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Notable Fiction 2004: A - L
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Some of the major hardcover titles (and a few paperbacks) scheduled for release in the U.S. All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos.
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, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal. First novel information is derived from a variety of sources. A * notes a large print run (35,000 or more). This information may not be comprehensive. The date in the updated column indicates the last update for that entry.
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. 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, R = Romance or Romantic Suspense, SP = Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror), SS = Short Stories, W = Western.
| AUTHOR | TITLE | Stars ~ Notes | Genre * |
Debut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abani, Chris | Graceland | LA Times Best Books LA Times Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
L | |
| Acito, Marc | How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater |  |
F | 1st |
| Ackroyd, Peter | The Clerkenwell Tales | |
H/L | |
| Adams, Lorraine | Harbor | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books LJ Best First Novels LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Winner |
F/L | 1st |
| Alexander, Alma | The Secrets of Jin-Shei | |
F | |
| Altom, Laura Marie | Kissing Frogs (paper) | |
R | |
| Ames, Jonathan | Wake, Up, Sir! | NYTBR Notable Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | |
| Amidon, Stephen | Human Capital | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice |
F* | |
| Andersch, Alfred | Cherries of Freedom | |
F | |
| Anderson, Alison | Darwin's Wink: A Novel of Nature and Love | |
F | |
| Anderson, Robert | Little Fugue | |
L | |
| Andrews, Mary Kay | Hissy Fit | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
R* | |
| Ash, Sarah | Prisoner of the Iron Tower: Book 2 of the Tears of Artamon | |
SP | |
| Asher, Neal | The Skinner | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi |
SP | |
| Atkinson, Kate | Case Histories | Whitbread Novel Shortlist Book Sense Picks Highlights Salon Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
L | |
| Audouard, Antoine | Farewell, My Only One | |
H | |
| Auchincloss, Louis | East Side Story | |
F | |
| Auster, Paul | City of Glass (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Austin, Lynn | A Light To My Path (paper) | |
I | |
| Azania, Malcolm & Minister Faust | The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (paper) | |
SP | |
| Azzopardi, Trezza | Remember Me | Seattle Times Best Books |
F/L* | |
| Baca, Jimmy Santiago | The Importance of a Piece of Paper: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Bailey, Paul | Uncle Rudolf | |
F | |
| Baird, Alison | The Stone of the Stars: Dragon Throne Book 1 | |
SP | |
| Bajwa, Rup | The Sari Shop | Orange Prize Longlist | L | 1st |
| Baker, Kage | Mother Aegypt: And Other Stories | |
SP/SS | |
| Baker, Nicolson | Checkpoint | |
L | |
| Bakker, R. Scott | The Darkness That Comes Before | PW Best Overlooked Books PW Best Books |
SP | |
| Baldacci, Sharon | A Sundog Moment: A Novel of Hope | |
I* | 1st |
| Ball, David | Ironfire | |
H | |
| Balogh, Mary | Slightly Sinful (paper) | |
R | |
| Banerji, Sara | Shining Hero (paper) | |
F | |
| Banks, Russell | The Darling | Book Sense Picks Highlights NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books LA Times Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
F/L* | |
| Banner, Keith | The Smallest People Alive (paper) | PW Best Books |
GL/L/SS | 1st |
| Barbieri, Heather | Snow in July | LJ Best First Novels | F | 1st |
| Baricco, Alessandro | Without Blood | |
L | |
| Barnes, Julian | The Lemon Table: Stories | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books ALA Notable Books |
L/SS | |
| Basu, Kunal | The Miniaturist | |
L | |
| Baxter, Stephen | Exultant | |
SP | |
| Beinhart, Larry | The Librarian | |
L | |
| Bell, Madison Smartt | The Stone That the Builder Refused | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
L/H | |
| Benaissa, Slimane | The Last Night of a Damned Soul | |
L | |
| Bendis, Brian Michael and Mike Avon Oeming | Powers vol 5: Anarchy | |
graphic novel | |
| Benioff, David | When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Benmalek, Anouar | The Lovers of Algeria (paper) | |
L | |
| Berger, Thomas | Adventures of the Artificial Woman | |
F | |
