Notable
Fiction 2001Hardcover and notable fiction releases.
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 (PW),
Kirkus, and Library
Journal (LJ). First novel information is derived from a variety of sources
and may not be comprehensive.
Notable listings include selected award nominees
and winners, New York Times Book Review Notable books, Washington Post
Book World Raves, PW Notable books, Library Journal Best books, Booklist
Best
Books
and ALA Notable books.
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
Stars ~ Notes |
| Abreu, Caio Ferndando |
Whatever Happened to Dulce Viega (trade paper) |
|
| Adair, Cherry |
Hide and Seek (paper) |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Adrian, Chris |
Gob's Grief |

1st |
| Alison, Jane |
The Love-Artist |
|
| Allende, Isabel |
Portrait in Sepia |
|
| Anastas, Benjamin |
The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor's Disappearance |
NYTBR Notable |
| Anderson, Susan |
All Shook Up (paper) |
|
| Arenas, Reinaldo |
Mona and Other Tales (trade paper) |
|
| Askew, Rilla |
Fire in Beulah |
|
| Azzopardi, Trezza |
The Hiding Place |
 
Booker Prize shortlist 2000
PW Notable
|
| Babel, Isaac |
The Complete Works of Isaac Babel |
   
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
Booklist Editors' Choice
Koret Jewish Book Award |
| Badami, Anita Rau |
The Hero's Walk |
Book World Rave |
| Baida, Peter |
A Nurse's Story, and Others |
NYTBR Notable |
| Bainbridge, Beryl |
According to Queeney |
Booker nominee 2001
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Baker, Kage |
The Graveyard Game: Mendoza |
|
| Balasubramanyam, Rajeev |
In Beautiful Disguises (trade paper) |
1st |
| Balint, Christine |
The Salt Letters (trade paper) |

1st |
| Banks, Iain M. |
Look to Windward |
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable |
| Banville, John |
Eclipse |
 
NYTBR Notable |
| Barker, Clive |
Cold Heart Canyon |

PW Notable |
| Barker, Pat |
Border Crossing |
NYTBR Notable |
| Barnes, Julian |
Love, Etc |
NYTBR Notable |
| Barnett, Lisa A. & Melissa Scott |
Point of Dreams |
Lamda Winner - Science Fiction/Fantasy |
| Barth, John |
Coming Soon!!! A Narrative |
|
| Baxter, Stephen |
Manifold: Space |
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Beattie, Ann |
Perfect Recall |
|
| Belle, Jennifer |
High Maintenance |
|
| Bellow, Saul |
Collected Fiction |
 
PW Notable |
| Benedict, Elizabeth |
Almost |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Benitez,
Sandra |
Weight of All Things |

Book World Rave |
| Berg, Elizabeth |
Never Change |
Book World Rave
|
| Berne, Suzanne |
A Perfect Arrangement |
NYTBR Notable |
| Biguenet, John |
The Torturer's Apprentice: Stories |
|
| Binchy, Maeve |
Scarlet Feather |
|
| Bird, Sarah |
The Yokota Officers Club |
|
| Blake, Michael |
The Holy Road |
|
| Bock, Dennis |
The Ash Garden |

1st
Book World Rave
LJ Top Debut |
| Boehm, Deborah Boliver |
Ghost of a Smile |
|
| Boetius, Henning |
The Phoenix |
|
| Boogaard, Oscar Van Den |
Love's Death |
|
| Borchardt,
Alice |
The Dragon Queen |
|
| Bowles, Paul |
The Stories of Paul Bowles |
 
NYTBR Notable |
| Boxer, Sarah |
In the Floyd Archives: APsycho-Bestiary |
NYTBR Notable |
| Boylan, Clare |
Beloved Stranger |
|
| Boyle, T.C. |
After the Plague and Other Stories |

Book World Rave |
| Bradbury, Malcolm |
To the Hermitage |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Bradbury, Ray |
From the Dust Returned |
|
| Bradley, Marian Zimmer & Diana Paxson |
Priestess of Avalon |
|
| Braselton, Jeanne |
A False Sense of Well Being |

