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
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