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Reading List 2002 (Alphabetical Order):
|
Author (with links) |
Title (with book links) |
Notes |
| Allende,
Isabel |
Hija
De La Fortuna |
Spanish Edition |
| Ambrose,
David |
Coincidence |
. |
| Amis,
Martin |
London
Fields |
. |
| Anderson,
Sherwood |
Winesburg,
Ohio |
. |
| Ansay,
A. Manette |
Vinegar
Hill |
. |
| Axelsson,
Majgull |
April
Witch |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Bail,
Murray |
Eucalyptus |
Commonwealth
Writers Prize 1999 |
| Baker,
Nicholson |
Double
Fold |
National
Book Critics Circle Award 2001 |
| Banville,
John |
The
Book of Evidence |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1989; Beth Top 2002 List |
| Banville,
John |
Eclipse |
. |
|
Bardi, Abby |
The
Book of Fred |
. |
| Barker,
Clive |
Coldheart
Canyon |
. |
| Barker,
Pat |
Border
Crossing |
. |
| Barrett,
Andrea |
The
Voyage of the Narwhal |
. |
| Benedict,
Elizabeth |
Almost |
. |
| Blacker,
Terence |
Kill
Your Darlings |
. |
| Bloom,
Amy |
A
Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You : Stories |
. |
| Böll,
Heinrich |
The
Silent Angel |
Nobel
Prize Author 1972 |
| Brooks,
Geraldine |
Nine
Parts of Desire |
. |
| Buck, Pearl S. |
The
Good Earth |
Pulitzer
Prize 1932 |
| Burroughs,
Augusten |
Running
With Scissors |
. |
| Byatt,
A. S. |
The
Biographer's Tale |
. |
| Chbosky,
Stephen |
The
Perks of Being a Wallflower |
. |
| Coben,
Harlan |
Gone
for Good |
. |
|
Crace, Jim |
Quarantine |
Whitbread
Novel Award 1997 |
| Czuchlewski,
David |
The
Muse Asylum |
. |
|
Danticat,
Edwidge |
The
Farming of Bones |
American
Book Award 1999 |
| Davies,
Adam |
The
Frog King |
. |
|
Davies,
Robertson |
Fifth
Business |
Beth Top 2002 List |
|
Dawson,
Jill |
Fred
& Edie |
Orange
Prize Shortlist 2001
|
| DeBartolo,
Tiffanie |
God-Shaped
Hole |
. |
| Desai,
Anita |
Fasting,
Feasting |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1999 |
| Diamond,
Jared |
Guns,
Germs and Steel |
Pulitzer
Prize |
|
Divakaruni,
Chitra Banerjee |
The
Vine of Desire |
.
|
|
DuMaurier,
Daphne |
Jamaica
Inn |
. |
|
Dunn, Mark |
Ella
Minnow Pea |
. |
| Eliot,
George |
Silas
Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Elkin,
Stanley |
The
Living End |
. |
| Erdich,
Louise |
The
Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse |
National
Book Award Finalist 2001 |
| Eugenides,
Jeffrey |
Middlesex |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Fforde,
Jasper |
The
Eyre Affair |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Fforde,
Jasper |
Lost
in a Good Book |
. |
| Findley,
Timothy |
Pilgrim |
Giller
Prize Shortlist 1999 |
| Finnamore,
Suzanne |
The
Zygote Chronicles |
. |
| Foer,
Jonathan Safran |
Everything
is Illuminated |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Ford,
Ford Madox |
The
Good Soldier |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century; Beth Top 2002 List |
| Ford,
Jeffrey |
The
Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque |
. |
| Frank,
Pat |
Alas,
Babylon |
. |
| Frayn,
Michael |
Spies |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Freed, Lynn |
The
Mirror |
. |
| Gaddis,
William |
Agape,
Agape |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
The
Doll's House (Sandman, Book 2) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
Dream
Country (Sandman, Book 3) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
Season
of Mists (Sandman, Book 4) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
A
Game of You (Sandman, Book 5) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
Fables
and Reflections (Sandman, Book 6) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
Brief
Lives (Sandman, Book 7) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
World's
End (Sandman, Book 8) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
The
Kindly Ones (Sandman, Book 9) |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
The
Wake (Sandman, Book 10) |
Beth Top 2002 List [full Sandman
series] |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
Coraline |
. |
| Gilling,
Tom |
The
Adventures of Miles and Isabel |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Grass,
Gunter |
My
Century |
Nobel
Prize Author 1999 |
| Haines,
Lise |
In
My Sister's Country |
. |
| Haslett,
Adam |
You
Are Not A Stranger Here |
. |
| Hooper,
Chloe |
A
Child's Book of True Crime |
Orange
Prize Shortlist 2002 |
| Hornby,
Nick |
How
to be Good |
. |
| Hurston, Zora
Neale |
