Genre codes: A = African American, F = Fiction, GL = Gay or Lesbian, H = Historical, I=Inspirational/Christian, L = Literary, R = Romance or Romantic Suspense, SP = Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror), SS = Short Stories, W = Western.
| AUTHOR | TITLE | Stars ~ Notes | Genre |
Debut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abani, Chris | Graceland | LA Times Best Books LA Times Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
L | |
| Acito, Marc | How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater |  |
F | 1st |
| Ackroyd, Peter | The Clerkenwell Tales | |
H/L | |
| Adams, Lorraine | Harbor | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books LJ Best First Novels LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Winner |
F/L | 1st |
| Alexander, Alma | The Secrets of Jin-Shei | |
F | |
| Altom, Laura Marie | Kissing Frogs (paper) | |
R | |
| Ames, Jonathan | Wake, Up, Sir! | NYTBR Notable Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | |
| Amidon, Stephen | Human Capital | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice |
F* | |
| Andersch, Alfred | Cherries of Freedom | |
F | |
| Anderson, Alison | Darwin's Wink: A Novel of Nature and Love | |
F | |
| Anderson, Robert | Little Fugue | |
L | |
| Andrews, Mary Kay | Hissy Fit | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
R* | |
| Ash, Sarah | Prisoner of the Iron Tower: Book 2 of the Tears of Artamon | |
SP | |
| Asher, Neal | The Skinner | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi |
SP | |
| Atkinson, Kate | Case Histories | Whitbread Novel Shortlist Book Sense Picks Highlights Salon Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
L | |
| Audouard, Antoine | Farewell, My Only One | |
H | |
| Auchincloss, Louis | East Side Story | |
F | |
| Auster, Paul | City of Glass (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Austin, Lynn | A Light To My Path (paper) | |
I | |
| Azania, Malcolm & Minister Faust | The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (paper) | |
SP | |
| Azzopardi, Trezza | Remember Me | Seattle Times Best Books |
F/L* | |
| Baca, Jimmy Santiago | The Importance of a Piece of Paper: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Bailey, Paul | Uncle Rudolf | |
F | |
| Baird, Alison | The Stone of the Stars: Dragon Throne Book 1 | |
SP | |
| Bajwa, Rup | The Sari Shop | Orange Prize Longlist | L | 1st |
| Baker, Kage | Mother Aegypt: And Other Stories | |
SP/SS | |
| Baker, Nicolson | Checkpoint | |
L | |
| Bakker, R. Scott | The Darkness That Comes Before | PW Best Overlooked Books PW Best Books |
SP | |
| Baldacci, Sharon | A Sundog Moment: A Novel of Hope | |
I* | 1st |
| Ball, David | Ironfire | |
H | |
| Balogh, Mary | Slightly Sinful (paper) | |
R | |
| Banerji, Sara | Shining Hero (paper) | |
F | |
| Banks, Russell | The Darling | Book Sense Picks Highlights NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books LA Times Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
F/L* | |
| Banner, Keith | The Smallest People Alive (paper) | PW Best Books |
GL/L/SS | 1st |
| Barbieri, Heather | Snow in July | LJ Best First Novels | F | 1st |
| Baricco, Alessandro | Without Blood | |
L | |
| Barnes, Julian | The Lemon Table: Stories | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books ALA Notable Books |
L/SS | |
| Basu, Kunal | The Miniaturist | |
L | |
| Baxter, Stephen | Exultant | |
SP | |
| Beinhart, Larry | The Librarian | |
L | |
| Bell, Madison Smartt | The Stone That the Builder Refused | NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
L/H | |
| Benaissa, Slimane | The Last Night of a Damned Soul | |
L | |
| Bendis, Brian Michael and Mike Avon Oeming | Powers vol 5: Anarchy | |
graphic novel | |
| Benioff, David | When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Benmalek, Anouar | The Lovers of Algeria (paper) | |
L | |
| Berger, Thomas | Adventures of the Artificial Woman | |
F | |
| De Bernieres, Louis | Birds Without Wings | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction LA Times Best Books Seattle Times Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice LJ Best Books ALA Notable Books Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
H | |
| Berry, Wendell | Hannah Coulter | Booklist Editors' Choice |
L | |
| Beyer, Mark | Amy and Jordan | |
graphic novel | |
| Bezmozgis, David | Natasha and Other Stories | Borders Original Voices Award Nominee NYTBR Notable PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books LA Times Best Books LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
L/SS* | 1st |
| Billingsley, Reshonda Tate | Let the Church Say Amen (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books |
A/I | |
| Birmingham, John | Weapons of Choice (paper) | PW Best Books |
