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Notable Fiction 2002
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Titles are alphabetically arranged by author. A star indicates the book received at least one starred review (indicating that review source felt the title was exceptional) from the following sources: Booklist (BL), Publisher's Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library Journal (LJ). Notable listings include selected award nominees and winners, New York Times Book Review Notable books, Washington Post Book World Raves, PW Notable books, Library Journal Best books, Booklist Best Books and ALA Notable books.
Genre, print run and debut/first novel information is noted when possible - this data is derived from a variety of sources and may not be comprehensive. The genre listing information is apt to be rather subjective since. Books can often be categorized in several genres. Overbooked encourages omnivorous reading across all genres. A * indicates a large print run (+ 35,000) - this information may not be comprehensive.
Genre codes: A = African American, F = Fiction, GL = Gay or Lesbian, H = Historical, I=Inspirational/Christian, L = Literary, M = Multicultural, R = Romance or Romantic Suspense, SP = Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror), SS = Short Stories,W = Western.
| AUTHOR | TITLE | Stars ~ Notes | Genre |
Debut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Alice | The Stories of Alice Adams |  NYTBR Notable LJ Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Alai | Red Poppies | LA Times Best Books | H | 1st |
| Alumit, Noel | Letters to Montgomery Clift | Lambda Gay Men's Fiction Finalist | F/GL | |
| Anderson, Ho Che | King: Vol 2 | |
graphic novel | |
| Anderson, Kevin J. | Hidden Empire: Saga of Seven Suns | |
SP | |
| Andrew, Miles Keaton | Final Arrangements | F | 1st | |
| Anshaw, Carol | Lucky in the Corner | Booklist Top Gay and Lesbian Books Washington Post Rave Lambda Lesbian Fiction Finalist |
F | |
| Antunes, Antonio Lobo | The Return of the Caravels | NYTBR Notable | L | |
| Ashcom, Robert | Winter Run | 1st | ||
| Auchincloss, Louis | Manhattan Monologues | PW Best of 2002 |
F | |
| Auster, Paul | The Book of Illusions | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books ALA Notable Books |
F/L | |
| Axelsson, Majgull | April Witch | |
F | |
| B., David | Epileptic, Book 1 | |
grapic novel | |
| Babcock, Richard | Bow's Boy | |
F | |
| Baggot, Juliana | Miss America Family | |
* | |
| Bail, Murray | Camouflage: Stories | NYTBR Notable |
L/SS | |
| Baker, Kage | Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers | PW Best of 2002 |
SP | |
| Baker, Kevin | Paradise Alley | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
H | |
| Balogh, Mary | A Summer to Remember |
Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R | |
| Barbash, Tom | The Last Good Chance | PW Best of 2002 |
F/L | 1st |
| Barfoot, Joan | Critical Injuries | Booker Prize 2002 Long List |
L | |
| Barker, Raffaella | Summertime | |
F | |
| Barnes, John | The Sky So Big and Black | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
SP | |
| Barnes, Judith | Salthill | H | 1st | |
| Barnes, Steven | Charisma | |
SP | |
| Barrett, Andrea | Servants of the Map: Stories | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
SS | |
| Barry, Lynda | One Hundred Demons | Alex Award |
F | |
| Barry, Sebastian | Annie Dunne | Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy Booklist Editor's Choice |
F | |
| Bass, Rick | The Hermit's Story: Stories | LA Times Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Basu, Jay | The Stars Can Wait | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Finalist | F/L | 1st |
| Bauman, Christian | The Ice Beneath You | F | 1st | |
| Bausch, Robert | The Gypsy Man | |
F/L | |
