Notable Fiction List 1999 Some of the major hardcover titles scheduled for release in the U.S. in 1999.

All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos. Alphabetically arranged by author. A star indicates the book received a 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)

Publishers Weekly Best '99 Books, Library Journal's Best Books '99, the ALA Notable Book Council's selections, and Booklist's Editor's Choice selections are noted. NYTBR Notable and Editor's Choices are included. NBCC (National Book Critics Circle) award nominees and other award nominees are mentioned when possible.

AUTHOR TITLE DATE NOTES
Stars
Aksoyonov, Vassily New Sweet Style Nov NYTBR Notable
Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune Oct star image
Booklist Editors' Choice
Amis, Martin Heavy Water and Other Stories Feb NYTBR Notable
Anderson, Kurt Turn of the Century May star image
NYTBR Notable
Ansay, A. Manette Midnight Champagne June NBCC finalist
Applefield, Aharon Conversion 11/98 NYTBR Notable
Arensberg, Ann Incubus Feb star image
NYTBR Notable
Arnott, Jake The Long Firm Sept star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Auchincloss, Louis The Anniversary and Other Stories July NYTBR Notable
Auster, Paul Timbuktu June star image
NYTBR Notable
Bail, Murray Homesickness Sept NYTBR Notable
Baker, Kevin Dreamland March star imagestar imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Baldwin, Shauna Singh What the Body Remembers Oct star image
Ball, David Empires of Sand Aug star image
Banffy, Miklos They Were Counted June star image
Banks, Melissa The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing June star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
Barker, Pat Another World May star imagestar imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Barnes, Julian England, England May star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTBR Notable
Barry, Dave Big Trouble Sept star imagestar imagestar image
Barry, Maxx Syrup July star image
Bausch, Richard Someone to Watch Over Me: Stories May star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Beagle, Peter Tamsin Nov star image
Beard, Richard Damascus March NYTBR Notable
Bear, Greg Darwin's Radio Sept star image
PW Best Books
LJ Best Genre Fiction
Bedford, Martyn The Houdini Girl Feb star image
Begiebing, Robert J. The Adventures of Allegra Fullerton; or a Memoir of Startling and Amusing Episodes from Itinerant Life Nov star image
Belfer, Lauren City of Light May star image
NYTBR Notable
LJ Best Books
Bennett, Ronan The Catastrophist Sept star image
Berbera, Nina Book of Happiness April NYTBR Notable
Berger, Thomas The Return of Little Big Man March star imagestar imagestar image
Berners, Lord Collected Tales and Fantasies June star image
Besher, Alexander Chi: A Novel of Virtual Reality July star image
Binchy, Maeve Tara Road March star image
Blackburn, Julia The Leper's Companions April star imagestar image
Blaylock, James P. The Rainy Season Aug star image
Blevins, Win Ravenshadow Oct star image
Blinder, Martin Fluke Jan star image
Bolger, Dermot (ed) Finbar's Hotel (trade paper) April star image
Bonner, Cindy Right from Wrong March star image
Bowes, Richard Minions of the Moon Feb star image
Bradley, James Wrack May star image
Brand, Dionne At the Full and Change of the Moon Sept star imagestar imagestar image
Brink, Andre Devil's Valley March star image
NYTBR Notable
Brown, Carrie Lamb in Love April star imagestar image
Brown, Jason Driving the Heart and Other Stories April star image
Brown, Rita Mae Loose Lips (Hunsenmeir sisters) Aug star image
Brownrigg, Sylvia The Metaphysical Touch June star image
NYTBR Notable
Broyard, Bliss My Father, Dancing July star image
NYTBR Notable
Buckley, Christopher Little Green Men March
NYTBR Notable
Budhos, Marina Tamar The Professor of Light March star image
Budnitz, Judy If I Told You Once Nov star image
Bujold, Lois McMaster A Civil Campaign Sept star image
Bukiet, Melvin Jules Signs and Wonders April star image