1st
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Brenna, Duff |
The Altar of the Body |
|
| Brenner, Leslie |
Greetings from the Golden State |
1st |
| Breslin, Jimmy |
I Don't Want to Go to Jail |
|
| Brett, Lily |
Too Many Men |
|
| Brockman, Suzanne |
Taylor's Temptation (paper) |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Brockman, Suzanne |
Over the Edge (paper) |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Brockman, Suzanne |
The Defiant Hero (paper) |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Brockway, Connie |
Bridal Season (paper) |

Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Brookner, Anita |
The Bay of Angels |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Brooks, Bill |
The Stone Garden: The Epic Life of Billy the Kid |
|
| Brooks, Geraldine |
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague |

1st
NYTBR Notable |
| Brooks, Terry |
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax |
PW Notable |
| Brownrigg, Sylvia |
Pages for You |
Lamda Winner - Romance |
| Bujold, Lois McMaster |
The Curse of Chalion |
|
| Bukiet, Melvin Jules |
Strange Fire |

Book World Rave
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Bull, Bartle |
The Devil's Oasis |
Book World Rave |
| Byatt, A. S. |
The Biographer's Tale |

NYTBR Notable |
| Cabot, Patricia |
Lady of Skye (paper) |
|
| Cambor, Kathleen |
In Sunlight, In a Beautiful Garden |

PW Notable
NYTBR Notable |
| Canin, Ethan |
Carry Me Across the Water |

NYTBR Notable |
| Canty, Kevin |
Honeymoon and Other Stories |

NYTBR Notable |
| Card, Orson Scott |
Shadow of the Hegemon |
|
| Carey, Edward |
Observatory Mansions |
|
| Carey, Jacqueline |
Kushiel's Dart |
|
| Carey, Peter |
True History of the Kelly Gang |
 
Booker Prize
Winner 2001
PW Notable
NYTBR Editor's Choice
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
ALA Notable Book |
| Carroll, Jonathan |
The Wooden Sea |
NYTBR Notable |
| Carroll, Susan |
The Midnight Bride |
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Carson, Anne |
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos |
NYTBR Notable |
| Chamberlin, Ann |
The Merlin of the Oak Wood |
|
| Chaon, Dan |
Among the Missing |

National Book Award Nominee
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
ALA Notable Book |
| Chavez, Denise |
Loving Pedro Infante |
Book World Rave |
| Chee, Alexander |
Edinburgh |
 
PW Notable
1st
Lamda Winner - Editors' Choice |
| Cherryh, C.J. |
Hammerfall |
Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
| Chessman, Harriet Scott |
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper |
|
| Chevalier, Tracy |
Falling Angels |

Book World Rave |
| Chiu, Christina |
Troublemaker and Other Saints |
|
| Chong, Kevin |
Baroque-a-Nova |
LJ Top Debut |
| Christensen, Kate |
Jeremy Thrane |
|
| Clair, Maxine |
October Suite |
Book World Rave
|
| Clarke,
Arthur C. |
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke |
|
| Cleage, Pearl |
I Wish I Had a Red Dress |
BCALA Award Winner |
| Cohen, Robert |
Inspired Sleep |
NYTBR Notable |
| Cokal, Susann |
Mirabilis |
1st |
| Coldsmith, Don |
The Raven Mocker |
|
| Colgate, Isabel |
Winter Journey |

NYTBR Notable |
| Coll, Susan |
Karlmarx.Com: A Love Story |
1st
Book World Rave |
| Colombi, Lamarchesa |
A Small Town Marriage (trade paper) |
|
| Connolly, J.J. |
Layer Cake |
|
| Cooke, Carolyn |
The Bostons (trade paper) |
NYTBR Notable |
| Cornwell, Bernard |
Sharpe's Trafalgar |

PW Notable |
| Cornwell, Bernard |
The Archer's Tale |
|
| Crace, Jim |
The Devil's Larder: Stories |

NYTBR Notable |
| Criswell, Millie |
What To Do About Annie (paper) |
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Cronin, Justin |
Mary and O'Neil |
1st
Book World Rave |
| Cruise, Jennifer |
Fast Women |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Crumey,
Andrew |
Mr. Mee |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Cullen, Bob |
A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe |
|
| Cullin, Mitch |
From a Place in the Valley Deep in the Forest (trade paper) |

Booklist Top Gay and Lesbian Books |
| Cummins, Joseph |
The Snow Train |
LJ Top Debut |
| Czuchlewski, David |
The
Muse Asylum |