| Bear, Greg | Vitals | Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
SP | |
| Beattie, Ann | Doctor's House | NYTBR Notable | F/L | |
| Beckman, John | The Winter Zoo | NYTBR Notable | F | |
| Bennett, Alan | The Laying of Hands | NYTBR Notable | SS | |
| Benoit, Brent | All Saints' Day | |
F | |
| Bergen, David | See the Child | |
F | |
| Bialosky, Jill | House Under Snow | LJ Best Debut |
L | |
| Bierce, Ambrose | Shadows of Blue and Gray: Civil War Writings | |
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| Biguenet, John | Oyster | LJ Best Debut |
L | |
| Bloom, Rebecca | Girl Anatomy | F | 1st | |
| Boffa, Alessandro | You're an Animal, Viskovitz | LA Times Best Books |
L | 1st |
| Bonanno, Margaret | Preternatural 3: The Third Thing | NYTBR Notable |
SP | |
| Bond, Nelson | The Far Side of Nowhere | |
SP/SS | |
| Borders, Lisa | Cloud Cuckoo Land | F | 1st | |
| Boswell, Robert | Century's Son | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable Booklist Editor's Choice |
L | |
| Bowles, Paul | The Sheltering Sky/Let It Come Down/The Spider's House | Library Of America |
L | |
| Boylan, Clare | The Collected Stories | NYTBR Notable | F/SS | |
| Bragg, Melvyn | The Soldier's Return | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave Booklist Editor's Choice |
H | |
| Braverman, Kate | The Incantation of Frida K. | |
H/L | |
| Breedlove, Lynn | Godspeed | Lambda Lesbian Fiction Finalist | F | 1st |
| Brin, David | Kiln People | Hugo Nominee | SP | |
| Brockman, Suzanne | Into the Night | |
R* | |
| Brockmeier, Kevin | Things That Fall From the Sky: Stories | SS | 1st | |
| Brockway, Connie | Bridal Favors | |
R | |
| Brown, Rita Mae | Hotspur | |
F | |
| Brownstein, Gabriel | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt 3w | |
F/L | 1st |
| Buckley, Christopher | No Way to Treat a First Lady | NYTBR Notable |
F | |
| Buckley, William F. | Nuremberg | |
H* | |
| Bujold, Lois McMaster | Dipolomatic Immunity | PW Best of 2002 |
SP | |
| Bukiet, Melvin Jules (ed) | Nothing Makes You Free: Writings by Descendants of Jewish Holocaust Survivors | |
L/SS | |
| Bunin, Ivan | Sunstroke | |
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| Burns, Anna | No Bones (trade paper) | Orange Prize shortlist LJ Best Books |
L | |
| Butler, Robert Olen | Fair Warning | NYTBR Notable |
L* | |
| Byler, Stephen Raleigh | Searching for Intruders: A Novel in Stories | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
F/SS | 1st |
| Cabot, Patricia | Kiss the Bride (paper) | |
R | |
| Caldwell, Joseph | Bread for the Baker's Child | |
GL | |
| Calisher, Hortense | Sunday Jews | PW Best of 2002 |
L | |
| Cameron, Peter | The City of Your Final Destination | PW Best of 2002 LA Times Book Prize Fiction Finalist |
F | |
| Campbell, Bonnie Jo | Q Road | F | 1st | |
| Campbell, Rebecca | Slave to Fashion | LJ Best Debut | F | 1st |
| Cantrell, Catherine | Constance | F | 1st | |
| Card, Orson Scott | Shadow Puppets (Ender) | SP* | ||
| Carey, Jacqueline | Kushiel's Chosen | |
SP | |
| Carlyle, Liz | No True Gentleman (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R | |
| Carter, Stephen | The Emperor of Ocean Park | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
A/F | 1st |
| Chaudhuri, Amit | Real Time: Stories | Washington Post Rave | F/SS | |
| Cheng, Terrence | Sons of Heaven | LJ Best Debut |
F | 1st |
| Cherryh, C.J. | Explorer | |
SP | |
| Chiang, Ted | Stories of Your Life and Others | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave |
SP/SS | |
| Chiaventone, Frederick | Moon of Bitter Cold | |
W | |
| Chidgey, Catherine | The Strength of the Sun | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
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| Chong, Kevin | Baroque-A-Nova | F | 1st | |