Their
Eyes Were Watching God |
. |
| Inness-Brown,
Elizabeth |
Burning
Marguerite |
. |
| Johnson,
Charles |
Middle
Passage |
National
Book Award 1990 |
| Juster,
Norton |
The
Phantom Tollbooth |
. |
| Kimmel,
Haven |
The
Solace of Leaving Early |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| King,
Stephen |
Dreamcatcher |
. |
| King,
Stephen |
Everything's
Eventual |
. |
| Kneale,
Matthew |
English
Passengers |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 2000, Whitbread Novel Award 2000 |
| Kolata,
Gina |
Flu:
Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 |
. |
| Kowalski,
William |
Somewhere
South of Here |
. |
| Kuo,
David |
Dot.bomb:
My Days & Nights at an Internet Goliath |
. |
| Lamott,
Anne |
Blue
Shoe |
. |
| Lehane,
Dennis |
Mystic
River |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Lesy,
Michael |
Wisconsin
Death Trip |
. |
| Lodge,
David |
Thinks… |
. |
| Lowry,
Lois |
Gathering
Blue |
. |
| Maguire,
Gregory |
Lost |
. |
| Mann,
Thomas |
The
Magic Mountain |
Nobel
Prize Author 1929 |
| Markandaya,
Kamala |
Nectar
in a Sieve |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Martel,
Yann |
Life
of Pi |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| McCammon,
Robert |
Mine |
. |
| McCracken,
Elizabeth |
Niagara
Falls All Over Again |
. |
| McDermid,
Val |
A
Place of Execution |
Edgar
Award Finalist 2001 |
| McDermott,
Alice |
Child
of My Heart |
. |
| McEwan,
Ian |
Atonement |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 2001 |
| Melville,
Herman |
Typee |
. |
| Mills,
Magnus |
The
Restraint of Beasts |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1998 |
| Miyabe,
Miyuki |
All
She Was Worth |
. |
| Monk,
Sue |
The
Secret Life of Bees |
. |
| Morrison,
Toni |
Sula |
Nobel
Prize Author 1993 |
| Muller,
Filip |
Eyewitness
Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers |
. |
| Nabokov,
Vladimir |
Pale
Fire |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century; Beth Top 2002 List |
| O'Brien,
Edna |
In
the Forest |
. |
| O'Brien,
Tim |
July,
July |
. |
| Oe,
Kenzaburo |
A
Personal Matter |
|
| O'Hara,
John |
Appointment
in Samarra |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century; Beth Top 2002 List |
| Packer,
Ann |
The
Dive From Clausen's Pier |
. |
| Palahniuk,
Chuck |
Choke |
. |
| Patchett,
Ann |
Bel
Canto |
Orange
Prize 2002 |
| Pelzer,
Dave |
A
Child Called "It" |
. |
| Picoult,
Jodi |
Perfect
Match |
. |
| Pollack,
Neal |
The
Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature |
. |
| Rand,
Ayn |
Anthem |
. |
| Rhys,
Jean |
Wide
Sargasso Sea |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Russo,
Richard |
Empire
Falls |
Pulitzer
Prize 2002; Beth Top 2002 List |
| Saunders,
George |
The
Very Persistent Gappers of Frip |
. |
| Schlosser,
Eric |
Fast
Food Nation |
. |
| Sebald,
W. G. |
Austerlitz |
National
Book Critics Circle Award 2001 |
| Sebold,
Alice |
Lucky |
. |
| Sebold,
Alice |
The
Lovely Bones |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Shields,
Carol |
Unless |
. |
| Shreve,
Anita |
Sea
Glass |
. |
| Shute,
Nevil |
On
the Beach |
. |
| Sijie,
Dai |
Balzac
and the Little Chinese Seamstress |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Snicket,
Lemony |
The
Reptile Room (Series of Unfortunate Events, 2) |
. |
| Soueif,
Ahdaf |
The
Map of Love |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1999 |
| Spiegelman,
ed. Art |
Strange
Stories for Strange Kids |
. |
| Suskind,
Patrick |
Perfume |
. |
| Sutcliffe,
William |
Are
You Experienced? |
. |
| Turner,
Nancy E. |
These
is My Words |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Udall,
Brady |
The Miracle
Life of Edgar Mint |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Updike,
John |
The
Centaur |
National
Book Award 1965 |
| Uppal,
Priscila |
The
Divine Economy of Salvation |
Beth Top 2002 List |
| Ursu,
Anne |
Spilling
Clarence |
. |
| Wagner,
Bruce |
I'm
Losing You |
. |
| Wambaugh,
Joseph |
The
Fire Lover |
. |
| Ware,
Chris |
Jimmy
Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth |
Guardian
First Book Award 2001 |
| Weisberg,
Joseph |
10th
Grade |
. |
| Wenzel,
Kurt |
Lit
Life |
. |
| Wiesel,
Elie |
The
Judges |
. |
| Wilcken,
Hugo |
The
Execution |
. |
| Willis,
Connie |
Doomsday
Book |
Nebula
Award 1992; Hugo Award 1993 |
| Wilson,
Robert Charles |
The
Chronoliths |
. |
| Wylie,
Philip |
The
Disappearance |
. |
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