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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides2007, No 01
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon2007, No 02
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby2007, No 03
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett2007, No 04
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman2007, No 05
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger2007, No 06
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris2007, No 07
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer2007, No 08
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers2007, No 10
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn2007, No 11
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen2007, No 12
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold2007, No 14
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell2007, No 15

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