| Cisneros, Sandra | Caramelo | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Christian Science Monitor Booklist Editor's Choice Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults ALA Notable Books |
L | |
| Clegg, Douglas | The Hour Before Dark | |
SP | |
| Clevenger, Craig | The Contortionist's Handbook | |
F/L | 1st |
| Clute, John | Appleseed | NYTBR Notable |
SP | |
| Coady, Lynn | Saints of Big Harbour | |
11.20.02 | |
| Coberly, Lenore M. | The Handywoman Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Codrescu, Andrei | Casanova in Bohemia | |
H* | |
| Coe, Jonathan | The Rotter's Club | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
F/L | |
| Cohen, Paula | Gramercy Park | H | 1st | |
| Cohen, Paula Marantz | Jane Austin in Boca | F | 1st | |
| Cohen, Robert | The Varieties of Romantic Experience: Stories | NYTBR Notable | SS | |
| Constantine, Storm | The Way of Light | |
SP | |
| Cook, Elizabeth | Achilles | |
H | |
| Coover, Robert | The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Raw Footage | |
L | |
| Costello, Mark | Big If | National Book Award Finalist PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
F | |
| Crafts, Hannah / Henry Louis Gates (ed) | The Bondswoman's Narrative | |
A* | |
| Craig, Charmaine | The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy | H | 1st | |
| Criswell, Millie | The Trials of Angela (paper) | |
R | |
| Crowley, John | The Translator | NYTBR Notable | L* | |
| Cruisie, Jennifer | Faking It | |
R* | |
| Crummey, Michael | River Thieves | |
H | |
| Cullin, Mitch | From the Place in the Valley Deep in the Forest (paper) | |
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| Cumming, Alan | Tommy's Tale | F | 1st | |
| Cunningham, Laura Shaine | Beautiful Bodies | |
F/L | |
| Danvers, Dennis | The Watch | Booklist Top 10 SF/F NYTBR Notable |
SP | |
| Dark, Alice Elliott | Think of England | SS | 1st | |
| Date, S.V. | Black Sunshine | |
F | |
| David, James F. | Before the Cradle Falls | |
SP | |
| David, Peter | The Woad to Wuin: Sir Aproppos of Nothing, Bk 2 | |
SP | |
| David, Peter | Knight Life | |
SP | |
| Davidar, David J. | The House of Blue Mangoes | NYTBR Notable |
H* | 1st |
| Davis, Jill | Girls' Poker Night | LJ Best Debut | F | 1st |
| Davis, Kathryn | Versailles | NYTBR Notable | H | |
| Davis-Goff, Annabel | This Cold Country | NYTBR Notable |
H* | |
| Dawidoff, Nicholas (ed) | Baseball: A Literary Anthology | |
L/SS | |
| Day, Angie | Way to Somewhere | F* | 1st | |
| Dee, Jonathan | Palladio | NYTBR Notable |
F | |
| Deitch, Kim | The Boulevard of Broken Dreams | graphic novel | 1st | |
| Delahunt, Meaghan | In the Casa Azul | |
F | |
| Deveraux, Jude | Forever (paper) | |
R | |
| Dimmick, Barbara | Heart-Side Up | |
L | |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | The Vine of Desire | |
M* | |
| Dixon, Stephen | I | Washington Post Rave | F/L | |
| Djaout, Tahar | The Watchers | |
F | |
| Doerr, Anthony | Shell Collector: Stories | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable ALA Notable Books NYPL Young Lion Award |
SS | 1st |
| Donoghue, Emma | Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Short Stories | Washington Post Rave |
F/SS* | |
| Dooling, Richard | Bet Your Life | NYTBR Notable | F | |
| Doster, Stephen | Lord Baltimore | |
L | |
| Dozois, Gardener | The Year's Best Science Fiction | |
SP | |
| Drayson, Nicholas | Confessing a Murder | |
H | 1st |
| Dry, Richard | Leaving | |
A | 1st |
| Dufresne, John | Deep in the Shade of Paradise | |
F | |
| Duncan, Alice | Just North of Bliss: Meet Me at the Fair (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romance | R | |
| Duncan, Dave | Paragon Lost: A Chronicle of the King's Blades | |
SP | |
| Dunmore, Helen | The Seige | 2001 Whitbread Shortlist Orange Prize shortlist Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
L/H | |