1st |
| Daniel,
Tony |
Metaplanetary |
|
| Dann, Jack (ed) |
Dreaming Down Under |
|
| Dark, Larry (ed) |
Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (trade paper) |
|
| Dart-Thornton, Cecilia |
The Ill-Made Mute: Bitterbynde Bk 1 |
|
| Date, S.V. |
Deep Water |
|
| Datlow, Ellen & Teri Windling (ed) |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror |
|
| David, Peter |
Sir Apropos of Nothing |
PW Notable |
| Davis, Lydia |
Samel Johnson is Indignant |

PW Notable
ALA Notable Book |
| Dawson, Jill |
Fred & Edie |
|
| De Lint, Charles |
The Onion Girl |
|
| Deaner, Janice |
Notes on Extinction |
|
| Delillo, Don |
The Body Artist |
|
| Dew, Robb Forman |
The Evidence Against Her |

Book World Rave |
| Di Filippo, Paul |
Strange Trades |
|
| Divakaruni, Chitra |
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives |
Book World Rave |
| Donoghue, Emma |
Slammerkin |
 
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Dorfman, Ariel |
Blake's Therapy |

Book World Rave |
| Dorrestein, Renate |
A Heart of Stone |
|
| Douglas, L. Warren |
The Sacred Pool |
|
| Dozios, Gardner (ed) |
The Years' Best Science Fiction |
|
| Drabble, Margaret |
Peppered Moth |
NYTBR Notable |
| Due, Tanarive |
The Living Blood |
PW Notable |
| Dugain, Marc |
The Officers' Ward |
|
| Duncan, Pamela |
Moon Women |

1st
LJ Top Debut |
| Dunmore, Helen |
A Spell of Winter |

Book World Rave |
| Dunn, Mark |
Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Episotlary Fable |

Booksense Finalist
LJ Top Debut |
| Durham, David Anthony |
Gabriel's Story |
 
1st
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
BCALA First Novelist Award |
| Durkee, Lee |
Rides of the Midway |
1st |
| Eagle, Kathleen |
You Can Never Tell |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Egan, Jennifer |
Look at Me |
National Book Award Nominee
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Eisner, Michael Alexander |
The Crusader |

1st
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Enger, Leif |
Peace Like a River |

1st
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
Booksense Winner |
| Enquist, Per Olov |
The Royal Physician's Visit |
 
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels |
| Erdrich, Louise |
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse |
 
National Book Award Nominee
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booksense Finalist |
| Erian, Alicia |
The Brutal Language of Love |
|
| Estleman, Loren D. |
The Master Executioner |
 
PW Notable |
| Everett, Percival |
Erasure |
ALA Notable Book |
| Ferlosio, Rafael S. |
The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui |
|
| Fforde, Katie |
Second Thyme Around |
|
| Fielding, Helen |
Cause Celeb |
|
| Fischer, Maribeth |
The Language of Goodbye |
|
| Flanagan, Richard |
Death of a River Guide |
|
| Flynn, Robert |
Tie-Fast Country |
|
| Forbes, Edith |
Navigating the Darwin Straits (trade paper) |
|
| Ford, John M. |
The Last Hot Time |
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable |
| Ford, Marjorie Leet |
Do Try to Speak As We Do |
|
| Ford, Michael Curtis |
The Ten Thousand |
1st |
| Forrest, Leon |
Meteor in the Madhouse |
|
| Fowler, Karen May |
Sister Noon |
PEN/Faulkner Finalist |
| Frame, Ronald |
The Lantern Bearers |
|
| Frank, Dorothea Benton |
Plantation: A Low Country Tale |
|
| Franzen, Jonathan |
The Corrections |
  
National Book Award Winner
PW Notable
NYTBR Editors' Choice
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
Booklist Editors' Choice Top of the List
ALA Notable Book
NBCC Award Nominee
Booksense Finalist
LA Times Fiction Prize Nominee
PEN/Faulkner Finalist |
| Freund, Diane |
Four Corners |
|
| Gaiman, Neal |
American Gods |

Book World Rave
Nebula Winner |
| Galbraith, Douglas |
The Rising Sun |
1st
NYTBR Notable |
| Gardam, Jane |
The Flight of the Maidens |
NYTBR Notable |
| Gavell, Mary Ladd |
I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly: And Other Stories |
NYTBR Notable |
| Gershten, Donna M. |
Kissing the Virgin's Mouth |