Busch, Frederick The Night Inspector May star imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTBR Notable
LJ Best Books
NBCC finalist
Butler, Octavia Parable of the Talents Nov 1998 NYTBR Notable
Byatt, A.S. Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice May star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Campbell, Bonnie Jo Women and Other Animals: Stories Nov star image
Canty, Kevin Nine Below Zero Jan star image
Caputo, Philip Voyage Nov star imagestar image
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Shadow Sept star image
PW Best Books
LJ Best Genre Fiction
Carrington, Roslyn A Thirst for Rain Sept star image
Cartwright, Justin Leading the Cheers Oct Whitbread Award Winner
Castillo, Ana Peel My Love Like an Onion Oct star imagestar image
Cezair-Thompson, Margaret The True History of Paradise Aug star image
Chabon, Michael Werewolves in Their Youth Feb star image
NYTBR Notable
Chace, Rebecca Capture the Flag Aug star image
Chamberlin, Ann The Merlin of St. Gilles' Well Sept star image
Chamoiseau, Patrick Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows Dec star imagestar image
Chappell, Fred Look Back All the Green Valley Sept star image
Charnas, Suzy McKee The Conquerer's Child May star image
Charyn, Jerome Captain Kidd June star image
Chaudhuri, Amit Freedom Song: Three Novels March star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Cheever, Benjamin Famous After Death April star imagestar image
Cherryh, C.J. Precursor Nov star image
Ciresi, Rita Pink Slip Jan star image
Clark, Breena River, Cross My Heart July Booklist Top 10 First Novels Honorable Mention
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace Nov

star imagestar image
Booker prize winner
NYTBR Editors' Choice
LJ Best Books
NBCC finalist
ALA Notable

Coomer, Joe Apologizing to Dogs Sept star image
Conde, Maryse Windward Heights Aug star image
Cosse, Laurence A Corner of the Veil May star image
Cusk, Rachel The Country Life Jan star imagestar imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Notable Books List
D'Aguiar, Fred Feeding the Ghosts Feb star imagestar imagestar image
Dangor, Achmat Kafka's Curse Feb NYTBR Notable
Darby, Ann The Orphan Game May star image
Datlow, Ellen (ed) Year's Best Fantasy and Horror July star image
Davenport, Kiana Song of the Exile July star image
Davidson, Jim Mine Work Sept star image
Davis, Kathyrn The Walking Tour Nov star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Dawson, Carol Mother-in-Law Diaries Jan star imagestar image
Devoto, Pat Cunningham My Last Days as Roy Rogers Jan star image
Dezhnev, Nikolai In Concert Performance Dec star image
Diski, Jenny Dream Mistress Jan NYTBR Notable
Divakurauni, Chitra Banerjee Sister of My Heart Jan star image
Dixon, Stephen 30: A Novel May star image
Dodd, Susan O Careless Love: Stories Aug star image
Doenges, Judy What She Left Me: Stories and a Novella Aug NYTBR Notable
Dorfman, Ariel The Nanny and the Iceberg May star image
Doucet, Julie The New York Diary (graphic novel) Sept star image
Downing, Michael Breakfast with Scot Nov star image
Doyle, Roddy A Star Called Henry
(Last Roundup, v 1)
Sept star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
New Yorker Award nominee
NYTBR Editors' Choice
Notable Books List
Draper, Robert Hadrian's Walls May star imagestar image
Driscoll, Jack Lucky Man, Lucky Woman Feb star image
Dubus, Andre House of Sand and Fog Feb star imagestar imagestar image
National Book Award finalist
PW Best Books
Notable Books List
Ducornet, Rikki The Fan-Maker's Inquisition Nov star imagestar image
Duncan, Dave Lord of the Fire Lands: A Tale of the King's Blades Oct star image
Dyer, Geoff Paris Trance May star image
NYTBR Notable
Eagle, Kathleen What the Heart Knows July LJ Best Genre Fiction
Egolf, Tristan Lord of the Barnyard March star imagestar image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Ellis, Alice Thomas The 27th Kingdom Sept star image
Ellison, Ralph Juneteenth June star image