| Dunn, Mark | Welcome to Higby | PW Best of 2002 |
F | |
| Duong, Thu Huong | Beyond Illusions | |
L | |
| Durham, David Anthony | A Walk Through Darkness | NYTBR Notable |
A | |
| Durrant, Sabine | Havng It & Eating It | F | 1st | |
| Dyja, Tom | Meet John Trow | |
F | |
| Earling, Debra Magpie | Perma Red | LJ Best Debut Booklist Top First Novel Willa Winner - Women Writing the West |
H/L | |
| Ebershoff, David | Pasadena | Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy | F | |
| Eco, Umberto | Baudolino | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Booklist Editor's Choice |
L | |
| Edgehill, India | Queen Maker: A Novel of King David's Queen | |
H* | 1st |
| Edric, Robert | The Broken Lands: A Novel of Artic Disaster | |
H | |
| Edric, Robert | The Book of the Heathen: A Novel of the Congo | |
H | |
| Egan, Greg | Schild's Ladder | |
SP | |
| Eggers, Dave | You Shall Know Our Velocity | NYTBR Notable Village Voice Top Shelf |
F/L | |
| Eggers, Paul | How the Water Feels | |
F/L | |
| Egof, Tristan | Skirt and the Fiddle | |
L | |
| Eisenberg, Nora | The War at Home (trade paper) |
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H | |
| Emshwiller, Carol | The Mount | Village Voice Top Shelf |
SP | |
| Epps, Cindy | South of Reason | * | 1st | |
| Ermelino, Louisa | The Sisters Mallone | |
F | |
| Eskridge, Kelley | Solitaire | Borders Original Voices Selection NYTBR Notable |
SP | 1st |
| Estrin, Marc | Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
L | |
| Eugenides, Jeffrey | Middlesex | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Editors' Choice LA Times Best Books LJ Best Books NBCC Award Nominee Booklist Top of the List Pulitzer Prize Winner |
H/L | |
| Evaristo, Bernadine | The Emperor's Babe | |
L | |
| Faber, Michel | Crimson Petal and the White | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable Time Best Novel Booklist Editor's Choice Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
H | |
| Farrington, Tim | The Monk Downstairs | NYTBR Notable | F | |
| Faulks, Sebastian | On Green Dolphin Street | |
H | |
| Faulks, Sebastian | The Vintage Book of War Stories (paper) | |
L/SS | |
| Fforde, Jasper | The Eyre Affair | Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy Alex Award |
SP* | 1st |
| Flagg, Fannie | Standing in the Rainbow | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave |
F* | |
| Flanagan, Richard | Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish | Commonwealth Writers Prize PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Christian Science Monitor |
F | |
| Foer, Jonathan Safran | Everything is Illuminated | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut Booklist Top First Novel NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books NYPL Young Lion Award Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Finalist |
H | 1st |
| Ford, Richard | A Multitude of Sins | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Ford, Jeffrey | The Fantasy Writer's Assistant | PW Best of 2002 |
SP/SS | |
| Ford, Jeffrey | The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque | |
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| Ford, Michael Curtis | Gods and Legions: A Novel | |
H | |
| Fowler, Nick | A Thing or Two About Curtis and Camilla | L | 1st | |
| Frayn, Michael | Spies | Booker Prize 2002 Long List NYTBR Notable Whitbread Winner |
L* | |
| Freed, Lynn | House of Women | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
F | |
| Freeman, Judith | Red Water | LA Times Best Books | H | |
| Frost, Gregory | Fitcher's Brides | |
SP | |
| Gaddis, William | Agape Agape | NYTBR Notable |
L | |
| Garrett, Greg | Free Bird | F | 1st | |
| Gay, William | I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Gerrold, David | The Martian Child | Lambda Gay Men's Fiction Finalist | ||