| De Bernieres, Louis | Birds Without Wings | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction LA Times Best Books Seattle Times Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice LJ Best Books ALA Notable Books Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
H | |
| Berry, Wendell | Hannah Coulter | Booklist Editors' Choice |
L | |
| Beyer, Mark | Amy and Jordan | |
graphic novel | |
| Bezmozgis, David | Natasha and Other Stories | Borders Original Voices Award Nominee NYTBR Notable PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books LA Times Best Books LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
L/SS* | 1st |
| Billingsley, Reshonda Tate | Let the Church Say Amen (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books |
A/I | |
| Birmingham, John | Weapons of Choice (paper) | PW Best Books |
SP | |
| Blackston, Ray | A Delirious Summer (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Blackwood, Jane | A Hard Man is Good to Find (paper) | |
R | |
| Blake, James Carlos | Handsome Harry | |
H | |
| Block, Brett Ellen | The Grave of God's Daughter | F/H | 1st | |
| Bloodworth-Thomason, Linda | Liberating Paris | |
F* | 1st |
| Bohjalian, Chris | Before You Know Kindness | |
F/L | |
| Bojanowski, Marc | The Dog Fighter | LJ Best Debuts |
F | 1st |
| Booth, Martin | A Very Private Gentleman | |
L | |
| Boylan, Clare | Emma Brown | L/H* | ||
| Boyle, T. C. | The Inner Circle | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Bozai, Agota | To Err Is Divine (paper) | |
L | |
| Braff, Joshua | The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green | Booklist Top 10 First Novels ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Braver, Adam | Divine Sarah | Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books | H | |
| Brite, Poppy Z. | Triads | |
F/SP | |
| Brockway, Connie | My Pleasure (paper) | |
R | |
| Brockway, Connie | My Seduction (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Brookner, Anita | The Rules of Engagement | Washington Post Book World Rave |
L | |
| Brown, Charles N. (ed) | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy | |
SP/SS | |
| Brown, Chester | Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography | |
grapic novel | |
| Brown, Jeffrey | Bighead (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Brown, Sandra | Demon Rumm | R* | ||
| Buchan, Elizabeth | The Good Wife Strikes Back | |
F* | |
| Buckley, Christopher | Florence of Arabia | Thurber Prize for American Humor |
F | |
| Budz, Mark | Crache (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks |
SP | |
| Burke, Kealan Patrick (ed) | Taverns of the Dead | |
SP | |
| Burke, Shannon | Safelight | Kirkus Best Books LJ Best First Novels |
F/A | 1st |
| Butler, Robert Olen | Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
L/SS* | |
| Byatt, A.S. | Little Black Book of Stories | LA Times Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien | Madeleine Is Sleeping | National Book Award Finalist Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books LJ Best First Novels |
L | 1st |
| Byrd, Max | Shooting the Sun | |
H | |
| Caldwell, Ian & Dustin Thomason | The Rule of Four | LJ Best Debuts |
F* | 1st |
| Callanan, Liam | The Cloud Atlas | LJ Best Debuts Nancy Pearl's Picks |
F/H | 1st |
| Campbell, Ramsey | Alone with the Horrors: Short Fiction 1961-1991 | |
SP/SS | |
| Canales, Juan Diaz and Juanjo Guarnido | Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation | |
graphic novel | |
| Capella, Anthony | The Food of Love | |
F* | 1st |
| Capote, Truman | The Collected Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Carey, Jacqueline | Banewreacker: Sunderlin, Book 1 | Library Journal Best Genre Fiction | SP | |
| Carlson, Melody | Crystal Lies (paper) | |
I | |
| Carlyle, Liz | A Deal With the Devil (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Carmichael, Emily | Gone to the Dogs (paper) | |
R | |
| Carter, Alden R. | Bright Starry Banner: A Novel of the Civil War | |
H | |
| Cercas, Javier | Soldiers of Salamis | LA Times Best Books | H/L | |
| Chaon, Dan | You Remind Me of Me | LJ Best Debuts Washington Post Book World Rave Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Seattle Times Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F/L | 1st |
| Chappell, Henry C. | Blood Kin | |
H | |
| Charlesworth, Monique | The Children's War | |
F/H | |
| Charyn, Jerome | The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russa | LA Times Best Books | L | |
| Chase, Loretta | Miss Wonderful (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books |
R | |
| Chekhov, Anton | Complete Short Novels | |