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Englander, Nathan For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories April star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTBR Notable
Notable Books List
Erickson, Steve Sea Came in at Midnight April star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Emshwiller, Carol Leaping Man Hill Oct star image
Epstein, Leslie Ice Fire Water: Leib Goldkorn Cocktail Oct NYTBR Notable
Escandon, Maria Esperanza's Box of Saints Jan star image
Estevez, Abilio Thine is the Kingdom Jan star imagestar image
Estleman, Loren D. Thunder City Nov star image
Evans, Elizabeth Carter Clay March star imagestar imagestar image
Farrell, Marjorie Red Red Rose (paper) Feb LJ Best Genre Fiction
Faulks, Sebastian Charlotte Gray Feb star image
Feld, Ross Zwilling's Dream Sept star imagestar image
Figiel, Sia Whree We Once Belonged Oct star image
Fitch, Janet White Oleander April star imagestar imagestar image
Fitzgerald, Penelope Human Voices (trade paper) May star imagestar image
Foos, Laurie Twinship Sept star image
Foster, Ken Kind I'm Likely to Get: A Collection July NYTBR Notable
Franklin, Tom Poachers: Stories June star imagestar image
Frayn, Michael Headlong Sept shortlisted for Booker
NYTBR Editors' Choice
Fredriksson, Marianne Simon's Family Sept star image
Gaiman, Neil Stardust Feb star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
Galvin, James Fencing the Sky Oct star image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Garcia, Eric Anonymous Rex Aug star image
Gardiner, John Rolfe Somewhere in France Sept NYTBR Notable
Garfinkle, Richard All of an Instant Nov star image
Garland, Alex The Tesseract Feb star image
NYTBR Notable
Gasco, Elyse Can You Wave Bye, Bye, Baby: Stories July star image
NYTBR Notable
Gates, David Wonders of the Invisible World June star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
NBCC finalist
Gautreaux, Tim Welding with Children Oct star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Gay, William Long Home Nov NYTBR Notable
Gedge, Pauline The Hippopotamus Marsh cancelled star image
George, Sara The Journal of Mrs. Pepys May star image
Gibson, William All Tomorrow's Parties Oct star imagestar image
Godwin, Gail Evensong March star imagestar imagestar image
Golding, Michael Benjamin's Gift April star image
Gologorsky, Beverly The Things We Do To Make It Home Feb NYTBR Notable
Gotleib, Phyllis Violent Stars May star image
Gowdy, Barbara The White Bone May star imagestar image
Grand, David Louse Nov 1998 NYTBR Notable
Grass, Gunter My Century Dec star imagestar image
Nobel Prize Winner for literature
Graver, Elizabeth The Honey Thief Aug star imagestar image
NYTBR Notable
Griner, Paul Collectors Sept star image
Gunn, Kirsty The Place You Return to Is Home: Stories Feb star image
Guterson, David East of the Mountains March star imagestar imagestar image
Halpern, Daniel (ed) The Art of the Story Nov star image
Hambly, Barbara Dragonshadow March star image
Hannah, Kristin On Mystic Lake March star image
Hansen, Brooks Pearlman's Ordeal Aug star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Hansen, Ron Hitler's Niece Sept star image
Harpman, Jacqueline Orlanda Oct star image
Harr, John Ensor Dark Eagle: A Story of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution Oct star image
Harries, Ann Manly Pursuits March star imagestar image
Harris, Joanne Chocolat Feb star image
NYTRB Notable
Harris, Thomas Hannibal June 8th
NYTRB Notable
Hartwell, David Centaurus: The Best Australian Science Fiction June star image
Haruf, Kent Plainsong Oct star imagestar image
National Book Award finalist
PW Best Books
New Yorker Award nominee
NYTRB Notable
Booksense Finalist
Hautman, Pete Mrs. Million March star image
Hayden, Elizabeth Rhapsody Sept star image
Haynes, Melinda Mother of Pearl June star imagestar image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Hemingway, Ernest & Patrick True at First Light: A Fictional Memoir July star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Henderson, Bill (ed) Pushcart Prize XXIV Nov star image
