These are the best novels of the past 20 years, according to the experts

From the winners of the biggest literary prizes to acclaimed books that somehow
missed out, a panel of literary experts have compiled what they believe should be
the definitive list of the best books of the past two decades topped by Wolf Hall, a
novel that transformed the literary landscape.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Independent Bath Literature Festival the project
was led by its artistic director, Viv Groskop.
I wanted to celebrate books readers have loved and to pinpoint the novels that, with
hindsight, transformed the literary landscape, Ms Groskop said. Wolf Hall has done
that with bells on.
Here are the panels picks:
1995 Captain Corellis Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres / Mandolina capitanului
Corelli
1996 Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood / Alias Grace
1997 American Pastoral by Philip Roth / Pastorala americana
1998 England, England by Julian Barnes / Anglia, Anglia
1999 Disgrace by JM Coetzee / Dezonoare
2000 White Teeth by Zadie Smith / Dinti albi
2001 Atonement by Ian McEwan / Ispasire
2002 Any Human Heart by William Boyd
2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon / O
intamplare ciudata cu un caine la miezul noptii
2004 Small Island by Andrea Levy / O insula prea mica
2005 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver / Trebuie sa vorbim despre
Kevin
2006 The Road by Cormac McCarthy / Drumul
2007 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / Jumatate de soare
galben

2008 The Outcast by Sadie Jones / Proscrisul

2009 The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
2010 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel / Wolf Hall
2011 A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan / Pe aici au trecut cutitarii
2012 State of Wonder by Ann Patchett / Fascinatie
2013 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt / Sticletele