SP | |
| Blackston, Ray | A Delirious Summer (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Blackwood, Jane | A Hard Man is Good to Find (paper) | |
R | |
| Blake, James Carlos | Handsome Harry | |
H | |
| Block, Brett Ellen | The Grave of God's Daughter | F/H | 1st | |
| Bloodworth-Thomason, Linda | Liberating Paris | |
F* | 1st |
| Bohjalian, Chris | Before You Know Kindness | |
F/L | |
| Bojanowski, Marc | The Dog Fighter | LJ Best Debuts |
F | 1st |
| Booth, Martin | A Very Private Gentleman | |
L | |
| Boyle, T. C. | The Inner Circle | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Bozai, Agota | To Err Is Divine (paper) | |
L | |
| Braff, Joshua | The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green | Booklist Top 10 First Novels ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Braver, Adam | Divine Sarah | Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books | H | |
| Brite, Poppy Z. | Triads | |
F/SP | |
| Brockway, Connie | My Pleasure (paper) | |
R | |
| Brockway, Connie | My Seduction (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Brookner, Anita | The Rules of Engagement | Washington Post Book World Rave |
L | |
| Brown, Charles N. (ed) | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy | |
SP/SS | |
| Brown, Chester | Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography | |
grapic novel | |
| Brown, Jeffrey | Bighead (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Buchan, Elizabeth | The Good Wife Strikes Back | |
F* | |
| Buckley, Christopher | Florence of Arabia | Thurber Prize for American Humor |
F | |
| Budz, Mark | Crache (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks |
SP | |
| Burke, Kealan Patrick (ed) | Taverns of the Dead | |
SP | |
| Burke, Shannon | Safelight | Kirkus Best Books LJ Best First Novels |
F/A | 1st |
| Butler, Robert Olen | Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
L/SS* | |
| Byatt, A.S. | Little Black Book of Stories | LA Times Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien | Madeleine Is Sleeping | National Book Award Finalist Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books LJ Best First Novels |
L | 1st |
| Byrd, Max | Shooting the Sun | |
H | |
| Caldwell, Ian & Dustin Thomason | The Rule of Four | LJ Best Debuts |
F* | 1st |
| Callanan, Liam | The Cloud Atlas | LJ Best Debuts Nancy Pearl's Picks |
F/H | 1st |
| Campbell, Ramsey | Alone with the Horrors: Short Fiction 1961-1991 | |
SP/SS | |
| Canales, Juan Diaz and Juanjo Guarnido | Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation | |
graphic novel | |
| Capella, Anthony | The Food of Love | |
F* | 1st |
| Capote, Truman | The Collected Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Carey, Jacqueline | Banewreacker: Sunderlin, Book 1 | Library Journal Best Genre Fiction | SP | |
| Carlson, Melody | Crystal Lies (paper) | |
I | |
| Carlyle, Liz | A Deal With the Devil (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Carmichael, Emily | Gone to the Dogs (paper) | |
R | |
| Carter, Alden R. | Bright Starry Banner: A Novel of the Civil War | |
H | |
| Cercas, Javier | Soldiers of Salamis | LA Times Best Books | H/L | |
| Chaon, Dan | You Remind Me of Me | LJ Best Debuts Washington Post Book World Rave Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Seattle Times Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F/L | 1st |
| Chappell, Henry C. | Blood Kin | |
H | |
| Charlesworth, Monique | The Children's War | |
F/H | |
| Charyn, Jerome | The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russa | LA Times Best Books | L | |
| Chase, Loretta | Miss Wonderful (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books |
R | |
| Chekhov, Anton | Complete Short Novels | |
L | |
| Cherneko, Dan | The Chernagor Pirates (paper) | |
SP | |
| Cherryh, C.J. | Forge of Heaven | |
SP | |
| Chevalier, Tracy | The Lady and the Unicorn | Washington Post Book World Rave SLJ Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
H* | |
| Christensen, Kate | The Epicure's Lament | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F/L | |
| Christensen, Lars | The Half Brother | PW Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Clark, Martin | Plain Heathen Mischief | Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F/L | |
| Clark, Robert David | Flowers of Dinh Ba Forest (paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Clarke, Susanna | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell | Whitbread First Novel Shortlist Book Sense Picks Highlights Borders Original Voices Award Nominee Nancy Pearl's Picks Booklist Top 10 First Novels NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books Kirkus Best Novels Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Time Best Books Salon Best Books Seattle Times Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf Booklist Editors' Choice LJ Best Books LJ Best First Novels Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