Hendrie, Laura Remember Me Sept star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
Henley, Patricia Hummingbird House April National Book Award finalist
New Yorker Award nominee
Booklist Top 10 First Novels Honorable Mention
Herbert, Brian, Kevin Anderson, & Frank Herbert Dune: House of Atreides Oct star imagestar imagestar image
LJ Best Genre Fiction
Herbert, James Others Oct star image
Higgins, George V. The Agent Jan star image
Hijuelos, Oscar Empress of the Splendid Season Feb star image
NYTRB Notable
Hill, Kathleen Still Waters in Niger April star image
NYTRB Notable
Hobb, Robin Mad Ship (Liveship Traders #2) April star imagestar image
Hoffman, Alice Local Girls June star image
Holleran, Andrew In September, the Light Changes: Stories June NYTRB Notable
Hollinghurst, Alan The Spell April star image
Homes, A.M. Music for Torching May NYTBR Notable
Hornburg, Michael Downers Grove Aug star image
Hrbek, Greg Hindenburg Crashes Nightly July star image
Huddle, David The Story of a Million Years Sept star imagestar image
Idle, Eric The Road to Mars: A Post Modem Novel Sept star image
Ignatius, David Sun King Sept star image
Ivory, Judith The Proposition (paper) Dec LJ Best Genre Fiction
Jacobs, Kathleen Never Forsaken July star image
Jaffee, Annette Williams The Dangerous Age Jan star image
Jaffee, Michael Grant Skateaway Oct star imagestar image
Booklist Editors' Choice
Jaffe, Michele The Stargazer July star imagestar image
Jen, Gish Who's Irish? June NYTBR Notable
Jensen, Jane Millenium Rising Nov star image
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Esat into Upper East: Tales from New York to New Delhi Sept 1998 NYTBR Notable
Jin, Ha Waiting Oct star imagestar image
National Book Award Winner
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Notable Books List
Johnston, Wayne The Divine Ryans (paper reprint) Sept star imagestar image
Johnston, Wayne The Colony of Unrequited Dreams June star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Notable Books List
Jones, Gayl Mosquito Jan star imagestar imagestar image
Jones, Stephen (ed) The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (trade paper) Feb star imagestar image
PW Best Books
Jones, Thom Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories Jan NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Joyce, Graham Dark Sister July star imagestar image
Just, Ward S. A Dangerous Friend May star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Notable Books List
Kalfus, Ken Pu-29 and Other Russian Fantasies Sept star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Kalman, Judith The County of Birches Sept star image
Kalpakian, Laura The Delinquent Virgin: Stories Nov

star image
LJ Best Books
ALA Notable

 

Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah Picture of a Dying Man Sept star imagestar image
Karaim, Reed If Men Were Angels May star image
Katchor, Ben The Jew of New York Jan star image
NYTRB Notable
Kay, Jackie Trumpet March star image
Kelman, James The Good Times: Stories (paper) Aug star image
Kelton, Elmer Buckskin Line Aug star image
Kennedy, A.L. Original Bliss Jan star image
NYTRB Notable
Kerr, Philip The Second Angel Jan star image
Keyes, J. Gregory A Calculus of Angels (Age of Unreason, bk2) (trade paper) April star image
Kimball, Philip Liar's Moon Sept star image
King, Lily The Pleasing Hour Sept star image
NYTRB Notable
King, Stephen Hearts in Atlantis (short fiction collection) Sept star imagestar imagestar image
Booklist Editors' Choice
King, Stephen The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon April star image
PW Best Books
Kirn, Walter Thumbsucker (trade paper) Oct star image
NYTRB Notable
Klima, Ivan Lovers for a Day: New and Collected Stories on Love Sept star image
NYTRB Notable
Koenig, Andrea Thumbelina: A Novel Feb Booklist Top 10 First Novels Honorable Mention
Kohler, Sheila Cracks Sept star imagestar image
