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Fiction Hotlist 2005: A - L
Page Modified: April 7, 2008
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.
ISBN information will be added when possible to aid librarians in the selection process. Caveats about all information being subject to change and dyslexic typos apply!
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/Lesbian/B/T, 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 | ISBN | Stars ~ Notes | Genre * |
Debut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron, A. | Serenity Rose: Working Through the Negativity | 159362011x |  |
graphic novel | |
| Abraham, Pearl | The Seventh Beggar | 1573222852 | |
F/L | |
| Abrams, Nita | The Spy's Kiss (paper) | 0821778536 | |
R | |
| Ahern, Cecelia | Rosie Dunne | 140130091x | |
F* | |
| Alarcon, Daniel | War By Candlelight | 0060594780 | |
F/SS | |
| Alexander, Carly | The Secret LIfe of Mrs. Claus | 0758209258 | |
R | |
| Alexander, Hannah | Last Resort: Hideaway (paper) | 0373785402 | LJ Best Christian Fiction |
I | |
| Ali, Mohammed Nasseehu | The Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories | 0060523549 | |
SS | |
| Allende, Isabel | Zorro* | 006077870 | Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels Washington Post Book World Raves Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
L/H* | |
| Allio, Kristin | Garner | 1566891752 | |
L | |
| Almond, Steve | The Evil B.B. Chow | 1565124227 | |
F/SS | |
| Amick, Steve | The Lake, the River & the Other Lake | 0375423508 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
F | 1st |
| Anderson, Paul | Hunger's Brides: A Novel of the Baroque | 0786715413 | |
H | |
| Anderson, Susan | Skintight (paper) | 0778322009 | |
R | |
| Antoni, Robert | Carnival (paper) | 0802170056 | |
L | |
| Arkin, Frieda | Hedwig and Berti | |
F/L | ||
| Arvin, Nick | Articles of War | H | 1st | ||
| Ash, Sarah | Children of the Serpent Gate: Tears of Artaman, bk 3 | 0553381228 | |
SP | |
| Austin, Lynn | All She Ever Wanted (paper) | 0764228897 | LJ Best Christian Fiction |
I | |
| Aw, Tash | The Harmony Silk Factory | 157322300x | Whitbread First Novel Award Winner | F* | 1st |
| Azuma, Kiyohiko | Yotsuba &! | 1413903177 | |
graphic novel | |
| B., David | Epileptic | 0375423184 | |
graphic novel | |
| Baddiel, David | The Secret Purposes | 0060765828 | |
F | |
| Bagge, Peter | Buddy Does Seattle (paper) | 1560976233 | |
graphic novel | |
| Bagshawe, Tilly | Adored | 0446576883 | |
F | 1st |
| Bailey, Tom | The Grace That Keeps This World | 0307238016 | |
F | |
| Baker, Kage | The Life of the World To Come | 0765311321 | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
SP | |
| Bakopoulos, Dean | Please Don't Come Back From the Moon | 0151011354 | New York Times Notable |
F | 1st |
| Bank, Melissa | The Wonder Spot | 0670034118 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
F | |
| Banks, Iain M. | The Algebraist | 1597800260 | |
SP | |
| Banville, John | The Sea | 0307263118 |
Booker Prize Winner New York Times Notable L.A. Times Favorite Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
L | |
| Barry, Sebastian | A Long Long Way | 0670033804 | L.A. Times Favorite Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
L | |
| Barth, John | Where Three Roads Meet: Novellas | 0618610162 | |
L | |
| Bass, Rick | Diezmo | 0395926173 | |
L | |
| Bates, Judy Fong | Midnight at the Dragon Cafe (paper) | 1582431892 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults Alex Awards ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Bauer, Ann | A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards | 0743269497 | Washington Post Book World Raves | L | 1st |
| Bauman, Bruce | And the Word Was | 1590511417 | |
F | |