Library Journal Best Book |
| Ghosh, Amitav |
The Glass Palace |

PW Notable
NYTBR Notable |
| Gibb, Camilla |
Mouthing the Words |
|
| Gibson, Rachel |
True Confessions |

Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Gilb, Dagoberto |
Woodcuts of Women |
|
| Glickfeld, Carole L. |
Swimming Toward the Ocean |
|
| Gold, Glen David |
Carter Beats the Devil |

Guardian First Book Award Nominee
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Goodman, Allegra |
Paradise Park |
|
| Gordimer, Nadine |
The Pickup |
  
Booker Prize nominee 2001
Book World Rave
ALA Notable Book
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Gough, Julian |
Juno & Juliet |
|
| Greig, Andrew |
Clouds Above |
|
| Griesemer, John |
No One Thinks of Greenland |
|
| Griffin, Nicholas |
The House of Sight and Shadow |
|
| Grisham, John |
A Painted House |
 
Book World Rave |
| Grondahl, Jens Christian |
Silence in October |
Library Journal Best Book |
| Grooms, Anthony |
Bombingham |

Book World Rave |
| Gross, Gwendoline |
Field Guide |
1st |
| Guedj, Denis |
The Parrot's Theorem |
|
| Gurganus, Allan |
The Practical Heart: Four Novellas |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Lamda Winner |
| Gurnah, Abdulrazak |
By the Sea |
LA Times Fiction Prize Nominee |
| Hague, Nora |
Letters From an Age of Reason |
1st
LJ Top Debut |
| Hamilton, Masha |
Staircase of a Thousand Steps |
|
| Hannah, Barry |
Yonder Stands Your Orphan |

Book World Rave |
| Harris, Joanne |
Five Quarters of the Orange |
|
| Harun, Adrianne |
King of Limbo and Other Stories |
|
| Hay, Elizabeth |
A Student of Weather |
|
| Hearon, Shelby |
Ella in Bloom |
|
| Hegi, Ursula |
Hotel of the Saints: Stories |
|
| Heinz, W.C. |
The Professional (trade paper) |
|
| Heng, Liu |
Green River Daydreams |
|
Herbert,Brian/
Anderson, Kevin |
Dune: House Corrino |
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Hill, Justin |
The Drink and Dream Teahouse |

Book World Rave |
| Hoban, Russell |
Angelica's Grotto |
|
| Hockenberry, John |
A River Out of Eden |

1st |
| Hodgson, Barbara |
Hippolyte's Island |
|
| Hoffman, Alice |
Blue Diary |

NYTBR Notable |
| Hogg, Peter |
Crimes of War |

1st |
| Hornby, Nick |
How to Be Good |
   
Booker Prize nominee 2001
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable |
| Hornby, Nick (ed) |
Speaking with the Angel: Stories (trade paper) |
|
| Horsley, Kate |
Confessions of a Pagan Nun |
|
| Houston, James D. |
Snow Mountain Passage |
Book World Rave |
| Howard, Maureen |
Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring |
|
| Humphreys, Helen |
Afterimage |
NYTBR Notable |
| Hussein, Abdullah |
Emigre Journeys |
|
| Huston, Nancy |
Dolce Agonia |
|
| Hynes, James |
The Lecturer's Tale |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Irving, John |
The Fourth Hand |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Isler, Alan |
Clerical Errors |
|
| Ivory, Judith |
The Indescretion (paper) |
|
| Jennings, Gary |
Aztec Blood |
|
| Jones, Allen Morris |
Last Year's River |
|
| Jones, Patricia |
Red on a Rose (trade paper) |
|
| Jones, Stephen (ed) |
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Short Stories by Women (trade paper) |
|
| Joshi, S. T. |
The Modern Weird Tale |
|
| Kaplan, Hester |
Kinship Theory |
|
| Keillor, Garrison |
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 |
Book World Rave
|
| Kelby, N. M. |
In the Company of Angels |
|
| Kelman, James |
Translated Accounts |
Booker Prize nominee
2001 |
| Kelton, Elmer |
Badger Boy |
|
| Kelton, Elmer |
Way of the Coyote |
|
| Kennedy, A.L. |
Everything You Need |
|
| Kessler, Brad |
Lick Creek |
 
1st |
| Kidd, Chip |
The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters |

NYTBR Notable |
| Kinder, Chuck |
Honeymooners |
|
| King, Stephen |
Dreamcatcher |
|
| King, Stephen & Peter
Straub |
Black House |
 
PW Notable
Book World Rave |
| King, Susan |
The Sword Maiden (paper) |
|
| Kirn, Walter |
Up in the Air |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Klein, Richard |
Jewelry Talks: A Novel Thesis |
|
| Klima, Ivan |
No Saints or Angels |
Book World Rave
|
| Knight, Arthur Winfield |
Blue Skies Falling |
|
| Knox, Elizabeth |
Black Oxen |
|
| Koeppen, Wolfgang |
The Hothouse |
NYTBR Notable |
| Koeppen,Wolfgang |
Death in Rome |
|
| Kohler, Sheila |
Children of Pitiviers |
|
| Kramer, Peter |
Spectacular Happiness |

1st |
| Kress, Nancy |
Probability Sun |
|
| Krouse, Erika |
Come Up and See Me Sometime: Stories |

1st
NYTBR Notable |
| Kureishi, Hanif |
Gabriel's Gift |
PW Notable
Book World Rave |
| Kurtz, Katherine |
St. Patrick's Gargoyle |
|
| Kurzweil, Allen |
The Grand Complication |
 
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| LaFarge, Paul |
Haussmann, or the Distinction |

NYTBR Notable |
| Landis, Geoffrey |
Impact Parameter |

PW Notable |
| Landis, Jill Marie |
Summer Moon |
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Landsale, Joe R. |
Zepplins West |
|
| Laymon, Richard |
Night in the Lonesome October |
|
| Le Guin, Ursula K. |
Other Wind |
NYTBR Notable |
| Le Guin, Ursula K. |
Tales from Earthsea |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Leavitt, David |
The Marble Quilt: Stories |
|
| Lee, Don |
Yellow: Stories |

PW Notable |
| Leithauser, Brad |
A Few Corrections |

Book World Rave |
| Lennon, J. Robert |
On the Night Plain |
|
| Leroy, J.T. |
Heart is Deceitful Above All Things |
PW Notable |
| Liebrecht, Savyon |
A Man and a Woman and a Man |

1st |
| Lincoln, Christine |
Sap Rising |
1st |
| Litton, Josie |
Dream of Me/Believe in Me |
LJ Top Debut |
| Livesey, Margot |
Eva Moves the Furniture |
  PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Lodge, David |
Thinks |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Long, Goldberry M. |
Juniper Tree Burning |

1st |
| Lowy, Jonathan |
Elvis and Nixon |
|
| MacLeod, Alistair |
Island: The Complete Stories |

NYTBR Notable
ALA Notable Book |
| Maddox, Bruno |
My Little Blue Dress |
NYTBR Notable |
| Makine, Andrei |
Requiem for a Lost Empire |
|
| Maklya, Kanan |
The Rock: A Seventh Century Tale of Jerusalem |

Booklist Editors' Choice
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels |
| Mapson, Jo-Ann |
Bad Girl Creek: A Novel in 4 Voices |
|
| Marai, Sandor |
Embers |
 
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Marcom, Micheline Aharonian |
Three Apples Fell From Heaven |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Marius, Richard |
An Affair of Honor |
|
| Markson, David |
This Is Not a Novel |

PW Notable |
| Martin, Lee |
Quakertown |
1st
Book World Rave |
| Mason, Bobbie Ann |
Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail: Stories |
NYTBR Notable |
| Mawer, Simon |
The Gospel of Judas: A Novel |
|
| McCaffrey, Anne |
The Skies of Pern |
|
| McConnochie, Mardi |
Coldwater |
1st
Book World Rave |
| McCorkle, Jill |
Creatures of Habit: Stories |
Book World Rave
|
| McCracken, Elizabeth |
Niagara Falls All Over Again |
   PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| McCrumb, Sharyn |
The Songcatcher |
|
| McDevitt, Jack |
Deepsix |
 
Library Journal Best Genre |
| McFarland, Dennis |
The Singing Boy |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| McGarry, Terry |
Illumination |
1st
Library Journal Best Genre |
| McGowan, Heather |
Schooling |
1st
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| McHugh, Maureen F. |
Nekropolis |
NYTBR Notable |
| McMahon, Donna |
Dance of Knives (paper) |
NYTBR Notable |
| McMillan, Terry |
A Day Late and a Dollar Short |
 