L | |
| Cherneko, Dan | The Chernagor Pirates (paper) | |
SP | |
| Cherryh, C.J. | Forge of Heaven | |
SP | |
| Chevalier, Tracy | The Lady and the Unicorn | Washington Post Book World Rave SLJ Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
H* | |
| Christensen, Kate | The Epicure's Lament | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F/L | |
| Christensen, Lars | The Half Brother | PW Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Clark, Martin | Plain Heathen Mischief | Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F/L | |
| Clark, Robert David | Flowers of Dinh Ba Forest (paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Clarke, Susanna | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell | Whitbread First Novel Shortlist Book Sense Picks Highlights Borders Original Voices Award Nominee Nancy Pearl's Picks Booklist Top 10 First Novels NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books Kirkus Best Novels Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Time Best Books Salon Best Books Seattle Times Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf Booklist Editors' Choice LJ Best Books LJ Best First Novels Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
H/SP | 1st |
| Clegg, Douglas | Afterlife (paper) | |
SP | |
| Cline, Rachel | What to Keep | Kirkus Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Collins, Max Allan | Road to Purgatory | |
H | |
| Conde, Maryse | Who Slashed Celanires Throat: A Fantastical Tale | Washington Post Book World Rave | L | |
| Condon, Phil | Clay Center | Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
H | 1st |
| Connelly, Neil | Buddy Cooper Finds a Way | |
F | |
| Cook, K.L. | Last Call: Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Cook, Lorna J. | Departures | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults | F | 1st |
| Cookson, Catherine | Kate Hannigan | |
R/F* | |
| Cooper, J. California | Some People, Some Other Place | BCALA Lit Award Honor Book | A/F | |
| Coplin, Keith | Crofton's Fire | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
H | 1st |
| Cornwell, Bernard | Sharpe's Escape: Spain and Portugal, 1810 | Washington Post Book World Rave |
H* | |
| Cowell, Stephanie | Marrying Mozart | |
H | |
| Cozarinsky, Edgardo | The Bride from Odessa | Booklist Editors' Choice | L/SS | |
| Cramer, W. Dale | Bad Ground (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels PW Best Books LJ Best Genre Books |
I | |
| Cronin, Justin | The Summer Guest | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F/L | 1st |
| Crusie, Jennifer | Bet Me | Kirkus Best Romances |
R* | |
| Cunningham, M. Allen | The Green Age of Asher Witherow | Book Sense Picks Highlights LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Cusk, Rachel | The Lucky Ones | Whitbread Award shortlist |
F/R* | |
| Dalton, John | Heaven Lake | PW Best Overlooked Books PW Best Books B&N Discover Great New Writers Winner |
F/L* | 1st |
| Dangor, Achmat | Bitter Fruit (paper) | |
L | |
| Danticat, Edwidge | The Dew Breaker | Washington Post Book World Rave Booklist Editors' Choice NBCC Finalist |
A/L* | |
| Darlington, Tenaya | Maybe Baby (paper) | |
F | |
| Datlow, Ellen (ed) | The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 17th | |
SP | |
| Davidson, Mary Janice | Undead and Unwed (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances | R | |
| Davis, Bridgett M. | Shifting Through Neutral | A | 1st | |
| Day, Cathy | The Circus in Winter | LJ Best Debuts |
F | 1st |
| De Kretser, Michelle | The Hamilton Case | Nancy Pearl's Picks NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave Time Best Books B&N Discover Great New Writers Runner Up |
L* | |
| DeMarinis, Rick | Apocalypse Then: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Dejohn, Jacqueline | Antonio's Wife | Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
H/R | 1st |
| Delbanco, Nicholas | The Vagabonds | |
F | 1st |
| D'Erasamo, Stacey | A Seahorse Year | Stonewall Book Award Honor Book |
L | |
| Desaulniers, Janet | What You've Been Missing | |
L/SS | |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Queen of Dreams | |
F/L | |
| Doctorow, E.L. | Sweet Land: Stories | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Doerr, Anthony | About Grace | Book Sense Picks Highlights Washington Post Book World Rave LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Donoghue, Emily | Life Mask | Washington Post Book World Rave |
H | |
| Donovan, Anne | Buddha Da (paper) | Whitbread Award shortlist Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F/L | 1st |