LJ Best Books
Korelitz, Jean Haniff The Sabbathday River April star imagestar image
Kureishi, Hanif Intimacy March star image
Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies (trade paper) June PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Lasser, Scott Battle Creek May star imagestar image
Lavalle, Victor D. Slapboxing with Jesus (trade paper) Oct star imagestar image
1999 top ten books of the year by the Washington Post editor Jabari Asim
Lee, Chang-Rae A Gesture Life Sept star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
New Yorker Award nominee
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Leffland, Ella Breath and Shadows April star imagestar imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Leith, Valery Company of Glass: Book One of Everien July star image
Lemmons, Thom Daughter of Jerusalem March star image
Lennon, J. Robert The Funnies Feb star imagestar image
Leslie, Diane Fleur De Leigh's Life of Crime May star image
LJ Best Books
Lessing, Doris Mara and Dann Jan star imagestar image
Lethem, Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn Sept star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice - Top of the List
Notable Books List
NBCC Winner
Levien, David Wormwood June star image
L'Heureux, John Having Everything Sept NYTRB Notable
Lippincott, Robin Mr. Dalloway July star image
Literas, D.S. Judas the Gentile Aug star image
Lively, Penelope Spiderweb April star image
Long, Jeff Descent June star image
Logue, Antonia Shadow-Box Aug star imagestar imagestar image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
MacCaferri, Elena A Bench on Which to Rest Aug star image
MacKay, Shena The Artist's Widow May NYTBR Notable
MacLeod, Ken The Cassini Division July star image
Magona, Sindiwe Mother to Mother Sept star image
Maguire, Gregory Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Nov star image
Makine, Andrei The Crime of Olga Arbyelina Sept star imagestar image
Mapson, Jo-Ann The Wilder Sisters June star image
Maraini, Dacia Silent Duchess Sept 1998 NYTBR Notable
Marshall, Robert The Haunted Major April star image
Martin, Emer More Bread or I'll Appear Jan star imagestar image
Martin, George R. R. A Clash of Kings (Stark Family) March star image
Martin, Valerie Italian Fever July star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Matheson, Richard Christian Dystopia: Collected Stories Dec star image
Matthiessen, Peter Bone By Bone (Watson Trilogy) April star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Mattison, Alice Book Borrower Oct NYTBR Notable
Matz, Marc Nocturne for a Dangerous Man July star image
Maxwell, Robin The Queen's Bastard May star image
McAuley, Paul J. Ancients of Days: The Second Book of the Confluence July star image
McCabe, Patrick Breakfast on Pluto April star image
Booker Prize short list
NYTBR Notable
McCafferty, Jane One Heart Oct star image
McCarten, Anthony Spinners Feb star imagestar image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels Honorable Mention
McDonald, Roger Mr. Darwin's Shooter Jan star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
McEwan, Ian Amsterdam: A Novel Feb star imagestar image
Booker Prize Winner
NYTBR Notable
McGregor, H.R (ed) Schrodinger's Baby Sept star image
McKinney-Whetstone, Diane Blues Dancing Nov star image
McMullen, Sean Souls of the Great Machine June star imagestar image
McMurtry, Larry Duane's Depressed
(last book in the The Last Picture Show trilogy)
Jan star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
McNamer, Deirdre My Russian June star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
McNeil, Jean Hunting Down Home May star image
Melville, Pauline Migration of Ghosts April star imagestar imagestar image
Messud, Claire The Last Life Sept star imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Mestre, Ernesto Lazarus Rumba June star imagestar image
Meyers, Kent Light in the Crossing: Stories Aug NYTBR Notable
Michael, Ib Prince Nov star imagestar image