Book World Rave |
| McMullen, Sean |
Eyes of the Calculor |

Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
| McPhee, Jenny |
The Center of Things |
NYTBR Notable |
| Meallet, Sandro |
Edgwater Angels |

1st |
| Meehan, Michael |
The Salt of Broken Tears |
|
| Meidav, Edie |
The Far Field: A Novel of Ceylon |
1st |
| Menendez, Ana |
In Cuba I Was a German Shepard |
1st
NYTBR Notable |
| Messud, Claire |
Hunters: Two Novellas |

NYTBR Notable
PEN/Faulkner Finalist |
| Michaels, Kasey |
Love to Love You Baby (paper) |
|
| Michaels, Lisa |
Grand Ambitions |

1st
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Michelsen, G.F. |
Hard Bottom |
|
| Middleton, Haydn |
Grimm's Last Fairytale |
|
| Mieville, China |
Perdido Street Station |
|
| Miller, Rebecca |
Personal Velocity |
Book World Rave |
| Miller, Sue |
The World Below |

NYTBR Notable |
| Mills, Magnus |
Three to See the King |
|
| Mitchard, Jacquelyn |
A Theory of Relativity |
|
| Moody, Martha |
Best Friends |

1st |
| Moody, Rick |
Demonolgy: Stories |
NYTBR Notable |
| Moorcock, Michael |
King of the City |
|
| Morris, Willie |
Taps |
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Morrissey, Donna |
Kit's Law (trade paper) |
|
| Moshiri, Farnoosh |
The Bathhouse |
|
| Mount, Ferdinand |
Fairness |
Booker Prize nominee
2001
Book World Rave |
| Mujica, Barbara |
Frida |
|
| Mulisch, Harry |
The Procedure |
|
| Muller, Herta |
The Appointment |
|
| Munro, Alice |
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories |
 
PW Notable
NYTBR Editor's Choice
Library Journal Best Book
NBCC Award Nominee
LA Times Fiction Prize Nominee |
| Murakami, Haruki |
Sputnik Sweetheart |
 
NYTBR Notable |
| Muske-Dukes, Carol |
Life After Death |
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| Naipaul, V.S. |
Half a Life |
   
Booker Prize nominee 2001
Nobel Prize Winner
Book World Rave |
| Nevin, David |
Treason |
 
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels |
| Nissen,
Thisbe |
The Good People of New York |
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Nissenson, Hugh |
The Song of the Earth |
Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
| Nooteboom, Cees |
All Soul's Day |
 
Book World Rave |
| Norfolk, Lawrence |
In the Shape of a Boar |
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| Nunez, Sigrid |
For Ruenna |
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| Nye, Robert |
Falstaff |

PW Notable |
| Oates, Joyce Carol |
Middle Age: A Romance |

Book World Rave |
| Oates, Joyce Carol |
Faithless: Tales of Transgression |
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| Obejas, Achy |
Days of Awe |
 
Lamda Winner
Booklist Top Gay and Lesbian Books |
| Odom, Mel |
The Rover |
Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
| O'Faolain, Nuala |
My Dream of You |
1st
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Nominee |
| O'Farrell, Maggie |
After You'd Gone |
1st |
| Olds, Bruce |
Bucking the Tiger |

ALA Notable Book
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels |
| Ong, Han |
Fixer Chao |
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| Orner, Peter |
Esther Stories |

NYTBR Notable |
| Oz, Amos |
The Same Sea |
NYTBR Notable |
| Palahniuk, Chuck |
Choke |
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| Pamuk, Ophan |
My Name is Red |

PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
|
| Pap, Karoly |
Azarel (trade paper) |

Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Parker, Michael |
Towns Without Rivers |
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| Parker, Robert B. |
Gunman's Rhapsody |
PW Notable |
| Parsons, Alexander |
Leaving Disneyland |

1st |
| Parsons, Tony |
Man and Boy |
British Book Award Book
of the Year |
| Patchett, Ann |
Bel Canto |
NBCC Award Nominee
PEN/Faulkner Winner
Orange Prize Winner |
| Pate, Alexs D. |
West of Rehoboth |
 
