New York Times Notable Books of 2003

1.
Abandon
Abandon
by: Pico Iyer
3.19 avg rating — 374 ratings
2.
All Over Creation
All Over Creation 3.84 avg rating — 7,841 ratings
3.
American Woman
American Woman 3.54 avg rating — 1,738 ratings
4.
And Now You Can Go
And Now You Can Go 3.32 avg rating — 1,147 ratings
5.
Anja the Liar
Anja the Liar 3.58 avg rating — 71 ratings
6.
Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1)
Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 11,003 ratings
7.
Bay of Souls
Bay of Souls 2.93 avg rating — 316 ratings
8.
Best Friends
Best Friends 2.77 avg rating — 141 ratings
9.
Bliss
Bliss 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
10.
The Book Against God
The Book Against God 3.11 avg rating — 287 ratings
11.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
12.
A Box of Matches
A Box of Matches 3.69 avg rating — 2,652 ratings
13.
The Bug
The Bug 3.72 avg rating — 816 ratings
14.
Charlie Johnson in the Flames
Charlie Johnson in the Flames 3.18 avg rating — 76 ratings
15.
Clara
Clara 3.69 avg rating — 308 ratings
16.
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader 3.75 avg rating — 9,178 ratings
17.
The Commissariat of Enlightenment
The Commissariat of Enlightenment 3.63 avg rating — 219 ratings
18.
The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep 3.64 avg rating — 783 ratings
19.
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis 3.26 avg rating — 18,392 ratings
20.
Crabwalk
Crabwalk 3.47 avg rating — 4,041 ratings
21.
Crackpots
Crackpots 3.75 avg rating — 192 ratings
22.
Creation
Creation 3.36 avg rating — 190 ratings
23.
The Crossley Baby
The Crossley Baby 2.78 avg rating — 76 ratings
24.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,569,050 ratings
25.
The Cutting Room
The Cutting Room 3.55 avg rating — 4,454 ratings
26.
The Deep and Other Stories
The Deep and Other Stories
by: Mary Swan
3.79 avg rating — 78 ratings
27.
A Distant Shore
A Distant Shore 3.62 avg rating — 843 ratings
28.
The Dogs of Babel
The Dogs of Babel 3.58 avg rating — 19,381 ratings
29.
Domino
Domino
by: Ross King
3.08 avg rating — 192 ratings
30.
Dream Jungle
Dream Jungle 3.51 avg rating — 583 ratings
31.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.87 avg rating — 7,779 ratings
32.
The Early Stories, 1953-1975
The Early Stories, 1953-1975 4.16 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
33.
The Effect of Living Backwards
The Effect of Living Backwards 3.07 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
34.
Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello 3.48 avg rating — 9,925 ratings
35.
Elroy Nights
Elroy Nights 3.27 avg rating — 119 ratings
36.
Evidence of Things Unseen
Evidence of Things Unseen 4.13 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
37.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 1,621 ratings
38.
The Love Bomb: And Other Musical Pieces, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, the Fall of Jerusalem
The Love Bomb: And Other Musical Pieces, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, the Fall of Jerusalem 2.74 avg rating — 85 ratings
39.
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies 3.87 avg rating — 460 ratings
40.
Four Spirits
Four Spirits 3.79 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
41.
The Fox's Walk
The Fox's Walk 3.26 avg rating — 170 ratings
42.
The Furies
The Furies 3.70 avg rating — 83 ratings
43.
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
The Gangster We Are All Looking For 3.68 avg rating — 3,058 ratings
44.
Genesis
Genesis
by: Jim Crace
3.02 avg rating — 260 ratings
45.
Getting Mother's Body
Getting Mother's Body 3.71 avg rating — 1,600 ratings
46.
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh 3.68 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
47.
Gilligan's Wake
Gilligan's Wake 3.73 avg rating — 264 ratings
48.
Good Faith
Good Faith 3.26 avg rating — 2,389 ratings
49.
The Great Fire
The Great Fire 3.48 avg rating — 5,530 ratings
50.
Great Neck
Great Neck 3.23 avg rating — 56 ratings
51.
The Guru of Love
The Guru of Love 3.30 avg rating — 584 ratings
52.
The Hazards of Good Breeding
The Hazards of Good Breeding 3.09 avg rating — 975 ratings
53.