| Douglass, Sara | The Nameless Day: Crucible Book One | |
SP* | |
| Dozois, Gardner | The Year's Best Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection | |
SP | |
| Drabble, Margaret | Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedy | |
L | |
| Drummond, Laurie Lynn | Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You | |
F/SS | |
| Duchamp, L.Timmel | Love's Body, Dancing in Time (paper) | |
F/SS | |
| Dudman, Claire | One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead | |
H | |
| Dunant, Sarah | The Birth of Venus | |
H* | |
| Dunbar, Dayna | The Saints and Sinners of Okay County | |
F* | 1st |
| Dunmore, Helen | Mourning Ruby | |
L | |
| Dunn, Mark | Ibid: A Life | |
L | |
| Dunn, Sarah | The Big Love | Book Sense Picks Highlights PW Hot Fiction Debuts LJ Best Books |
F* | 1st |
| Dunne, John Gregory | Nothing Lost | Kirkus Best Books LA Times Best Books |
F | |
| DuPree, Kia | Robbing Peter (paper) | BCALA Lit Award Honor Book | A/F | |
| Duval, Pete | Rear View: Stories (paper) | LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
L/SS | 1st |
| Earle, Robert | The Way Home | L | ||
| Edugyan, Esi | The Second Life of Samuel Tyne | |
F/A | |
| Elbom, Gilad | Scream Queens of the Dead Sea | |
F | 1st |
| Elliott, Stephen | Happy Baby | Salon Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | |
| Elmer, Robert | The Duet (paper) | |
I | |
| Elphinstone, Margaret | Voyageurs | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
H/L | |
| Engel, Mary Potter | Stranger and Soujorners: Stories from the Lowcountry | |
SS | |
| Eprile, Tony | The Persistence of Memory | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Erdrich, Louise | Four Souls | NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice |
F/L* | |
| Esterhazy, Peter | Celestial Harmonies | |
F/H | |
| Estleman, Loren | Port Hazard: Page Murdock | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
W | |
| Everett, Percival L. | American Desert | PW Best Books |
A/L | |
| Faber, Michel | Courage Consort: Three Novellas | |
L/SS | |
| Fallon, Jennifer | Medalon: Book One of the Hythrun Chronciles | SP | 1st | |
| Farah, Nuruddin | Links | Washington Post Book World Rave Kirkus Best Books Newsweek Best Books |
F/L | |
| Ferrell, Anderson | Women Too Much | |
F | |
| Fforde, Jasper | Something Rotten: Thursday Next | SP* | ||
| Fielding, Helen | Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination | F* | ||
| Fischer, Jackie | An Egg on Three Sticks (paper) | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | |
| Fischer, Tibor | Voyage to the End of the Room | Kirkus Best Books |
L | |
| Fletcher, Susan | Eve Green | Whitbread First Novel Shortlist LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
F | 1st |
| Fowler, Karen Joy | The Jane Austen Book Club | Book Sense Picks Highlights NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books |
F* | |
| Frank, Elizabeth | Cheat and Charmer | |
F | 1st |
| Frank, Jeffrey | Bad Publicity | Kirkus Best Books |
F | |
| Freed, Lynn | Curse of the Appropriate Man (paper) | NYTBR Notable |
F/SS | |
| Freeman, David | It's All True: A Novel of Hollywood | LA Times Best Books | F | |
| Freethy, Barbara | Golden Lies (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | R | |
| Freud, Esther | The Sea House | |
F/L | |
| Friddle, Mindy | The Garden Angel | |
F | 1st |
| Friedman, Elyse | Waking Beauty (paper) | |
F/R | |
| Gemmell, David | The Swords of Night and Day | |
SP | |
| Gibson, Rachel | Daisy's Back in Town (paper) | |
R | |
| Gillespie, Karin | Bet Your Bottom Dollar | |
F* | 1st |
| Gingrich, Newt & William R. Fortschen | Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War | |
H* | |
| Glatt, Lisa | A Girl Becomes a Comma LIke That | LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist | F | 1st |
| Goebel, Joey | Torture the Artist | |
F | |
| Golden, Christpher | The Boys Are Back in Town (paper) | Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP | |
| Goldman, Francisco | The Divine Husband | Book Sense Picks Highlights Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
L/H* | |
| Goldman, Judy | Early Leaving | |
F | |
| Gore, Kristin | Sammy's Hill | |
F* | 1st |
| Gould, Steven | Reflex | |
SP | |
| Graver, Elizabeth | Awake | |
F | |
| Grayson, Elizabeth | Moon in the Water (paper) | |
R | |
| Greenman, Ben | Superworse: The Novel: A Remix of Superbad Stories and Pieces (paper) | |
L | |
| Greer, Andrew Sean | The Confessions of Max Tivoli | Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction LJ Best Books |
F/SP | |