| Bauman, Christian | Voodoo Loung (paper) | 0743270983 | |
F | |
| Baumbach, Jonathan | On the Way to My Father's Funeral: New and Selected Stories | 0972336338 | |
F/SS | |
| Bausch, Robert | Out of Season | 0151010145 | Washington Post Book World Raves | L | |
| Beard, Philip | Dear Zoe | 0670034010 | |
F* | 1st |
| Beattie, Ann | Follies: And New Stories | New York Times Notable |
F/SS | ||
| Beigbeder, Frederic | Windows on the World | 1401352235 | |
F* | |
| Bender, Aimee | Willful Creatures: Stories | 0385501137 | |
F/SS | |
| Benford, Gregory | The Sunborn | SP | |||
| Benjamin, Curt | Lords of Grass and Thunder | 0756401976 | |
SP | |
| Bergelson, Dovid | Shadows of Berlin (paper) | 0872864448 | |
L/SS | |
| Berg, Elizabeth | The Year of Pleasures | 1400061601 | Washington Post Book World Raves | ||
| Bergen, David | Time in Between | 1400062403 | |
L | |
| Berman, Judith | Bear Daughter (paper) | 0441013228 | |
SP | |
| Bezos, MacKenzie | The Testing of Luther Albright | L.A. Times Favorite Books | F | ||
| Billerbeck, Kristen | With This Ring, I'm Confused (paper) | 1595540334 | |
I | |
| Bissell, Tom | God Lives in St. Petersburg: And Other Stories | 0375422641 | |
F/SS | |
| Bisson, Terry | Numbers Don't Lie | 1892391325 | LJ Best SF & Fantasy Novels |
SP | |
| Block, Francesca Lia | Necklace of Kisses | 0060777516 | |
F | |
| Boyars, Robert | Excitable Women, Damaged Men | 188558640x (paper) | |
||
| Boyd, Andrew & Ryan Young | Scurvy Dogs: Rags to Riches (paper) | 1932051279 | |
graphic novel | |
| Boyden, Joseph | Three Day Road | 0670034312 | |
F/H | 1st |
| Boyle, Elizabeth | This Rake of Mine (paper) | 0060783990 | |
R | |
| Boyle, T. C. | Tooth and Claw | 0670034355 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
L/SS | |
| Bragg, Melvin | Crossing the Lines | 1559707380 | |
H | |
| Brando, Marlon | Fan Tan | 1400044715 | |
F/H | |
| Brandt, William | The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life (paper) | 0446693812 | |
F | |
| Branston, Julian | Tilting at Windmills | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction | |||
| Bretton, Barbara | Someone Like You (paper) | 0425203883 | |
R | |
| Brewer, Sonny | The Poet of Tolstoy Park | 034547631x | |
F | 1st |
| Brink, Andre | Islands | 015101115x | L | ||
| Brisbin, Terri | The King's Mistress (paper) | 0373293356 | |
R | |
| Brockaway, Connie | My Surrender (paper) | 0743463242 | |
R | |
| Brockmann, Suzanne | Hot Target | 0345467930 | |
R* | |
| Broderick, Damien | Godplayers (paper) | 1560256702 | |
SP | |
| Brooks, Geraldine | March | 0670033359 | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves Pulitzer Prize Winner |
F/H* | |
| Buckhanon, Kalisha | Upstate | 0312332688 | Alex Awards | A* | 1st |
| Budnitz, Judy | Nice Big American Baby | 0375412425 | |
F/SS | |
| Bujold, Lois McMaster | The Hallowed Hunt | 0060574623 | |
SP | |
| Burns, Charles | Black Hole | 037542380x | |
graphic novel | |
| Burton, Ann | Abigail's Story (paper) | 045121479x | |
I | |
| Butcher, Jim | Dead Beat: A Novel of the Dresden Files | 0451460278 | |
SP | |
| Butler, Octavia | Fledgling | 1583226907 | SF Gate Best Spec Fiction |
SP/A | |
| Cadwalldr, Carole | The Family Tree | 0525948422 | LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Campbell, Bebe Moore | 72 Hour Hold | 1400040744 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
A/F* | |
| Campbell, Ramsey | The Overnight | 0765312999 | |
SP | |
| Capote, Truman | Summer Crossing | 1400065224 | |
F | 1st |
| Caputo, Philip | Acts of Faith | 0375411666 | |
F/L | |
| Card, Orson Scott | Magic Street | 0345416899 | |
SP | |
| Card, Orson Scott | Shadow of the Giant (conlusion of The Shadow Quartet) | 0312857586 | |
SP* | |
| Carlyle, Liz | One Little Sin (paper) | 0743496108 | |