| Gibbons, James | Searching for Johnny | 1st | ||
| Gilchrist, Ellen | I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting With My Daddy: And Other Stories | Washington Post Rave | F/SS | |
| Gilling, Tom | The Adventures of Miles and Isabel | NYTBR Notable | H | |
| Glass, Julia | Three Junes | National Book Award Winner PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut NYTBR Notable |
F | 1st |
| Godfrey, Rebecca | The Torn Skirt (trade paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Goldblatt, Mark | Africa Speaks | |
L | |
| Goldsmith, Olivia | Pen Pals | |
F* | |
| Goldstein, Lisa | The Alchemist's Door | Washington Post Rave Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP/H | |
| Goonan, Kathleen Ann | Light Music | Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy | SP | |
| Gordimer, Nadine | The Pickup | NYTBR Notable | L | |
| Gornick, Lisa | A Private Sorcery | 1st | ||
| Gotlieb, Phyllis | Mindworlds | |
SP | |
| Grand, David | The Disappearing Body | |
L | |
| Greenwood, T. | Undressing the Moon | |
L | |
| Gregory, Philippa | The Other Boleyn Girl | |
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| Grenville, Kate | The Idea of Perfection | NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
F | |
| Griffith, Nicola | Stay | Lambda Lesbian Fiction Finalist | F | |
| Griffiths, Niall | Sheepshagger | |
F/L | |
| Grimsley, Jim | Boulevard | Lambda Gay Men's Fiction Finalist | F | |
| Grossman, David | Be My Knife | NYTBR Notable | ||
| Gullick, Charlotte | By Way of Water | F | 1st | |
| Gurley-Highgate, Hilda | Sapphire's Grave | A | 1st | |
| Hackett, Joyce | Disturbance of the Inner Ear | PW Best of 2002 |
F | 1st |
| Hadley, Tessa | Accidents in the Home | NYTBR Notable | F | 1st |
| Haines, Lise | In My Sister's Country | L | 1st | |
| Hamilton, Julia | Forbidden Fruits | |
F | |
| Hamilton, Peter F. | Fallen Dragon | |
SP | |
| Hansen, Brooks | The Monsters of St. Helena | |
H | |
| Hansen, Erik Fosnes | Tales of Protection | PW Best of 2002 |
L | |
| Hardie, Kerrie | A Winter Marriage | |
F | |
| Harington, Donald | 13 Albatrosses | |
F | |
| Harris, Joanne | Coastliners | |
F | |
| Harrison, Kathryn | The Seal Wife | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
F/L | |
| Hart, Lenore | Waterwoman | I | 1st | |
| Hartmann, Elizabeth | The Truth About Fire | L | 1st | |
| Hartwell, David G. (ed) | The Hard SF Renaissance | |
SP/SS | |
| Harvor, Elisabeth | Excessive Joy Injuries the Heart | F | 1st | |
| Haslett, Adam | You Are Not a Stranger Here | National Book Award Finalist NYTBR Notable Time Best Novel Village Voice Top Shelf |
L | 1st |
| Hearn, Lian | Across the Nightingale Floor, Bk1 | NYTBR Notable | H | 1st |
| Heighton, Steven | The Shadow Boxer (trade paper) | PW Best of 2002 |
F | |
| Hemans, Donna | River Woman | |
A | |
| Hemon, Aleksandar | Nowhere Man: The Pronek Fantasies | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave LA Times Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf NBCC Award Nominee LA Times Book Prize Fiction Finalist |
L | |
| Henderson, Dee | True Valor ( paper) | |
I | |
| Henley, Patricia | In the River Sweet | |
F | |
| Hensher, Philip | The Mulberry Empire | Booker Prize 2002 Long List Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
H | |
| Heppner, Mike | The Egg Code | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave |
L | 1st |
| Herbert, Brian & Kevin J. Anderson | Dune: Butlerian Jihad | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
SP* | |
| Hern, Candice | The Bride Sale (paper) | LJ Best Genre Fiction | R | |
| Hetley, James A. | The Summer Country (paper) | Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP | 1st |
| Higgins, Aidan | Flotsam & Jetsam | Washington Post Rave |
L | |
| Hijuelos, Oscar | A Simple Habana Melody | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable Booklist Editor's Choice |
