One of life’s little pleasures is taking the time to kick back, snuggle up and read a book. From turning each page, to sinking into stories of love, loss, drama and horror, you’re never bored with a good book. Now a panel of literary experts have compiled what they believe is a collection of the best books from every year over the past two decades. We always love a good book recommendation… 1995 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres 1996 Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 1997 American Pastoral by Philip Roth 1998 England, England by Julian Barnes 1999 Disgrace by JM Coetzee 2000 White Teeth by Zadie Smith 2001 Atonement by Ian McEwan 2002 Any Human Heart by William Boyd 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon 2004 Small Island by Andrea Levy 2005 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 2006 The Road by Cormac McCarthy 2007 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2008 The Outcast by Sadie Jones 2009 The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 2010 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 2011 A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 2012 State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 2013 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt List via Independent Bath Literature Festival