| Griffin, Emily | Something Borrowed | |
F/R | 1st |
| Grimsley, Jim | The Ordinary | |
SP | |
| Groot, Tracy | Stones of My Accusers (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Gross, Claudia | Scholarium | |
L | |
| Grossman, David | Someone to Run With | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
L | |
| Gruen, Sara | Riding Lessons (paper) | |
R | |
| Gutteridge, Rene | Splitting Storm (paper) | |
I | |
| Hagen, George | The Laments | LJ Best Debuts Kirkus Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Hallowell, Janis | The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn | LJ Best Debuts Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F* | 1st |
| Halpin, Brendan | Donorboy | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults |
F | 1st |
| Hamilton, Peter F. | Pandora's Star | |
SP | |
| Hamilton, Masha | The Distance Between Us | LJ Best Books |
F* | |
| Hancock, Karen | The Shadow Within (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Hand, Elizabeth | Mortal Love | Washington Post Book World Rave |
F/SP | |
| Harington, Donald | With | Washington Post Book World Rave |
F | |
| Harris, Joanne | Holy Fools | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F* | |
| Harris, Joanne | Jigs & Reels: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Harrison, Jim | True North | LA Times Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F/L | |
| Harrison, M. John | Light (paper) | |
SP | |
| Haruf, Kent | Eventide | Book Sense Picks Highlights Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
F/L* | |
| Hatcher, Robin | Catching Katie (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | I | |
| Haydon, Elizabeth | Elegy for a Lost Star: Symphony of Ages, Book 5 | |
SP | |
| Helprin, Mark | The Pacific and Other Stories | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
L/SS | |
| Henderson, Genie Chipps | A Woman of the World (paper) | PW Hot Fiction Debuts | F/H | 1st |
| Henley, Robin | The Assistants | |
F | |
| Henry, Patti Callahan | Losing the Moon (paper) | |
F/R | |
| Hern, Candice | Once a Gentleman (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | R | |
| Hernandez, Jaime | Locas: a Love & Rockets Book | |
graphic novel | |
| Hickman, Tracy & Laura | Mystic Warrior: Book One of the Bronze Canticles | |
SP | |
| Hill, Ingrid | Ursula, Under | Book Sense Picks Highlights Washington Post Book World Rave |
F | 1st |
| Hill, Sandra | The Cajun Cowboy (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Hill, Sandra | A Tale of Two Vikings (paper) | |
R | |
| Hoban, Russell | Her Name Was Lola | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Hobb, Robin | Fool's Fate: Book 3 Tawny Man | |
SP | |
| Hodgson, Barbara | The Lives of Shadows | |
graphic novel | |
| Hoffman, Alice | Blackbird House | |
F/L* | |
| Hofmann, Gert | Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl | |
L | |
| Holdstock, Robert | The Iron Grail | |
SP | |
| Hollinghurst, Alan | The Line of Beauty | Booker Winner Whitbread Novel Shortlist NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Salon Best Books Economist Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf Stonewall Book Award Honor Book NBCC Finalist |
L/GL | |
| Horsley, Kate | The Changeling of Finnistuath | |
H | |
| Hospital, Janette Turner | North of Nowhere, South of Loss: Stories | |
L/SS | |
| House, Silas | The Coal Tattoo | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F | |
| Howard, Linda | Kiss Me While I Sleep | Kirkus Best Romances | R | |
| Howard, Maureen | The Silver Screen | |
F/L | |
| Howatch, Susan | The Heartbreaker | |
F* | |
| Hubbard, L. Ron | To The Stars | |
SP | |
| Hueler, Karen | The Soft Room | |
L | |
| Huggins, James Byron | Nightbringer | LJ Best Genre Books | I | |
| Hunt, Samantha | The Seas | Village Voice Top Shelf | F | 1st |
| Huyler, Frank | The Laws of Invisible Things | |
F | 1st |
| Hyland, M.J. | How the Light Gets In | B&N Discover Great New Writers Runner Up | F | |
| Hynes, James | Kings of Infinite Space | Washington Post Book World Rave | F/L | |
| Inoue, Santa | Tokyo Tribes (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Isaacs, Susan | Any Place I Hang My Hat | Washington Post Book World Rave Seattle Times Best Books |
F | |
| Jaime-Becerra, Michael | Every Night is Ladies' Night | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Jen, Gish | The Love Wife | |
F | |
| Jillette, Penn | Sock (paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Jin, Ha | War Trash | NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books PEN/Faulkner Award Pulitzer Prize Finalist |
