Waterstones' Top 25 Books of the Last 25 Years (2007)

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Celebrating 25 years as a bookstore Waterstone in 2007 released its Top 25 Books of the Past 25 years, as voted for by Waterstone's customers.

This list was originally published in 2007 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
236 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
1675 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger 2003 American English
2487 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
1070 Birdsong Sebastian Faulks 1993 British English
1074 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown 2003 American English
1809 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2001 Spanish Spanish
2025 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden 1997 American English
279 The Secret History Donna Tartt 1992 American English
1935 Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernières 1994 British English
1812 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon 2003 British English
132 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 1985 Canadian English
892 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 Afghan English
1693 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 2002 American English
524 A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving 1989 American English
1626 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 1983 British English
10639 The Five People You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom 2003 American English
3557 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
1142 Life of Pi Yann Martel 2001 Canadian English
903 Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991 Chinese English
10089 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 British English
114 The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco 1980 Italian Italian
1643 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt 1996 American English
735 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth 1993 Indian English
13941 Notes from a Small Island Bill Bryson 1995 American English
14985 Labyrinth Kate Mosse 2005 British English