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The Most Addictive Books of the Last 25 Years

Here they are, in no particular order: the books we passed on to our closest friends, fought over at book club, lugged with us on every move and think about still. You can view the full list or start with...
1.
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

By Alice Sebold
2.
Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

By Tracy Chevalier
3.
Gone Girl

Gone Girl

By Gillian Flynn
4.
Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies

By Jhumpa Lahiri
5.
Life of Pi

Life of Pi

By Yann Martel
6.
The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars

By John Green
7.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

By Jung Chang
8.
Wild

Wild

By Cheryl Strayed
9.
White Teeth

White Teeth

By Zadie Smith
10.
House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

By Andre Dubus III
11.
Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love

By Elizabeth Gilbert
12.
Fifty Shades of Gray

Fifty Shades of Gray

By E L James
13.
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

By Terry McMillan
14.
The Interestings

The Interestings

By Meg Wolitzer
15.
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

By Sue Monk Kidd
16.
The Corrections

The Corrections

By Jonathan Franzen
17.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

By Maria Semple
18.
One Day

One Day

By David Nicholls
19.
The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

By Barbara Kingsolver
20.
The Help

The Help

By Kathryn Stockett
21.
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

By Sara Gruen
22.
The English Patient

The English Patient

By Michael Ondaatje
23.
The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

By Kazuo Ishiguro
24.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

By Rebecca Skloot
25.
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

By Jeannette Walls
26.
The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

By Khaled Hosseini
27.
Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

By Frank McCourt
28.
The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

By Suzanne Collins
29.
Bossypants

Bossypants

By Tina Fey
30.
Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

By Jonathan Safran Foer
31.
Jazz

Jazz

By Toni Morrison
32.
The Road

The Road

By Cormac McCarthy
33.
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

By Arthur Golden
34.
The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

By Donna Tartt

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