Milhauser, Steven Enchanted Night Oct star image
Miller, Sue While I Was Gone Feb star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Mills, Magnus All Quiet on the Orient Express Sept star image
Minot, Eliza The Tiny One Nov star image
NYTRB Notable
Molina, Silvia The Love You Promised Me (trade paper) Oct star image
Molinaro, Ursule Demons and Divas: Three Novels Nov star image
Montero, Marya The Messenger May star image
Morgan, Robert Gap Creek Oct NYTBR Notable
Morris, Gilbert All That Glitters July star image
Mortimer, John Sound of Trumpets Feb NYTBR Notable
Mount, Ferdinand Jem (and Sam) June star image
NYTRB Notable
Munroe, Jim Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask (trade paper) Nov star image
Murakami, Haruki South of the Border, West of the Sun Feb NYTBR Notable
Murray, Les A. Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse March NYTBR Notable
Nahai, Gina Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith March star image
Napoleon, Landon J. ZigZag May star imagestar image
Naslund, Sena Jeter Ahab's Wife or the Star - Gazer Nov star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booksense Finalist
Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight Jan star imagestar imagestar image
Nichols, Peter Voyage to the North Star Nov star image
Niven, Larry Rainbow Mars March star image
Nye, Robert The Late Mr. Shakespeare April star image
Oates, Joyce Carol Broke Heart Blues June star imagestar image
O'Brien, Patrick Blue at the Mizzen Nov star image
O'Connell, Robert L. Fast Eddie: A Novel in Many Voices Aug star image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Booklist Editors' Choice
O'Connor, Joseph Salesman March star image
O'Doherty, Brian The Deposition of Father McGreevy May star imagestar image
Booker Prize shortlist
Offill, Jenny Last Things April star image
Booklist Top 10 First Novels Honorable Mention
NYTRB Notable
Offut, Chris Out of the Woods: Stories Feb star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
O'Hagan, Andrew Our Fathers Oct star image
shortlisted for Booker
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
O'Nan, Stewart A Prayer for the Dying April star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Ortese, Anna Maria Lament of the Linnet April star image
Palahniuk, Chuck Survivor Feb star image
Park, June The Bingo Queens of Paradise May star image
Peacock, Nancy Home Across the Road Oct star image
Pelevin, Victor Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories Nov 1998 NYTBR Notable
Perabo, Susan Who I Was Supposed to Be: Stories Aug star image
Peretti, Frank The Visitation Aug star image
Perez, Loida Maritza Geographies of the Home March star imagestar image
Perlman, Elliot Three Dollars June star image
Perry, Anne Tathea Sept star image
Phillips, Dale My People's Waltz March NYTBR Notable
Picoult, Jodi Keeping Faith May star image
Porter, Connie Imani All Mine Jan star image
Poyer, David Thunder on the Mountain Jan star imagestar imagestar image
Priest, Christopher Extremes May NYTBR Notable
Proulx, Annie Close Range: Wyoming Stories May star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
New Yorker Award nominee
NYTBR Editors' Choice
LJ Best Books
Realuyo, Bino A. The Umbrella Country (trade paper) March Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Redd, Louise Hangover Soup Aug star imagestar image
Redmond, Patrick Something Dangerous Oct star image
Reid, Van Mollie Peer: Moosepath July star imagestar image
Reuss, Frederick Henry of Atlantic City Aug star imagestar image
LJ Best Books
Notable Books List
Richter, Stacey My Date with Satan: Stories July NYTBR Notable
Riley, Judith Merkle The Master of All Desires Nov LJ Best Genre Fiction
Rinaldi, Nicholas M. The Jukebox Queen of Malta June star image
LJ Best Books
Rizzuto, Rahna Ricko Why She Left Us Sept star image
Roberson, Jennifer Lady of Sherwood Nov star image
Robins, Madeline E. Stone War Aug NYTBR Notable
Robinson, Bruce The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman Jan star image