L* | |
| Hill, Tobias | The Love of Stones | |
F | |
| Hirshberg, Glen | The Snowman's Children | |
F | 1st |
| Hobb, Robin | Fool's Errand | PW Best of 2002 |
SP | |
| Hodgen, Christie | A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw: Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Hoffman, Eva | The Secret | NYTBR Notable |
F/SP | |
| Holden, Craig | The Jazz Bird | |
H* | |
| Holthe, Tess Uriza | When the Elephants Dance | |
H* | 1st |
| Homes, A.M. | Things You Should Know: Stories | NYTBR Notable |
L/SS | |
| Hooper, Chloe | A Child's Book of True Crime | Orange Prize shortlist NYTBR Notable |
U* | 1st |
| Horch, Daniel | The Angel With One Hundred Wings | B&N Discover New Writers |
F | 1st |
| Horn, Dara | In the Image | Christian Science Monitor |
H | 1st |
| House, Silas | A Parchment of Leaves | |
F | |
| Howzell, Rachel | A Quiet Storm (trade paper) | |
F/A | |
| Huddle, David | LA Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl | |
F | |
| Hudson, Gabe | Dear Mr. President: Stories and a Novella | Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | 1st |
| Hughes, Mary-Beth | Wavemaker 2 | NYTBR Notable |
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| Humphreys, Helen | The Lost Garden | NYTBR Notable |
H | |
| Indiana, Gary | Depraved Indiffernence | Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | |
| Inness-Brown, Elizabeth | Burning Marguerite | |
L | 1st |
| Irvine, Alexander C. | A Scattering of Jade | Washington Post Rave | SP | |
| Jackson, Jeremy | Life at These Speeds | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults | F | 1st |
| Jackson, Mick | Five Boys | |
H | |
| Jenkins, Emily | Mister Posterior and the Genious Child (paper) | B&N Discover New Writers | H | |
| Jennings, Kate | Moral Hazard | NYTBR Notable LA Times Book Prize Fiction Finalist |
F | |
| Jiles, Paulette | Enemy Women | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy Willa Winner - Women Writing the West |
H | 1st |
| Jin, Ha | The Crazed | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Booklist Editor's Choice |
L | |
| Johnson-Hodge, Margaret | True Lies | |
A | |
| Johnston, Wayne | The Navigator of New York | NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
F/L | |
| Jones, Stephen (ed) | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (paper) | |
SP | |
| Jones, Tayari | Leaving Atlanta | Washington Post Rave | A* | 1st |
| Joyce, Graham | Smoking Poppy | |
F | |
| Just, Ward | Weather in Berlin | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
F | |
| Kadare, Ismail | Spring Flowers, Spring Frost | LA Times Best Books Booklist Editor's Choice |
L | |
| Karon, Jan | In This Mountain | |
F/I* | |
| Kaye, John | The Dead Circus | NYTBR Notable Booklist Editor's Choice |
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| Keller, Nora Okja | Fox Girl | LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Kennedy, William | Roscoe | Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels Washington Post Rave NYTBR Editors' Choice Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy NBCC Award Nominee Booklist Top of the List |
L/H* | |
| Kerstan, Lynn | The Golden Leopard (paper) | R | ||
| Kesey, Ken | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |
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| Kidd, Sue Monk | The Secret Life of Bees | F* | 1st | |
| Killham, Nina | How To Cook a Tart | Washington Post Rave | F | 1st |
| Kimmel, Haven | The Solace of Leaving Early | LJ Best Debut |
F | 1st |
| Kincaid, Jamaica | Mr. Potter | |
F/L | |
| King, Roger | A Girl from Zanzibar (trade paper) | |
F/L | |
| King, Stephen | Everything's Eventual: Stories | PW Best of 2002 |
SP* | |
| King, Stephen | From a Buick 8 | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave |
SP* | |