R | |
| Carnahan, Matthew | Sex With the Serpent Girl | 1400062705 | |
F | 1st |
| Carroll, Jonathan | Glass Soup | 0765311798 | |
SP | |
| Carroll, Susan | The Courtesan (paper) | 0345437977 | |
R/H | |
| Cash, Steve | The Meq | 0345470923 | |
SP | |
| Caskie, Kathryn | A Lady's Guide to Rakes (paper) | 0446616095 | |
R | |
| Cates, David | X Out of Wonderland: A Saga | 158642095x | L | ||
| Chadwick, Charles | It's All Right Now | 0060742860 | Booklist Top 10 First Novels Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
F | 1st |
| Chao, Patricia | Mambo Peligroso | 0060734175 | Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
F | |
| Chiaverini, Jennifer | The Christmas Quilt | 074328657x | |
F* | |
| Chieng, Chieh | A Long Stay in a Distant Land | 1582345333 | Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
F | |
| Ciment, Jill | The Tattoo Artist | 0375423257 | |
L | |
| Clark, Clare | The Great Stink | 0151011613 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
H* | |
| Clarke, Arthur C. & Stephen Baxter | Sunstorm, TIme Odyssey, bk 2 | 034545250x | LJ Best SF & Fantasy Novels | SP | |
| Cleave, Chris | Incendiary | 0307262820 | Washington Post Book World Raves | L | 1st |
| Clegg, Douglas | The Priest of Blood | 0441013279 | |
SP | |
| Clemens, James | Shadowfall: Book One of the Godslayer Chronicles | 0451459946 | |
SP | |
| Clowes, Daniel | Ice Haven | 037542332x | L.A. Times Favorite Books |
graphic novel | |
| Coake, Christopher | We're In Trouble: Stories | 0151010943 | |
L/SS | 1st |
| Coe, Jonathan | Closed Circle | 0375414150 | |
F/L | |
| Coelho, Paulo | The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession | 0060825219 | F | ||
| Coetzee, J.M. | Slow Man | 0670034592 | New York Times Notable |
L | |
| Collins, Max A. | Road to Paradise | 0060540281 | H | ||
| Cook, Glen | The Tyranny of the Night: Book One of the Instrumentalities of the Night | 0765306840 | |
SP | |
| Cooke, Darwyn (edt) | DC The New Frontier, 2 | 1401204619 | |
graphic novel | |
| Cooper, Dennis | The Sluts | 0786716746 | |
F/L | |
| Cornwell, Bernard | The Last Kingdom | 0060530510 | |
H* | |
| Coupland, Douglas | Eleanor Rigby | 1582345236 | Kirkus Best Novels |
F/L* | |
| Cramer, W. Dale | Levi's Will (paper) | 0764229958 | LJ Best Christian Fiction |
I | |
| Crane, Jordan | The Clouds Above | 1560976276 | |
graphic novel | |
| Cross, Helen | My Summer of Love (paper) | 0747575886 | |
F | |
| Cross, Janine | Touched by Venom (paper) | 0451460480 | LJ Best SF & Fantasy Novels | SP | |
| Crowley, John | Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land | 0060556587 | |
L/H | |
| Crumb, R. | The R. Crumb Handbook | 1840727160 | |
graphic novel | |
| Crumb, R. (edt) | Drawn & Quarterly Showcase: Book Three | 1896597882 | |
graphic novel | |
| Cullin, Mitch | A Slight Trick of the Mind | 0385513283 | |
F/H | |
| Cunningham, Michael | Specimen Days | 0374299625 | Washington Post Book World RavesKirkus Best Novels |
F/L* | |
| Curran, Sheila | Diana Lively Is Falling Down (paper) | 0425202429 | |
R/F | |
| Dai, Sijie | Mr. Muo's Traveling Couch | 1400042593 | L | ||
| Dalton, Trinie | Wide Eyed (paper) | 1888451866 | |
F/SS | |
| Dangor, Achmat | Bitter Fruit (paper) | 0802170064 | |
L | |
| Darnton, John | The Darwin Conspiracy | 140004176 | |
F* | |
| Davies, Martin | The Conjurer's Bird | 1400097339 | |
L | |
| De Haven, Tom | It's Superman! | 0811844358 | |
F | |
| Delaney, Frank | Ireland | 0060536486 | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
H* | 1st |
| Dermansky, Marcy | Twins | 006075978x |
Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | 1st |
| Deslisle, Guy | Pyogyang | 1896597890 | |
graphic novel | |
| Devoto, Pat Cunningham | The Summer We Got Saved | 0446576964 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | |
| Dew, Robb Forman | Truth of the Matter | 0316890049 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
F/L | |
| Diamant, Anita | The Last Days of Dogtown | 0743225732 | |
H* | |
| Dietrich, William | The Scourge of God | 006073499x | |
H* | |
| Doctorow, Cory | Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | 0765312786 | |
SP | |
| Doctorow, E.L. | The March : A Novel of the Civil War | 0375506713 | National Book Award Finalist New York Times Notable PW 10 Best Novels L.A. Times Favorite Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves Kirkus Best Novels National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction - Top of the List Pen/Faulkner Winner Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels Quill Nominee |
L/H | |
| Dominque, Ronlyn | The Mercy of Thin Air | 0743278801 | |
L | |
| Dongala, Emmanuel | Johnny Mad Dog | 0374179956 |
L.A. Times Favorite Books |
F/L | |
| Doyon, Stephanie | The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole | 0743271335 | LJ Best Books |
F* | 1st |
| Due, Tananrive | Joplin's Ghost | 0743449037 | |
SP | |
| Duncan, Glen | Death of an Ordinary Man (paper) | 0802170048 | Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
L | |
| Durham, David Anthony | Pride of Carthage: A Novel of Hannibal's War | 0385506031 | |
H | |
| Dyja, Thomas | The Moon In Our Hands | 0786715057 | |
L | |
| Dyson, Cindy | And She Was | 0060597704 | |
F | |
| Eco, Umberto | The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana | 0151011400 | Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
L | |
| Edwards, Kim | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | 0670034169 | |
F | 1st |
| Eickhoff, Randy Lee | The Quick and the Dead | 0765307766 | |
H | |
| Eggers, Dave | How We Are Hungry | 1932416137 | New York Times Notable | L | |
| Ellis, Bret Easton | Lunar Park | 0375412913 | New York Times NotableKirkus Best Novels |
F | |
| Elmer, Robert | The Celebrity (paper) | 1578567416 | |
I | |
| Emmons, Josh | The Loss of Leon Meed | 0743267184 | |
F | 1st |
| Enoch, Suzanne | Flirting With Danger (paper) | 0060593636 | |
R | |
| Enquist, Per Olov | Lewi's Journey | 1585673412 | |
L | |
| Ephron, Amy | One Sunday Morning | 0060585528 | Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
H | |
| Erdrich, Louise | The Painted Drum | 0060515104 | New York Times Notable L.A. Times Favorite Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
L* | |
| Erian, Alicia | Towelhead | 077324497x | New York Times Notable Washington Post Book World Raves |
F | |
| Erickson, Carolly | The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette | 0312337086 | |
H | |
| Erickson, Steven | Memories of Ice: Malazan Book of the Fallen, bk 3 | 0765314320 | |
SP | |
| Erikson, Steven | Deadhouse Gates, Malazan Book of the Fallen, bk 2 | 0765310023 | |
SP | |
| Erickson, Steven | Our Ecstatic Days | L.A. Times Favorite Books | |||
| Eschbach, Andreas | The Carpet Makers | 0765305933 | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy LJ Best SF & Fantasy Novels |
SP | |
| Estrin, Marc | The Education of Arnold Hitler (paper) | 1923961038 | |
L | |
| Evanovich, Janet | Full Bloom (paper) | 0312934300 | |
R | |
| Evans, Diana | 26a | 0060820918 | Whitbread First Novel Award shortlist Booklist Top 10 First Novels Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
F/L | 1st |
| Everett, Percival | Wounded | 1555974279 | |
L/GL | |
| Farley, Christopher John | Kingston by Starlight (paper) | 1400082455 | |
H | |
| Farrell, S.L. | Heir of Stone: Cloudmages | 0756402549 | |
SP | |
| Farrington, Tim | Lizzie's War | 006056234x | F* | ||
| Farris, John | Phantom Nights | 0765307782 | SF Gate Best Spec Fiction |
SP | |
