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Most Popular Reviews - 2003


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2003, first for the year as a whole, then by month.

      - Previous month's/year's position given in brackets.
      - Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      - "-" indicates book was not among top 50/200 reviews.

2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  3. Proof, David Auburn (9)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  5. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (4)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  9. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (10)
  10. Atonement, Ian McEwan (-)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (13)
  12. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (47)
  13. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (14)
  14. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (n.a.)
  15. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (15)
  16. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  17. Big Women, Fay Weldon (7)
  18. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (18)
  19. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (17)
  20. Life x 3, Yasmina Reza (107)
  21. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (12)
  22. Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges (23)
  23. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (25)
  24. Copenhagen, Michael Frayn (86)
  25. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (21)
  26. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (179)
  27. Faster than the Speed of Light, João Magueijo (n.a.)
  28. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (19)
  29. The Little Friend, Donna Tartt (69)
  30. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (49)

December, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (3)
  3. The Child That Books Built, Francis Spufford (-)
  4. Proof, David Auburn (2)
  5. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  6. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (6)
  7. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  8. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (9)
  9. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (7)
  10. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (10)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (17)
  12. Lolita, Richard Corliss (13)
  13. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (11)
  14. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (73)
  15. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (8)

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November, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Proof, David Auburn (2)
  3. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (3)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  6. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (7)
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (9)
  8. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (10)
  9. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (11)
  10. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (13)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (8)
  12. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (12)
  13. Lolita, Richard Corliss (16)
  14. Copenhagen, Michael Frayn (33)
  15. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (15)

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October, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Proof, David Auburn (3)
  3. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (7)
  6. Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson (-)
  7. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (5)
  8. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (15)
  9. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  10. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (8)
  11. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (9)
  12. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (33)
  13. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (14)
  14. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (21)
  15. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (19)

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September, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. Proof, David Auburn (4)
  4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  5. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (7)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (13)
  7. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (9)
  8. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (11)
  9. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (10)
  10. Politics, Adam Thirlwell (15)
  11. Lolita, Richard Corliss (8)
  12. Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
  13. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (14)
  14. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (24)
  15. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (20)

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August, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (10)
  4. Proof, David Auburn (4)
  5. Platform, Michel Houellebecq (13)
  6. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (9)
  7. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (6)
  8. Lolita, Richard Corliss (3)
  9. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  10. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (12)
  11. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (20)
  12. Atonement, Ian McEwan (11)
  13. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (15)
  14. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (8)
  15. Politics, Adam Thirlwell (53)

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July, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. Lolita, Richard Corliss (4)
  4. Proof, David Auburn (5)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (6)
  6. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9)
  7. What Liberal Media ?, Eric Alterman (12)
  8. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (3)
  9. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (10)
  10. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (7)
  11. Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
  12. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (19)
  13. Platform, Michel Houellebecq (n.a.)
  14. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (21)
  15. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (13)

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June, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (5)
  4. Lolita, Richard Corliss (4)
  5. Proof, David Auburn (7)
  6. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  7. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  8. Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (10)
  10. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (19)
  11. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (18)
  12. What Liberal Media ?, Eric Alterman (n.a.)
  13. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (9)
  14. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (11)
  15. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (25)

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May, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  4. Lolita, Richard Corliss (6)
  5. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (44)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (9)
  7. Proof, David Auburn (4)
  8. Atonement, Ian McEwan (11)
  9. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (7)
  10. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (12)
  11. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (10)
  12. Persepolis (3), Marjane Satrapi (-)
  13. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (8)
  14. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (17)
  15. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (22)

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April, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (7)
  4. Proof, David Auburn (6)
  5. Life x 3, Yasmina Reza (5)
  6. Lolita, Richard Corliss (4)
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  8. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (9)
  9. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (10)
  10. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  11. Atonement, Ian McEwan (11)
  12. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (13)
  13. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (17)
  14. Moy Sand and Gravel, Paul Muldoon (-)
  15. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (15)

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March, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  4. Lolita, Richard Corliss (5)
  5. Life x 3, Yasmina Reza (16)
  6. Proof, David Auburn (7)
  7. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  8. Faster than the Speed of Light, João Magueijo (13)
  9. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (10)
  10. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (12)
  11. Atonement, Ian McEwan (14)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (11)
  13. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  14. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (9)
  15. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (17)

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February, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (10)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  5. Lolita, Richard Corliss (3)
  6. Complete Works & Other Stories, Augusto Monterroso (-)
  7. Proof, David Auburn (6)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (7)
  9. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (14)
  10. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (22)
  11. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (11)
  12. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  13. Faster than the Speed of Light, João Magueijo (n.a.)
  14. Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
  15. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (16)

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January, 2003

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  3. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  5. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (7)
  6. Proof, David Auburn (11)
  7. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  8. Atonement, Ian McEwan (13)
  9. Prey, Michael Crichton (3)
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  11. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (9)
  12. The Little Friend, Donna Tartt (18)
  13. Big Women, Fay Weldon (12)
  14. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (10)
  15. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (27)

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