| Kingsbury, Suzanne | Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me | F/H* | 1st | |
| Kirshenbaum, Binnie | Hester Among the Ruins | |
L | |
| Kitchen, Judith | The House on Eccles Road | |
L | |
| Klein, Rachel | The Moth Diaries | |
L/SP | |
| Kleypas, Lisa | When Strangers Marry (paper) | |
R | |
| Kleypas, Lisa | Lady Sophia's Lover (paper) | |
R | |
| Kliment, Alexandr | Living Parallel | L | 1st | |
| Knauss, Sibylle | Eva's Cousin | NYTBR Notable | H | |
| Knox, Elizabeth | Billie's Kiss | |
H | |
| Kobin, Joann | Woman Made of Sand (trade paper) |
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| Kraft, Eric | Inflating a Dog | |
F/L | |
| Krauss, Nicole | Man Walks Into a Room | LA Times Best Books Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Finalist |
F | 1st |
| Krusoe, Jim | Iceland (trade paper) | Washington Post Rave LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Kundera, Milan | Ignorance | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Kunzru, Hari | The Impressionist | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut |
L* | 1st |
| Kwa, Lydia | A Place Called Absence | Lambda Lesbian Fiction Finalist | 1st | |
| La Farge, Tom | Zuntig | Washington Post Rave | SP | |
| Labiner, Norah | Minatures | ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Lackey, Mercedes | Gates of Sleep | |
SP | |
| LaMon, Jacqueline Jones | In the Arms of One Who Loves Me | A | 1st | |
| Lamott, Anne | Blue Shoe | PW Best of 2002 |
L* | |
| Lanchester, John | Fragrant Harbor | NYTBR Notable |
L/H | |
| Lang, Adle | Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber | F | 1st | |
| Lansens, Lori | Rush Home Road | |
F* | 1st |
| Larsen, Deborah | The White | Washington Post Rave | H | 1st |
| Lasdun, James | The Horned Man | LJ Best Debut NYTBR Notable |
L | 1st |
| Lasser, Scott | All I Could Get: A Novel of Wall Street | |
F | |
| Lavalle, Victor D. | The Ecstatic | PW Best of 2002 |
F/L | 1st |
| Lawrence, Carole | Looking for Mary Gabriel | F | 1st | |
| Lawson, Mary | Crow Lake | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable Alex Award |
F | 1st |
| Le Guin, Ursula K. | The Birthday of the World: Stories | PW Best of 2002 |
SP/SS | |
| Lee, Andrea | Interesting Women: Stories | NYTBR Notable | SS | |
| Lee, Michael | Paradise Dance (paper) | |
L/SS | |
| Leebron, Fred | In the Middle of All This | |
L | |
| Leithauser, Brad | Darlington's Fall: A Novel in Verse | NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
L | |
| Lemann, Nancy | Malaise | NYTBR Notable |
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| Lent, Jeffrey | Lost Nation | Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
H* | |
| Leonard, Hugh | A Wild People | F | 1st | |
| Lerner, Lisa | Just Like Beauty | NYTBR Notable |
L | |
| Lessing, Doris | The Sweetest Dream | PW Best of 2002 Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
L | |
| Lewis, Sinclair/Lingeman, Richard R., ed | Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, Dodsworth | |
L | |
| L'Heureux, John | The Miracle | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable |
F | |
| Lickiss, Rebecca | Never After (paper) | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults | SP | |
| Lin, Ed | Waylaid (paper) | Booklist Top First Novel Booklist Editor's Choice |
F/L | |
| Lopez, Lorraine | Soy La Avon Lady | |
L/SS | |
| Lustig, Arnost | Lovely Green Eyes | ALA Notable Books | L | |
| Lowenthal, Michael | Avoidance (paper) | Lambda Gay Men's Fiction Finalist |
G/L | |
| Macleod, Sally | Passing Strange | LA Times Best Books | F | 1st |
| Maguire, Elizabeth | Thinner, Blonder, Whiter | L | 1st | |
| Major, Marcus | A Man Most Worthy | A | ||
| Makine, Andre | The Music of a Life | |
L | |
| Malladi, Amulya | A Breath of Fresh Air | F | 1st | |