| Fellowes, Julian | Snobs | 0312336926 | |
F | 1st |
| Fergus, Jim | The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932 | 1401300545 | |
H | |
| Filipacchi, Amanda | Love Creeps | 031234032x | |
R | |
| Fingerman, Bob (edt) | Zombie World: Winter's Dregs and Other Stories | 1593073844 | |
graphic novel | |
| Fisher, Jude | The Rose of the World | 0756401879 | |
SP | |
| Fisher, Karen | Sudden Country | 1400063221 | |
F/W | |
| Fitzgerald, Kitty | Pigtopia | 1401352510 | B&N Discover Great New Writers 2nd Place Winner |
F | |
| Flint, Eric | The Rivers of War | 0345465679 | |
SP | |
| Foer, Jonathan Safran | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | 0618329706 | L.A. Times Favorite Books Washington Post Book World Raves ALA Notable Books |
L | |
| Ford, Jeffrey | The Girl in the Glass | 0066211271 | F | ||
| Francis, David | Great Inland Sea | 1596921161 | |
L | |
| Fraser, George MacDonald | Flashman on the March | 1400044758 | Washington Post Book World Raves | H | |
| Freer, Dave | A Mankind Witch | 0743499131 | |
SP | |
| Frost, Gregory | Attack of the Jazz Giants | 1930846347 | |
SP | |
| Furman, Laura (ed) | The O. Henry Prize Stories 2004 (paper) | 1400076544 | |
L/SS | |
| Gabaldon, Diana | A Breath of Snow and Ashes | 0385324162 | |
R* | |
| Gaffney, Elizabeth | Metropolis | 1400061504 | |
H | 1st |
| Gaige, Amity | O My Darling | 1590511743 | |
F | 1st |
| Gaiman, Neil | Anansi Boys | 006051518x | PW 10 Best Novels Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves SF Gate Best Spec Fiction Alex Awards |
SP* | |
| Gaitskill, Mary | Veronica | 0375421459 | National Book Award Finalist New York Times Notable New York Times 10 Best Books PW 10 Best Novels Washington Post Book World Raves Kirkus Best Novels National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee ALA Notable Books Orange Prize longlist |
F/L* | |
| Galloway, Gregory | As Simple as Snow | 0399152318 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults Alex Awards |
F/SS | |
| Garcia Marquez, Gabriel | Memories of My Melancholy Whores | 140004460x |
New York Times Notable Washington Post Book World Raves |
L | |
| Gemmell, David | Lord of the Silver Bow: Troy | 0345458354 | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
SP | |
| Gentry, Georgina | To Tempt a Texan (paper) | 082177705x | |
R | |
| Ghosh, Amitav | The Hungry Tide | 0618329978 | Washington Post Book World Raves ALA Notable Books |
L | |
| Giardini, Anne | The Sad Truth About Happiness | 0060741767 | F | 1st | |
| Gibson, Rachel | The Trouble of Valentine's Day (paper) | 0060009268 | |
R | |
| Giffin, Emily | Something Blue | 0312323589 | |
R | |
| Gilchrist, Ellen | Nora Jane: A Life in Stories (paper) | 0316058386 | |
F/L | |
| Glantz, Margo | Wake (paper) | 1931896232 | |
L | |
| Goldberg, Myla | Wickett's Remedy | 0385513240 | |
F/H* | |
| Goldsmith, Andrea | The Prosperous Thief | 1741144698 | |
F | |
| Goodman, Jo | A Season to Be Sinful (paper) | 0821777750 | LJ Best Romance Novels |
R | |
| Gordimer, Nadine | Get a Life | 0374161704 | Man Booker Prize longlist |
L | |
| Gordon, Mary | Pearl | 037542315x | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves |
L | |
| Gould, Steven | Reflex | |
SP | ||
| Greenland, Seth | The Bones | 1582345503 | |
F | |
| Grossman, David | Her Body Knows: Two Novellas | 0374175578 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
L | |
| Gurnah, Abdulrazak | Desertation | 0375423540 | |
L | |
| Haigh, Jennifer | Baker Towers | 0060509414 | |
F/H | |
| Halter, Marek | Zipporah, Wife of Moses | 1400052793 | |
H/I | |
| Hambly, Barbara | The Emancipator's Wife: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln | 0553803018 | |
H | |
| Harkham, Sammy (ed) | Kramer's Ergot 5 | 1584231726 | |