BCALA Honor Book |
| Payne, Peggy |
Sister India |
NYTBR Notable |
| Phillips, Max |
The Artist's Wife |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Phillips, Susan Elizabeth |
This Heart of Mine |
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Poirier, Mark Jude |
Goats |

NYTBR Notable |
| Poniatowska, Elena |
Here's to You, Jesusa! |
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| Powell, Dawn |
Novels 1944 - 1962 |
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| Powell, Dawn |
Novels 1930 - 1942 |
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| Power, Nani |
Crawling at Night |
1st
NYTBR Notable
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Nominee |
| Quinn, Julia |
An Offer from a Gentleman (paper) |
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Rackham, Jeff |
The Rag & Bone Shop |
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| Randall, Alice |
The Wind Done Gone |
1st |
| Rayner, Richard |
The Cloud Sketcher |
 
Book World Rave |
| Ricks, Thomas E. |
A Soldier's Duty |
1st
Book World Rave |
| Rios, Julian |
Monstruary |
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| Rivas, Manuel |
The Carpenter's Pencil |
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| Roberts, Keith |
Pavane (trade paper reprint) |
NYTBR Notable |
| Roberts, Nora |
Dance Upon the Air (paper) |
Library Journal Best Genre
Romance Writers of America Top Ten |
| Robison, Mary |
Whey Did I Ever |
NYTBR Notable
LA Times Fiction Prize Nominee |
| Roby, Kimberla Lawson |
It's a Thin Line |
PW Notable |
| Roiphe, Katie |
Still She Haunts Me |

LJ Top Debut |
| Roley, Brian Ascalon |
American Son (trade paper) |
NYTBR Notable |
| Rosner, Elizabeth |
The Speed of Light |

1st |
| Roth, Philip |
The Dying Animal |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Rougeau, Remy |
All We Know of Heaven |
1st
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Rushdie, Salman |
Fury |
 
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Russell, Sean |
The One Kingdom: Book One of the Swan's War |
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| Russo, Richard |
Empire Falls |
  
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booksense Finalist
Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| Russo, Richard Paul |
Ship of Fools (trade paper) |
NYTBR Notable |
| Sagastizabal, Patricia |
A Secret for Julia |
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| Said, Kurban |
The Girl from the Golden Horn |
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| Sasson, Jean |
Ester's Child |
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| Schickler, David |
Kissing in Manhattan |
1st
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Schlink, Bernard |
Flights of Love: Stories |
 
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Schmidt, Heidi Jon |
Darling |
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| Schneider, Bart |
Secret Love |
Book World Rave
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Schnitzler, Arthur |
Night Games: And Other Stories |
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| Sebald, W. G. |
Austerlitz |
 
PW Notable
NYTBR Editors' Choice
Book World Rave
ALA Notable Book
NBCC Award Winner |
| Segal, Susan |
Aria |

1st
LJ Top Debut |
| Seiffert, Rachel |
The Dark Room |

Booker Prize shortlist 2001
1st
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Nominee |
| Settle, Mary Lee |
I, Roger Williams: A Fragment of Autobiography |
Book World Rave |
| Shaara, Jeff |
Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution |
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| Shakar, Alex |
The Savage Girl |

1st
NYTBR Notable
Booklist Top 10 First Novels
LJ Top Debut |
| Sharp, Adrienne |
White Swan, Black Swan: Stories |

1st |
| Shikibu, Murasaki |
Tale of Genji |
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| Shiner, Lewis |
Love in Vain |
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| Shreve, Anita |
The Last Time They Met |

PW Notable
Book World Rave |
| Sijie, Dai |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress |
 
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
LJ Top Debut |
| Silver, Marisa |
Babe in Paradise |
NYTBR Notable |
| Simpson, Helen |
Getting A Life: Stories |
NYTBR Notable |
| Sinclair, Iain |
Landor's Tower |

Book World Rave |
| Snyder, Don J. |
Night Crossing |
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| Soares, Jo |
Twelve Fingers: Biography of an Anarchist |
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| Spanbauer, Tom |
In the City of Shy Hunters |

Booklist Top Gay and Lesbian Books |
| Spark, Muriel |
Aiding and Abetting |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Spence, Gerry |
Half Moon and Empty Stars |
1st |
| Spencer, Elizabeth |
The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction |
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| Spiotta, Dana |
Lightning Field |