NYTRB Notable
Robinson, Kim Stanley The Martians Oct star image
NYTRB Notable
Rodgers, Joni Sugar Land (paper) May star image
Roessner, Michaela The Stars Compel Oct star image
Rogers, Jane Mr. Wroe's Virgins April star image
NYTRB Notable
Rosenbaum, Thane Second Hand Smoke April star image
Rufin, Jean-Christophe Abyssinian Sept star image
LJ Best Books
Rushdie, Salman The Ground Beneath Her Feet April star imagestar imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Russell, Josh Yellow Jack Aug star image
Saramago, Jose The Tale of the Unknown Island Nov star image
Sarrantonio, Al (ed) 999: New Stories of Horror Sept star image
Sawyer, Robert J. Flashforward June star image
Schroeder, Joan The Hearts of Soldiers April star imagestar image
Schulman, Audrey Swimming with Jonah March star image
Schwartz, Leslie Jumping the Green Oct star image
See, Carolyn The Handyman March star imagestar image
Self, Will Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys May star image
NYTRB Notable
Seth, Vikram An Equal Music May star imagestar image
Seymour, Miranda Summer of '39 Sept NYTBR Notable
Shalev, Meir Loves of Judith March star image
Shapiro, Gerald Bad Jews: Stories Oct star image
Shapiro, Jane The Dangerous Husband Sept star image
Shirley, John Really, Really, Really Weird Stories May star image
Shreve, Anita Fortune's Rocks Dec star imagestar image
PW Best Books
Sides, Marilyn The Genius of Affection Aug star image
Siegal, Lee Love in a Dead Language May NYTBR Notable
Sigaud, Dominique Somewhere in a Desert Oct star image
Silko, Leslie Marmon Gardens in the Dunes April star imagestar image
Booklist Editors' Choice
Silverberg, Robert (ed) Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction May star image
Slater, Judith Baby Can Sing and Other Stories Nov star image
Slavin, Julia The Woman Who Cut Off Her Leg at the Maidstone Club July star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Sole, Robert The Photographers's Wife Oct star image
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr November 1916 Jan star image
NYTRB Notable
Spanidou, Irini Fear Jan star image
St Aubin De Teran, Lisa The Palace June star imagestar image
NYTRB Notable
Staffel, Megan Notebook of Lost Things Aug star image
Steinke, Rene The Fires March star image
Stephenson, Neal Cryptonomicon May star imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
LJ Best Genre Fiction
Sterling, Bruce Distraction Jan star image
Stern, Steve Wedding Jester June star image
Straub, Peter Mister X August PW Best Books
Strauss, Victoria The Garden of the Stone (paper) Nov star image
Strout, Elizabeth Amy and Isabelle Jan star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
NYTBR Notable
Sukenick, Ronald Mosiac Man (paper) April star image
Swann, E.L. Night Gardening April star image
Tan, Amy (ed) The Best American Short Stories 1999 Oct star image
Tarloff, Erik Face-Time Jan star image
Taylor, Mel The Mitt Man Feb star image
T'ien-Wen, Chu Notes of a Desolate Man June star image
NYTRB Notable
Tepper, Sheri S. Singer from the Sea April star image
Thackara, James The Book of Kings April star image
Theroux, Marcel Stranger in the Earth Aug star image
Thompson, Jean Who Do You Love: Stories June star image
National Book Award finalist
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Tilghman, Christopher The Way People Run: Stories May star image
NYTRB Notable
Trollope, Joanna Other People's Children March star image
Troy, Judy From the Black Hills July star image
Turtledove, Harry Colonization: Second Contact Feb star image
Ullmann, Linn Before You Sleep Oct star imagestar image
Unsworth, Barry Losing Nelson Nov star imagestar imagestar image
PW Best Books
NYTRB Notable
Unsworth, Barry Sugar and Rum (trade paper) May NYTBR Notable
Updike, John (ed) Best American Short Stories of the Century April star image
NYTBR Notable
Valdes, Zoe I Gave You All I Had July star imagestar image
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