| Malloy, Brian | The Year of Ice | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults Alex Award |
F/GL | 1st |
| Manley, Frank | True Hope | |
L | |
| Manning, Jo | Seducing Mr. Heywood |
Booklist Top 10 Romance |
R | |
| Manning, Kate | Whitegirl | |
F | |
| Mansbach, Adam | Shackling Water | |
F | 1st |
| Maraini, Dacia | Darkness | |
F | |
| Marcus, Ben | Notable American Women (trade paper) |
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F | |
| Marillier, Juliet | Child of the Prophecy | Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
SP | |
| Marion, Stephen | Hollow Ground | |
F | 1st |
| Mark, Laurie J. | Fire Logic | |
SP | |
| Markoe, Merrill | It's My F***ing Birthday | |
F | 1st |
| Marks, Gabrielle | Palermo Story | F | 1st | |
| Marks, Laurie J. | Fire Logic | |
SP | |
| Martel, Yann | Life of Pi | Booker Prize 2002 Winner PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books LJ Best Books |
L* | |
| Masiel, David | 2182 kHz | NYTBR Notable | F | 1st |
| Mason, Daniel | The Piano Tuner | PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy Booklist Top 10 Historical Novel |
H | 1st |
| Matheson, Richard | Abu and the 7 Marvels | |
SP | |
| Matsuoka, Takashi | Cloud of Sparrows | |
H* | 1st |
| Matthews, Laura | A Rival Heir (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romance | R | |
| Mayes, Frances | Swan | F* | 1st | |
| Mayhew, Margaret | Our Yanks | H | 1st | |
| Mazur, Grace Dane | Trespass (paper) | LJ Best Debut |
F/L | 1st |
| McAuley, Paul | Whole Wide World | |
SP | |
| McBride, James | Miracle at St. Anna | LJ Best Debut |
A/H* | 1st |
| McCammon, Robert L. | Speaks the Nightbird | |
H | |
| McDermott, Alice | Child of My Heart | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Booklist Editor's Choice |
F/L | |
| McDevitt, Jack | Chindi | Washington Post Rave | SP | |
| McDonnell, Nick | Twelve | NYTBR Notable | L | 1st |
| McEvoy, Dermot | Terrible Angel: A Novel of Michael Collins in New York | |
H | |
| McEwan, Ian | An Atonement | Booker Prize Shortlist 2001 2001 Whitbread Shortlist PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Editors' Choice LA Times Best Books Time Best Novel Village Voice Top Shelf Christian Science Monitor NBCC Award Nominee ALA Notable Books LA Times Book Prize Fiction Winner |
L* | |
| McGahern, John | By the Lake | NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy ALA Notable Books |
L | |
| McGuane, Thomas | The Cadence of Grass | NYTBR Notable |
L* | |
| McKillip, Patricia A. | Ombria in Shadow | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
SP | |
| McLaughlin, Emma & Nicola Kraus | The Nanny Diaries | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Debut |
F* | 1st |
| McMullen, Sean | Voyage of the Shadowmoon | |
Sp | |
| McMurtry, Larry | Sin Killer | NYTBR Notable | H* | |
| McPhee, Martha | Gorgeous Lies | National Book Award Finalist |
F | |
| Mda, Zakes | Heart of Redness | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
L | |
| Meloy, Maile | Half in Love: Stories | NYTBR Notable |
L/SS | |
| Merullo, Roland | In Revere, in Those Days | Booklist Editor's Choice ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Metzger, Barbara | A Debt to Delia (paper) | |
R | |
| Michaels, Kasey | Be My Baby Tonight (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romance | R | |
| Mieville, China | The Scar | PW Best of 2002 LJ Best Genre Fiction Hugo Nominee |
SP | |
| Miller, Adrienne (ed) | Esquire's Big Book of Fiction | |
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| Miller, Andrew | Oxygen | 2001 Whitbread Shortlist NYTBR Notable |
L* | |
| Miller, Christopher | Simon Silber: Works for Solo Piano | Christian Science Monitor - Noteworthy |
F/L | 1st |
| Millet, Lydia | My Happy Life | |
L | |
| Minot, Susan | Rapture | NYTBR Notable |
L | |
| Mistry, Rohinton | Family Matters | |