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the Complete Review


Most Popular Reviews - 2007


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2007.

     (See also the current bestseller list, and for annual and older lists, see the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2010 lists.)

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

December, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (1)
  2. Atonement, Ian McEwan (9)
  3. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (4)
  4. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
  5. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (3)
  6. Rock 'n' Roll, Tom Stoppard (5)
  7. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  8. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (9)
  9. Saturday, Ian McEwan (11)
  10. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (10)
  11. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (15)
  12. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman (19)
  13. Spies, Michael Frayn (7)
  14. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (13)
  15. Proof, David Auburn (12)

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November, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (1)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  3. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  4. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (9)
  5. Rock 'n' Roll, Tom Stoppard (5)
  6. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (3)
  7. Spies, Michael Frayn (7)
  8. Atonement, Ian McEwan (8)
  9. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (6)
  10. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (13)
  11. Saturday, Ian McEwan (10)
  12. Proof, David Auburn (12)
  13. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (11)
  14. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (21)
  15. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (31)

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October, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (4)
  3. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (8)
  5. Rock 'n' Roll, Tom Stoppard (20)
  6. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (11)
  7. Spies, Michael Frayn (13)
  8. Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
  9. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (17)
  10. Saturday, Ian McEwan (12)
  11. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (15)
  12. Proof, David Auburn (22)
  13. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (19)
  14. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (21)
  15. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi (24)

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September, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (1)
  2. Secularism Confronts Islam, Olivier Roy (n.a)
  3. The Unforeseen, Christian Oster (n.a.)
  4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  5. Atonement, Ian McEwan (5)
  6. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (3)
  7. Hornets' Nest, Edyr Augusto (n.a.)
  8. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  9. The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett (n.a.)
  10. Lodgers, Nenad Veličković (n.a.)
  11. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (6)
  12. Saturday, Ian McEwan (8)
  13. Spies, Michael Frayn (106)
  14. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (10)
  15. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (19)

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August, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (3)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (5)
  5. Atonement, Ian McEwan (14)
  6. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (6)
  7. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (12)
  8. Saturday, Ian McEwan (8)
  9. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (7)
  10. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (17)
  11. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (15)
  12. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (9)
  13. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (11)
  14. Girls of Riyadh, Rajaa Alsanea (-)
  15. Lolita, Richard Corliss (4)

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July, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (1)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (4)
  3. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2)
  4. Lolita, Richard Corliss (76)
  5. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (5)
  6. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (6)
  7. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (11)
  8. Saturday, Ian McEwan (8)
  9. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (12)
  10. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (10)
  11. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (9)
  12. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (7)
  13. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (16)
  14. Atonement, Ian McEwan (13)
  15. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (23)

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June, 2007

  1. Stuff Happens, David Hare (-)
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2)
  3. The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard (12)
  4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (3)
  5. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  6. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (4)
  7. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (27)
  8. Saturday, Ian McEwan (8)
  9. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
  10. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (9)
  11. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (13)
  12. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (5)
  13. Atonement, Ian McEwan (17)
  14. Big Women, Fay Weldon (25)
  15. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (19)

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May, 2007

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  3. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
  4. Snow, Orhan Pamuk
  5. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
  6. Spies, Michael Frayn
  7. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee
  8. Saturday, Ian McEwan
  9. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild
  11. Proof, David Auburn
  12. The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard
  13. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki
  14. The Last King of Scotland, Giles Foden
  15. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

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April, 2007

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  3. Snow, Orhan Pamuk
  4. Saturday, Ian McEwan
  5. The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard
  6. Proof, David Auburn
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild
  8. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee
  9. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
  10. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
  11. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
  12. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick
  13. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki
  14. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky
  15. Atonement, Ian McEwan

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March, 2007

  1. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (1)
  3. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (4)
  4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (3)
  5. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (7)
  6. Saturday, Ian McEwan (8)
  7. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (9)
  8. The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard (6)
  9. Proof, David Auburn (10)
  10. The Last King of Scotland, Giles Foden (5)
  11. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi (14)
  12. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (16)
  13. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (13)
  14. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (12)
  15. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (11)

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February, 2007

  1. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (1)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  3. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  4. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (5)
  5. The Last King of Scotland, Giles Foden (4)
  6. The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard (7)
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (16)
  8. Saturday, Ian McEwan (8)
  9. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (11)
  10. Proof, David Auburn (19)
  11. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (28)
  12. Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky (18)
  13. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (9)
  14. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi (14)
  15. The Top Ten, J.Peder Zane (ed.) (n.a.)

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January, 2007

  1. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (4)
  2. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (1)
  4. The Last King of Scotland, Giles Foden (31)
  5. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (5)
  6. Spies, Michael Frayn (8)
  7. The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard (6)
  8. Saturday, Ian McEwan (10)
  9. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (7)
  10. Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon (3)
  11. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (9)
  12. My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk (17)
  13. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (23)
  14. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi (11)
  15. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (20)

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