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Reading List 2001(Alphabetical Order):
|
Author (with links) |
Title (with book links) |
Notes |
| Agee,
James |
A
Death in the Family |
1958
Pulitzer Prize |
| Amis,
Martin |
Time’s
Arrow |
1991
Booker Prize Finalist, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Ang,
Li |
The
Butcher's Wife |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Antrim,
Donald |
The
Hundred Brothers |
PEN/Faulkner
Award Shortlist 1998 |
|
Atwood, Margaret |
The
Blind Assassin |
2000
Booker Prize, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Atwood,
Margaret |
Cat's
Eye |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1989 |
| Bank,
Melissa |
The
Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing |
. |
| Berg,
Elizabeth |
Never
Change |
. |
| Berne,
Suzanne |
A
Perfect Arrangement |
. |
| Boyle,
T. C. |
Riven
Rock |
. |
| Brookner,
Anita |
Hotel
du Lac |
1984
Booker Prize |
| Brooks,
Geraldine |
Year
of Wonders |
Beth Top 2001 List |
|
Bryson, Bill |
In
a Sunburned Country |
.
|
| Burt,
Guy |
The
Hole |
. |
| Butler,
Samuel |
Erewhon |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Carey,
Peter |
True
History of the Kelly Gang |
2001
Booker Prize |
|
Carr, Caleb |
Killing
Time |
.
|
| Carrere,
Emmanuel |
The
Adversary |
. |
| Carter,
Angela |
Saints
and Strangers |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Cather,
Willa |
O
Pioneers! |
. |
| Chabon,
Michael |
The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay |
2000
Pulitzer Prize, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Chang,
Pang-Mei Natasha |
Bound
Feet & Western Dress |
. |
| Coben,
Harlan |
Tell
No One |
. |
| Coetzee,
J. M. |
Waiting
for the Barbarians |
. |
| Colapinto,
John |
About
the Author |
. |
| Crais,
Robert |
Hostage |
. |
| Defoe,
Daniel |
A
Journal of the Plague Year |
. |
| DeLillo,
Don |
The
Body Artist |
. |
|
Divakaruni,
Chitra Banerjee |
Arranged
Marriage: Stories |
.
|
| Divakaruni,
Chitra Banerjee |
The
Unknown Errors of Our Lives |
. |
|
Doyle,
Roddy |
The
Woman Who Walked Into Doors |
.
|
| Doyle,
Roddy |
A
Star Called Henry |
. |
| Dreiser,
Theodore |
An
American Tragedy |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Dunne,
Dominick |
Justice:
Crimes, Trials & Punishments |
. |
| Egan,
Jennifer |
Look
At Me |
National
Book Award Finalist 2001 |
|
Eggers, Dave |
A
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
. |
| Enger,
Leif |
Peace
Like A River |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Fadiman,
Anne |
Ex
Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader |
. |
| Faulkner,
William |
The
Sound and The Fury |
1949
Nobel Prize Author, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Faulkner,
William |
Absalom,
Absalom! |
1949
Nobel Prize Author |
| Fielding,
Helen |
Bridget
Jones: The Edge of Reason |
. |
| Fitzgerald,
Penelope |
The
Bookshop |
1978
Booker Prize Finalist |
| Fowles,
John |
The
Magus |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century, Beth Top 2001
List |
| Franzen,
Jonathan |
The
Corrections |
National
Book Award 2001, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
American
Gods |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
The
Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes |
. |
| Gilman,
Charlotte Perkins |
The
Yellow Wallpaper |
. |
| Gordimer,
Nadine |
The
Conversationist |
1974
Booker Prize |
| Graves,
Robert |
I,
Claudius |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century, Beth Top 2001
List |
| Greene,
Graham |
The
End of the Affair |
. |
| Haien,
Jeannette |
The
All of It |
. |
| Hamill,
Pete |
Snow
in August |
. |
| Hanff,
Helene |
84
Charing Cross Road |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Hansen,
Ron |
Hitler's
Niece |
. |
| Hijuelos,
Oscar |
The
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love |
1990
Pulitzer Prize |
| Hoffman,
Alice |
The
River King |
. |
| Hoffman,
Alice |
Seventh
Heaven |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Hoffman,
Alice |
Turtle
Moon |
ALA
Notable Book 1993 |
| Hoffman,
Alice |
Blue
Diary |
. |
| Holman,
Sheri |
The
Dress Lodger |
. |
| Hughes,
Richard |
A
High Wind in Jamaica |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century, Beth Top 2001
List |
| Hulme,
Keri |
The
Bone People |
1985
Booker Prize, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Irving,
John |
The
Fourth Hand |
. |
| Ishiguro,
Kazuo |
When
We Were Orphans |
2000
Booker Prize Finalist |
| Jerome,
Jerome K. |
Three
Men in a Boat |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Jha,
Raj Kamal |
The
Blue Bedspread |
. |
| Jhabvala,
Ruth Prawer |
Heat
and Dust |
1975
Booker Prize |
|
Johnson, Diane |
Le
Divorce |
1997 National Book Award Finalist |
| Karr,
Mary |
Cherry |
. |
| King,
Stephen |
Hearts
in Atlantas |
. |
| Kingsolver,
Barbara |
Prodigal
Summer |
. |
| Kinsella,
Sophie |
Confessions
of a Shopaholic |
. |
| Kosinski,
Jerzy |
The
Painted Bird |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Kowalski,
William |
Eddie's
Bastard |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Lamott,
Anne |
All
New People |
. |
| Lanchester, John |
Mr.