Heavenly Days
Heavenly Days 2.85 avg rating — 65 ratings
54.
Heaven's Edge
Heaven's Edge 3.05 avg rating — 106 ratings
55.
The Hills at Home: A Novel (Hill Family #1)
The Hills at Home: A Novel (Hill Family #1) 3.38 avg rating — 358 ratings
56.
A Hole in the Heart: A Novel
A Hole in the Heart: A Novel 3.41 avg rating — 104 ratings
57.
How to Breathe Underwater
How to Breathe Underwater 3.95 avg rating — 6,554 ratings
58.
Hungry Ghost: A Novel
Hungry Ghost: A Novel 3.39 avg rating — 76 ratings
59.
Indelible Acts
Indelible Acts 3.57 avg rating — 226 ratings
60.
The Inquisitors' Manual
The Inquisitors' Manual 4.19 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
61.
I Sailed with Magellan
I Sailed with Magellan 4.08 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
62.
Jamesland
Jamesland 3.93 avg rating — 583 ratings
63.
Jennifer Government
Jennifer Government
by: Max Barry
3.68 avg rating — 15,542 ratings
64.
Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned
Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned 3.62 avg rating — 980 ratings
65.
The King in the Tree: Three Novellas
The King in the Tree: Three Novellas 3.76 avg rating — 365 ratings
66.
The King Is Dead
The King Is Dead
by: Jim Lewis
3.50 avg rating — 124 ratings
67.
L'Affaire
L'Affaire 2.96 avg rating — 946 ratings
68.
Lay Back the Darkness: Poems
Lay Back the Darkness: Poems 3.75 avg rating — 125 ratings
69.
Liars and Saints
Liars and Saints 3.62 avg rating — 3,124 ratings
70.
The Light of Day
The Light of Day 3.35 avg rating — 3,113 ratings
71.
Little Infamies: Stories
Little Infamies: Stories 3.78 avg rating — 597 ratings
72.
The Little Women
The Little Women 3.45 avg rating — 372 ratings
73.
Lives of the Circus Animals
Lives of the Circus Animals 3.54 avg rating — 319 ratings
74.
Long for This World
Long for This World 3.60 avg rating — 304 ratings
75.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories 3.62 avg rating — 310 ratings
76.
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 55,642 ratings
77.
Love
Love 3.82 avg rating — 13,489 ratings
78.
Love Me
Love Me 3.21 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
79.
Lucky Girls
Lucky Girls 3.42 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
80.
Making Things Better
Making Things Better 3.43 avg rating — 456 ratings
81.
The Marriage of the Sea: A Novel
The Marriage of the Sea: A Novel 3.20 avg rating — 133 ratings
82.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Master Butchers Singing Club 4.06 avg rating — 25,994 ratings
83.
A Memory of War: A Novel
A Memory of War: A Novel 2.89 avg rating — 44 ratings
84.
Middle Earth: Poems
Middle Earth: Poems 4.07 avg rating — 262 ratings
85.
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break 3.72 avg rating — 5,143 ratings
86.
Mr. Timothy
Mr. Timothy 3.61 avg rating — 2,767 ratings
87.
Monkey Hunting: A Novel
Monkey Hunting: A Novel 3.65 avg rating — 909 ratings
88.
The Monsters of St. Helena
The Monsters of St. Helena 3.37 avg rating — 60 ratings
89.
Mortals
Mortals 3.78 avg rating — 602 ratings
90.
My Life as a Fake
My Life as a Fake 3.39 avg rating — 3,583 ratings
91.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,168 ratings
92.
Office of Innocence
Office of Innocence 3.34 avg rating — 210 ratings
93.
Old School
Old School 3.84 avg rating — 13,742 ratings
94.
One Last Look
One Last Look 3.32 avg rating — 251 ratings
95.
One Pill Makes You Smaller: A Novel
One Pill Makes You Smaller: A Novel 3.34 avg rating — 277 ratings
96.
Open Shutters
Open Shutters 3.97 avg rating — 37 ratings
97.
Oracle Night
Oracle Night 3.81 avg rating — 17,387 ratings
98.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,972 ratings
99.
Our Lady of the Forest
Our Lady of the Forest 3.01 avg rating — 3,974 ratings
100.
A Palestine Affair
A Palestine Affair 3.30 avg rating — 167 ratings