graphic novel | |
| Harrison, Kathyrn | Envy | 1400063469 | New York Times Notable |
F | |
| Harrison, M. John | Viriconium | 0553383159 | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
SP | |
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | The Colonel's Daughter | 0727862901 | |
R/H | |
| Hart, Beth Webb | Grace at Low Tide (paper) | 1595540261 | |
I | |
| Harvey, Kenneth J. | The Town That Forgot How to Breathe | 0312342225 | |
SP/L | |
| Hauser, Melanie Lynn | Confessions of Super Mom | 0525949100 | F | 1st | |
| Hawks, John Twelve | The Traveler: The Fourth Realm Trilogy, bk 1 | 038551428x | |
F/SP* | |
| Hedaya, Yael | Accidents | 0805073485 | |
L | |
| Helprin, Mark | Freddy and Fredericka | 1594200548 | |
L | |
| Hemmings, Kaui Hart | House of Thieves | 1594200483 | |
F/SS | |
| Hemingway, Amanda | The Greenstone Grail | 0345460782 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
SP | |
| Hempel, Amy | The Dog of the Marriage: Stories | 0743264517 | |
F/SS | |
| Henry, Patti Callahan | Where the River Runs (paper) | 0451215052 | |
F | |
| Hetley, James A. | Dragon's Eye | 0441013287 | |
SP | |
| Hickam, Homer | The Ambassador's Son | 0312301928 | H | ||
| Hickey, Elizabeth | The Painted Kiss | 0743492609 | |
H | |
| Hicks, Robert | Widow of the South | 0446500127 | |
H/L | |
| Hilsbery, Thorn Kief | What We Do Is Secret (paper) | 0812973097 | |
F | |
| Hoffman, Alice | The Ice Queen | 0316058599 | |
F* | |
| Hornbacher, Marya | The Center of Winter | 0060192267 | |
F | |
| Hornby, Agnello | The Almond Picker | 0374901562 | |
F | 1st |
| Hornby, Nick | A Long Way Down | 1573223026 |
Whitbread Novel Award shortlist Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction |
F* | |
| Houston, Pam | Sighthound | 0393058174 | |
F | |
| Howard, Audrey | As the Night Ends | 0340824077 | |
F | |
| Hribal, C.J. | The Company Car | 140006287x | |
F | 1st |
| Hudgens, Dallas | Drive Like Hell | |
F | 1st | |
| Hughes, Finola | Soapsuds | 0345470826 | R | 1st | |
| Humphreys, Helen | Wild Dogs | 0393060152 | |
L | |
| Huong, Doung Thu | No Man's Land | 1401366643 | |
L | |
| Hurst, Fannie | The Stories of Fannie Hurst | 1558614834 | |
L/SS | |
| Irby, Lee | 7,000 Clams | 0385511892 | |
H | 1st |
| Ishiguro, Kazuo | Never Let Me Go | 1400043395 | New York Times Notable PW 10 Best Novels L.A. Times Favorite Books Kirkus Best Novels LJ Best Books National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee Alex Awards ALA Notable Books |
L | |
| Iweala, Uzodinma | Beasts of No Nation | 006079867x | Booklist Top 10 First Novels ALA Notable Books B&N Discover Great New Writers Winner |
F/L | 1st |
| Jakober, Marie | Sons of Liberty | 0765310414 | |
H | |
| James, Eloisa | Kiss Me, Annabel (paper) | 0060732105 | LJ Best Romance Novels |
R | |
| James, Eloisa | Much Ado About You (paper) | 0060732067 | |
R | |
| James, Marlon | John Crow's Devil (paper) | 1888451823 | |
L/A | |
| Jason | Why Are You Doing This? (paper) | 1560976551 | |
graphic novel | |
| Jennings, Phillip | Nam-A-Rama | 0765311208 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
H/F | 1st |
| Jensen, Liz | The Ninth Life of Louis Drax | 1582345171 | |
F/L | |
| Johnson, R. Kikuo | Night Fisher | 1560977191 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
graphic novel | |
| Jones, Linda Winstead | The Moon Witch (paper) | 0425201295 | |
R/SP | |
| Jordan, Robert | Knife of Dreams | 0312873077 | |
SP* | |
| Joyce, Graham | The Limits of Enchantment | 0743463447 | |
SP | |
| Joyce, Lydia | The Music of the Night (paper) | 0451217063 | |
R | |
| Kadare, Ismail | The Successor | 1559707739 | New York Times Notable |
L | |
| Karon, Jan | Light From Heaven | 0670034533 | F/I* | ||
