  7. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (32)
  8. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (7)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  10. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (10)
  11. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (21)
  12. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (35)
  13. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  14. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (22)
  15. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (9)

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September, 2001

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (1)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  4. Lolita, Richard Corliss (5)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (6)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (13)
  7. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (8)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (4)
  9. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (7)
  10. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (9)
  11. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (10)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  13. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (17)
  14. Fear and Trembling, Amélie Nothomb (32)
  15. Proof, David Auburn (15)

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August, 2001

  1. Big Women, Fay Weldon (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (3)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  4. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (6)
  5. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  6. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  7. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (8)
  8. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (10)
  9. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (12)
  10. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (15)
  11. The Triple Helix, Richard Lewontin (24)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (11)
  13. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (16)
  14. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (25)
  15. Proof, David Auburn (13)

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July, 2001

  1. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (8)
  3. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (6)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  6. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (5)
  7. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (-)
  8. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (34)
  9. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (1)
  10. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (9)
  11. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  12. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (13)
  13. Proof, David Auburn (7)
  14. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (14)
  15. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (11)

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June, 2001

  1. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (1)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  5. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  6. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (9)
  7. Proof, David Auburn (11)
  8. Lolita, Richard Corliss (10)
  9. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (5)
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  11. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (14)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (7)
  13. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (20)
  14. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (22)
  15. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (23)

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May, 2001

  1. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (1)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (2)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  5. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (-)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  7. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (5)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9)
  9. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (15)
  10. Lolita, Richard Corliss (48)
  11. Proof, David Auburn (-)
  12. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (7)
  13. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (17)
  14. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (10)
  15. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (11)

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April, 2001

  1. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (1)
  2. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  5. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (7)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (5)
  7. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  8. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (13)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (41)
  10. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (12)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (8)
  12. The Sopranos, Alan Warner (14)
  13. Collected Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges (16)
  14. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (9)
  15. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (19)

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March, 2001

  1. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (4)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (14)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (2)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (5)
  5. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  7. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (6)
  8. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (9)
  9. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  10. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (8)
  11. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (7)
  12. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (10)
  13. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (12)
  14. The Sopranos, Alan Warner (31)
  15. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (36)

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February, 2001

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  4. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (14)
  5. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  6. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (5)
  7. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (4)
  8. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (10)
  9. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (11)
  10. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (13)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (8)
  12. Collected Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges (-)
  13. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (-)
  14. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (-)
  15. Lolita, Richard Corliss (9)

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January, 2001

  1. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1)
  2. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  4. Footsucker, Geoff Nicholson (5)
  5. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (7)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  7. The Social Construction of What ?, Ian Hacking (14)
  8. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  9. Lolita, Richard Corliss (13)
  10. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (10)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (8)
  12. The Unexpected Man, Yasmina Reza (16)
  13. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (17)
  14. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (18)
  15. On Love, Alain de Botton (24)

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