1st
NYTBR Notable |
| Straight, Susan |
Highwire Moon |

National Book Award Nominee
Book World Rave
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Strieber, Whitney |
The Last Vampire |
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| Styron, Alexandra |
All the Finest Girls |

Book World Rave |
| Suri, Manil |
Death of Vishnu |

Booker Prize nominee 2001
PW Notable
1st
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
ALA Notable Book
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Nominee
PEN/Faulkner Finalist |
| Swerling, Beverly |
City of Dreams: A Novel
of Early Manhattan |
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| Tan, Amy |
The Bonesetter's Daughter |
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| Tarr, Judith |
Pride of Kings (trade paper) |
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| Tate, James |
Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee |
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| Tenn, William |
Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn |
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| Terrell, Whitney |
The Huntsman |

NYTBR Notable |
| Thackara, James |
America's Children |
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| Theroux, Paul |
Hotel Honolulu |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Thon, Melanie Rae |
Sweet Hearts |
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| Toscana, David |
Our Lady of the Circus |

PW Notable |
| Treadway, Jessica |
And Give You Peace (trade paper) |
Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
| Turtledove,
Harry |
American Empire: Blood & Iron |
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| Turtledove,
Harry |
Colonization: Aftershocks |
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| Tyler, Anne |
Back When We Were Grownups |
 
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Udall, Brady |
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint |
 
PW Notable |
| Ulitskaya, Ludmila |
The Funeral Party |
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| Upadhyay, Samrat |
Arresting God in Kathmandu (trade Paper |
2001 Whiting Writer's Award |
| Van Den Brink, H.M. |
On the Water |
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| Vargas Llosa, Mario |
The Feast of the Goat |
   
PW Notable
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave
Library Journal Best Book
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels |
| Vickers, Sally |
Miss Garnet's Angel |
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| Vinge, Vernor |
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge |

Booklist Top 10 SF/F |
| Vollmann, William T. |
Argall |
 
PW Notable
Booklist Top Ten Historical Novels |
| Walbert, Kate |
Gardens of Kyoto |

NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Walton, Jo |
The King's Name |
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| Weatherford, Joyce |
Heart of the Beast |
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| Webb, James |
Lost Soldiers |
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| Weber, David/John Ringo |
March Upcountry |
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| Weiner, Jennifer |
Good in Bed |
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| Weldon, Fay |
The Bulgari Connection |
PW Notable |
| Welsh, Irvine |
Glue (trade paper) |

NYTBR Notable |
| West, Owen |
Sharkman Six |

1st |
| Wheeler, Richard S. |
Downriver: Barnaby Skye |
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| White, Michael C. |
A Dream of Wolves |
 
Book World Rave |
| Whitehead, Colson |
John Henry Days |

NYTBR Editors' Choice
Book World Rave
Booklist Editors' Choice
NBCC Award Nominee
BCALA Honor Book
LA Times Fiction Prize Nominee
Young Lions Fiction Award |
| Wiggs, Susan |
Halfway to Heaven (paper) |
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| Wilentz, Amy |
Martyrs' Crossing |
 
NYTBR Notable |
| Williams, Liz |
The Ghost Sister (paper) |
NYTBR Notable
Philip K. Dick Award nominee
1st |
| Williams, Tad |
Otherland: Sea of Silver Light |
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| Williamson, Jack |
Terraforming Earth |
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| Willis, Connie |
Passage |
 
Library Journal Best Genre |
| Wilson, Robert Charles |
The Chronoliths |

NYTBR Notable |
| Wilson, Wayne |
Eddie and Bella |
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| Winegardner,
Mark |
Crooked River Burning |
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| Wolcott, James |
The Catsitters |
1st |
| Wolfe, Gene |
Return to Whorl |
NYTBR Notable |
| Woodrell, Daniel |
The Death of Sweet Mister |
NYTBR Notable
Book World Rave |
| Wray, John |
The Right Hand of Sleep |

1st
NYTBR Notable
2001 Whiting Writer's Award
Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Nominee |
| Yamanaka, Lois-Ann |
Father of the Four Passages |
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| Yarbrough, Steve |
Visible Spirits |
Book World Rave |
| Yates, Richard |
The Collected Stories of Richard Yates |

NYTBR Notable
Library Journal Best Book |
| Youmans, Marly |
The Wolf Pit |

2001 Shaara Award |