| Kawabata, Yasunari | The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (paper) | 0520241827 | |
L | |
| Kelly, Thomas | Empire Rising | 0374147871 | New York Times Notable |
H | |
| Kennedy, A.L. | Paradise | 1400042646 | |
L | |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Seize the Night (paper) | 0312992432 | |
R | |
| Khasoggi, Soheir | Nadia's Song | 0765312360 | |
F | |
| Kidd, Sue Monk | The Mermaid Chair | 0670033944 | |
F* | |
| Kincaid, Nanci | As Hot As It Was You Ought To Thank Me (paper) | 0316009148 | |
F | |
| King, Dave | The Ha-Ha | 0316156108 | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves |
L* | 1st |
| King, Frank | Walt and Skeezix Book 1 | 1896597645 | |
graphic novel | |
| King, Kevin | All the Stars Came Out That Night | 0525949054 | |
F | |
| King, Lily | The English Teacher | 0871138972 | PW 10 Best Novels |
F/L | |
| King, Stephen | Salem's Lot | 0385516487 | |
SP | |
| Kirn, Walter | Mission to America | 038550764x | New York Times Notable |
F | |
| Koontz, Dean & Kevin J. Anderson | Prodigal Son (paper) | 0553587889 | |
SP | |
| Koontz, Dean & Kevin J. Anderson | City of Night (paper) | 0553587897 | |
SP | |
| Kostova, Elizabeth | The Historian | 0316011770 | |
H/SP* | 1st |
| Krahn, Betina | The Book of the Seven Delights (paper) | 0515139726 | |
R | |
| Krauss, Nicole | History of Love | 0393060349 | L.A. Times Favorite Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves Orange Prize Finalist |
F | |
| Kudoro, Lou (edt) | Sexy Voice and Robo | 159116916x | |
graphic novel | |
| Kunkel, Benjamin | Indecision | 1400063450 | New York Times Notable | F | |
| Kurlansky, Mark | Boogaloo on Second Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt and Music | F | 1st | ||
| Kusel, Lisa | Hat Trick | 0786869232 | F | ||
| Lake, Jay | Dogs in the Moonlight | 1930997566 | |
SP | |
| Landis, Jill Marie | Heartbreak Hotel | 0345453301 | LJ Best Romance Novels |
R | |
| Langer, Adam | The Washington Story: A Novel in Five Spheres | 1573223247 | |
F | |
| Lapcharoensap, Rattawut | Sightseeing: Stories | 0802117880 | |
L/SS* | 1st |
| Lavigne, Michael | Not Me | 1400063116 | |
L | |
| Lee, Edward Jae-Suk | The Good Man | 1882593944 | |
F | 1st |
| Lee, Jade | Desperate Tigress (paper) | 0843955058 | |
R | |
| Lee, Marie Myung-Ok | Somebody's Daughter | 0807083887 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | 1st |
| Levy, Andrea | Small Island (paper) | 0312424671 | Whitbread Novel Shortlist Whitbread Book of the Year Orange Prize Winner PW 10 Best Novels National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee |
F* | |
| Levy, Justine | Nothing Serious (paper) | 0976140772 | |
F | |
| Lewis, Beverly | The Preacher's Daughter (paper) | 0764201050 | LJ Best Christian Fiction |
I | |
| Lewis, Sinclair | It Can't Happen Here | 045121658x | |
L | |
| Lewis, William Henry | I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories | 0060536659 | BCALA Honor Book |
F/A/SS | |
| Li, Yiyun | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories | 1400063124 | |
F/SS | |
| Lindskold, Jane | Child of a Rainless Year | 0765309378 | |
SP | |
| Link, Kelly | Magic for Beginners | 1931520151 | SF Gate Best Spec Fiction |
SP/SS | |
| Lipsyte, Sam | Home Land (paper) | 0312424183 | New York Times Notable | F | |
| Lively, Penelope | Making It Up | 0670034479 | |
F/L | |
| Lliteras, D.S. | The Silence of John | 157174410x | |
I | |
| Long, Kate | The Bad Mother's Handbook | 0345479653 | Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Lovecraft, H.P. | Tales | 1931082723 | |
SP/SS | |
| Lovric, Michelle | The Remedy | 0060837039 | |
F/H | |
| Lurie, Alison | Truth and Consequences | 0670034398 | F/L | ||
| Lynch, Jim | The Highest Tide | 1582346054 | |
L* |
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