Phillips |
. |
| Larson,
Nella |
Passing |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
|
Lauck,
Jennifer |
Blackbird:
A Childhood Lost and Found |
.
|
| Lee,
Chang-rae |
A
Gesture Life |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Lethem,
Jonathan |
Motherless
Brooklyn |
1999
National Book Critics Circle Award |
| Lethem,
Jonathan |
Girl
in Landscape |
. |
| Lightman,
Alan |
The
Diagnosis |
. |
| Lively,
Penelope |
Moon
Tiger |
Booker
Prize Winner 1987 |
| Livesey,
Margot |
Eva
Moves the Furniture |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Lott,
Bret |
Jewel |
. |
| MacDonald,
Ann-Marie |
Fall
on Your Knees |
1996
Giller Prize Finalist |
| Maddox,
Bruno |
My
Little Blue Dress |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Maguire,
Gregory |
Confessions
of an Ugly Stepsister |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| McCarthy,
Mary |
The
Group |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Mendelsohn,
Jane |
Innocence |
. |
| Mitchard,
Jacquelyn |
A
Theory of Relativity |
. |
| Mukherjee,
Bharati |
Jasmine |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Novak,
Karen |
Five
Mile House |
. |
|
Oates,
Joyce Carol |
We
Were The Mulvaneys |
O39
|
| Oates,
Joyce Carol |
Beasts |
. |
| Ondaatje,
Michael |
Anil's
Ghost |
2000
Giller Prize |
| Oufkir,
Malika |
Stolen
Lives: 20 Years in a Desert Jail |
O41 |
|
Ozick,
Cynthia |
The
Shawl |
"500 Great Books by Women" |
| Parsons,
Tony |
Man
and Boy |
. |
| Payne,
Peggy |
Sister
India |
. |
| Perrotta,
Tom |
Joe
College |
. |
|
Philbrick, Nathaniel |
In
the Heart of the Sea |
2000 National Book Award |
| Picoult,
Jodi |
Salem
Falls |
. |
| Pierce,
Anne Whitney |
Rain
Line |
. |
| Rice,
Ben |
Pobby
and Dingan |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Roth,
Philip |
Sabbath’s
Theater |
1995
National Book Award |
| Rowling,
J. K. |
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
. |
| Rubio,
Gwyn Hyman |
Icy
Sparks |
O40 |
| Rushdie,
Salman |
Fury |
. |
| Saramago,
Jose |
Blindness |
1998
Nobel Prize Author, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Schwartz,
Lynn |
Ruined
by Reading |
. |
| Searles,
John |
Boy
Still Missing |
. |
| Shreve,
Anita |
Fortune's
Rocks |
. |
| Shreve,
Anita |
The
Last Time They Met |
. |
| Shreve,
Anita |
Eden
Close |
. |
| Shute,
Nevil |
A
Town Like Alice |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Snicket,
Lemony |
The
Bad Beginning |
. |
| Sontag,
Susan |
In
America |
National
Book Award 2000 |
| Spark,
Muriel |
Aiding
and Abetting |
. |
|
Steinbeck, John |
The
Grapes of Wrath |
1940 Pulitzer Prize, Beth Top 2001 List |
| Stowe,
Harriet Beecher |
Uncle
Tom's Cabin |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
|
Strout, Elizabeth |
Amy
& Isabelle |
2000 Orange Prize Finalist
|
| Suri,
Manil |
The
Death of Vishnu |
. |
| Tademy,
Lalita |
Cane
River |
O42 |
| Tan,
Amy |
The
Kitchen God's Wife |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Tan,
Amy |
The
Bonesetter's Daughter |
Beth Top 2001 List |
| Tekin,
Latife |
Berji
Kristin : Tales from Garbage Hills |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Tey,
Josephine |
The
Daughter of Time |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Turow,
Scott |
One
L |
. |
| Tyler,
Anne |
Back
When We Were Grownups |
. |
| Vickers,
Salley |
Miss
Garnet's Angel |
. |
| Vreeland,
Susan |
Girl
in Hyacinth Blue |
. |
| Wharton,
Edith |
The
House of Mirth |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Wright,
Richard |
Native
Son |
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Have a comment on a book listed here or think of a book that you'd like to suggest for my
2002 reading list? Please
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updated 29 April 2002
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