L* | |
| Joe, Yolanda | My Fine Lady | |
A | |
| Jones, Gwyneth | Life | Seattle Times Best Books |
SP* | |
| Jones, Linda Winstead | The Sun Witch (paper) | |
R | |
| Jordan, Robert | New Spring: The Wheel of Time In the Beginning | |
SP* | |
| Judson, Theodore | Fitzpatrick's War | PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books |
SP | 1st |
| Just, Ward | An Unfinished Season | NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Pulitzer Prize Finalist Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
F/H | |
| Kafka, Kimberly | Miranda's Vines | |
F | |
| Kaldes, Pauline (ed) | Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction | |
L/SS | |
| Kallos, Stephanie | Broken for You | Book Sense Picks Highlights LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Kantner, Seth | Ordinary Wolves | LJ Best Debuts Book Sense Picks Highlights Booklist Top 10 First Novels PW Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Karnezis, Panos | The Maze | Whitbread First Novel Shortlist |
H/L* | 1st |
| Kashua, Sayed | Dancing Arabs (paper) | |
L | |
| Kay, Guy Gavriel | The Last Light of the Sun | Washington Post Book World Rave |
SP | |
| Keane, John B. | The Teapots Are Out (paper) | |
F/SS | |
| Kelman, James | You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free | Village Voice Top Shelf |
F/L | |
| Kelton, Elmer | Jericho's Road | |
W | |
| Keneally, Thomas | The Tyrant's Novel | NYTBR Notable |
F/L | |
| Kerstan, Lynn | Dangerous Deceptions (paper) | |
R | |
| Khadra, Yasmina | The Swallows of Kabul | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Khan, Uzma Aslam | Trespassing | |
L | 1st |
| Kimmel, Haven | Something Rising Light and Swift | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F* | |
| King, Adele (ed) | From Africa: New Francophone Stories | |
L/SS | |
| King, Stephen | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Washington Post Book World Rave |
SP | |
| King, Stephen | The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah | |
SP | |
| Kirby, Jack | Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by jack Kirby, Vol 2 (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Kirshenbaum, Binnie | An Almost Perfect Moment | |
F/L | |
| Kleypas, Lisa | Secrets of Summer Night (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks |
R | |
| Kohler, Sheila | Crossways | |
L | |
| Krahn, Betina | The Marriage Test (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
L/SS* | |
| Kreitman, Esther | Deborah | |
F/H | 1st |
| Krohn, Leena | Tainaron: Mail from Another City | |
SP | |
| Kruger, Michael | Cello Player | |
F | |
| Kunzru, Hari | Transmission | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Seattle Times Best Books |
L* | |
| Landor, Barth | A Week in Winter | |
F | |
| Lane, Connie | Dirty Little Lies (paper) | |
R | |
| Langer, Adam | Crossing California | LJ Best Debuts Borders Original Voices Award Nominee Nancy Pearl's Picks Booklist Top 10 First Novels PW Best Books |
H* | 1st |
| Langridge, Roger | Fred the Clown | |
graphic novel | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories | |
SP/SS | |
| Laurens, Camille | In His Arms | |
F | |
| Leavett, David | The Body of Jonah Boyd | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Lebrecht, Norman | The Song of Names (paper) | |
F | |
| Lee, Chang-Rae | Aloft | NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Chicago Sun-Times Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Seattle Times Best Books |
L* | |
| Lee, Don | Country of Origin | LJ Best Debuts |
L | 1st |
| Lehrer, Jim | Flying Crows | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Lemmons, Thom | Sunday Clothes (paper) | |
I | |
| Lessing, Doris | The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels | |
L | |
| Lester, Julius | The Autobiography of God | |
L | |
| Lethem, Jonathan | Men and Cartoons: Stories | NYTBR Notable | L* | |
| Lindgren, Torgny | Hash | |
L | |
| LIndskold, Jane | Wolf Captured | |
SP | |
| Livesey, Margot | Banishing Verona | PW Best Books |
L | |
| Loeb, Jeph, etc. | Batman: Hush: v.2 | graphic novel | ||
| Loh, Vyvyane | Breaking the Tongue | LJ Best Debuts PW Best Books |
H/L* | 1st |
| Lopez, Barry | Resistance | Booklist Editors' Choice |
F | |
| Lordan, Beth | But Come Ye Back | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
F/L | |
| Lovric, Michelle | The Floating Book | |
F/H* | 1st |
| Lowy, Jonathan | Temple of Music | |
H | |
| Lychack, William | The Wasp Eater | LJ Best First Novels |
L | 1st |
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