H/SP | 1st |
| Clegg, Douglas | Afterlife (paper) | |
SP | |
| Cline, Rachel | What to Keep | Kirkus Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Collins, Max Allan | Road to Purgatory | |
H | |
| Conde, Maryse | Who Slashed Celanires Throat: A Fantastical Tale | Washington Post Book World Rave | L | |
| Condon, Phil | Clay Center | Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
H | 1st |
| Connelly, Neil | Buddy Cooper Finds a Way | |
F | |
| Cook, K.L. | Last Call: Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Cook, Lorna J. | Departures | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults | F | 1st |
| Cookson, Catherine | Kate Hannigan | |
R/F* | |
| Cooper, J. California | Some People, Some Other Place | BCALA Lit Award Honor Book | A/F | |
| Coplin, Keith | Crofton's Fire | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
H | 1st |
| Cornwell, Bernard | Sharpe's Escape: Spain and Portugal, 1810 | Washington Post Book World Rave |
H* | |
| Cowell, Stephanie | Marrying Mozart | |
H | |
| Cozarinsky, Edgardo | The Bride from Odessa | Booklist Editors' Choice | L/SS | |
| Cramer, W. Dale | Bad Ground (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels PW Best Books LJ Best Genre Books |
I | |
| Cronin, Justin | The Summer Guest | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F/L | 1st |
| Crusie, Jennifer | Bet Me | Kirkus Best Romances |
R* | |
| Cunningham, M. Allen | The Green Age of Asher Witherow | Book Sense Picks Highlights LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Cusk, Rachel | The Lucky Ones | Whitbread Award shortlist |
F/R* | |
| Dalton, John | Heaven Lake | PW Best Overlooked Books PW Best Books B&N Discover Great New Writers Winner |
F/L* | 1st |
| Dangor, Achmat | Bitter Fruit (paper) | |
L | |
| Danticat, Edwidge | The Dew Breaker | Washington Post Book World Rave Booklist Editors' Choice NBCC Finalist |
A/L* | |
| Darlington, Tenaya | Maybe Baby (paper) | |
F | |
| Datlow, Ellen (ed) | The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 17th | |
SP | |
| Davidson, Mary Janice | Undead and Unwed (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances | R | |
| Day, Cathy | The Circus in Winter | LJ Best Debuts |
F | 1st |
| De Kretser, Michelle | The Hamilton Case | Nancy Pearl's Picks NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave Time Best Books B&N Discover Great New Writers Runner Up |
L* | |
| DeMarinis, Rick | Apocalypse Then: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Dejohn, Jacqueline | Antonio's Wife | Booklist Top 10 First Novels |
H/R | 1st |
| Delbanco, Nicholas | The Vagabonds | |
F | 1st |
| D'Erasamo, Stacey | A Seahorse Year | Stonewall Book Award Honor Book |
L | |
| Desaulniers, Janet | What You've Been Missing | |
L/SS | |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Queen of Dreams | |
F/L | |
| Doctorow, E.L. | Sweet Land: Stories | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
L/SS | |
| Doerr, Anthony | About Grace | Book Sense Picks Highlights Washington Post Book World Rave LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Donoghue, Emily | Life Mask | Washington Post Book World Rave |
H | |
| Donovan, Anne | Buddha Da (paper) | Whitbread Award shortlist Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F/L | 1st |
| Douglass, Sara | The Nameless Day: Crucible Book One | |
SP* | |
| Dozois, Gardner | The Year's Best Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection | |
SP | |
| Drabble, Margaret | Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedy | |
L | |
| Drummond, Laurie Lynn | Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You | |
F/SS | |
| Duchamp, L.Timmel | Love's Body, Dancing in Time (paper) | |
F/SS | |
| Dudman, Claire | One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead | |
H | |
| Dunant, Sarah | The Birth of Venus | |
H* | |
| Dunbar, Dayna | The Saints and Sinners of Okay County | |
F* | 1st |
| Dunmore, Helen | Mourning Ruby | |
L | |
| Dunn, Mark | Ibid: A Life | |
L | |
| Dunn, Sarah | The Big Love | Book Sense Picks Highlights PW Hot Fiction Debuts LJ Best Books |
F* | 1st |
| Dunne, John Gregory | Nothing Lost | Kirkus Best Books LA Times Best Books |
F | |
| DuPree, Kia | Robbing Peter (paper) | BCALA Lit Award Honor Book | A/F | |
| Duval, Pete | Rear View: Stories (paper) | LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
L/SS | 1st |
| Edugyan, Esi | The Second Life of Samuel Tyne | |
F/A | |
| Elbom, Gilad | Scream Queens of the Dead Sea | |
F | 1st |
| Elliott, Stephen | Happy Baby | Salon Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | |
| Elmer, Robert | The Duet (paper) | |
I | |
| Elphinstone, Margaret | Voyageurs | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
H/L | |
| Engel, Mary Potter | Stranger and Soujorners: Stories from the Lowcountry | |
SS | |
| Eprile, Tony | The Persistence of Memory | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
L | |
| Erdrich, Louise | Four Souls | NYTBR Notable Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice |
F/L* | |
| Esterhazy, Peter | Celestial Harmonies | |
F/H | |
| Estleman, Loren | Port Hazard: Page Murdock | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
W | |
| Everett, Percival L. | American Desert | PW Best Books |
A/L | |
| Faber, Michel | Courage Consort: Three Novellas | |
L/SS | |
| Farah, Nuruddin | Links | Washington Post Book World Rave Kirkus Best Books Newsweek Best Books |
F/L | |
| Ferrell, Anderson | Women Too Much | |
F | |
| Fischer, Jackie | An Egg on Three Sticks (paper) | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | |
| Fischer, Tibor | Voyage to the End of the Room | Kirkus Best Books |
L | |
| Fletcher, Susan | Eve Green | Whitbread First Novel Shortlist LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist |
F | 1st |
| Fowler, Karen Joy | The Jane Austen Book Club | Book Sense Picks Highlights NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books |
F* | |
| Frank, Elizabeth | Cheat and Charmer | |
F | 1st |
| Frank, Jeffrey | Bad Publicity | Kirkus Best Books |
F | |
| Freed, Lynn | Curse of the Appropriate Man (paper) | NYTBR Notable |
F/SS | |
| Freeman, David | It's All True: A Novel of Hollywood | LA Times Best Books | F | |
| Freethy, Barbara | Golden Lies (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | R | |
| Freud, Esther | The Sea House | |
F/L | |
| Friddle, Mindy | The Garden Angel | |
F | 1st |
| Friedman, Elyse | Waking Beauty (paper) | |
F/R | |
| Gemmell, David | The Swords of Night and Day | |
SP | |
| Gibson, Rachel | Daisy's Back in Town (paper) | |
R | |
| Gillespie, Karin | Bet Your Bottom Dollar | |
F* | 1st |
| Gingrich, Newt & William R. Fortschen | Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War | |
H* | |
| Glatt, Lisa | A Girl Becomes a Comma LIke That | LA Times First Fiction Book Prize Finalist | F | 1st |
| Goebel, Joey | Torture the Artist | |
F | |
| Golden, Christpher | The Boys Are Back in Town (paper) | Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
SP | |
| Goldman, Francisco | The Divine Husband | Book Sense Picks Highlights Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
L/H* | |
| Goldman, Judy | Early Leaving | |
F | |
| Gore, Kristin | Sammy's Hill | |
F* | 1st |
| Gould, Steven | Reflex | |
SP | |
| Graver, Elizabeth | Awake | |
F | |
| Grayson, Elizabeth | Moon in the Water (paper) | |
R | |
| Greenman, Ben | Superworse: The Novel: A Remix of Superbad Stories and Pieces (paper) | |
L | |
| Greer, Andrew Sean | The Confessions of Max Tivoli | Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction LJ Best Books |
F/SP | |
| Griffin, Emily | Something Borrowed | |
F/R | 1st |
| Grimsley, Jim | The Ordinary | |
SP | |
| Groot, Tracy | Stones of My Accusers (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Gross, Claudia | Scholarium | |
L | |
| Grossman, David | Someone to Run With | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
L | |
| Gruen, Sara | Riding Lessons (paper) | |
R | |
| Gutteridge, Rene | Splitting Storm (paper) | |
I | |
| Hagen, George | The Laments | LJ Best Debuts Kirkus Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Hallowell, Janis | The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn | LJ Best Debuts Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F* | 1st |
| Halpin, Brendan | Donorboy | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults |
F | 1st |
| Hamilton, Peter F. | Pandora's Star | |
SP | |
| Hamilton, Masha | The Distance Between Us | LJ Best Books |
F* | |
| Hancock, Karen | The Shadow Within (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Hand, Elizabeth | Mortal Love | Washington Post Book World Rave |
F/SP | |
| Harington, Donald | With | Washington Post Book World Rave |
F | |
| Harris, Joanne | Holy Fools | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F* | |
| Harris, Joanne | Jigs & Reels: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| Harrison, Jim | True North | LA Times Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F/L | |
| Harrison, M. John | Light (paper) | |
SP | |
| Haruf, Kent | Eventide | Book Sense Picks Highlights Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
F/L* | |
| Hatcher, Robin | Catching Katie (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | I | |
| Haydon, Elizabeth | Elegy for a Lost Star: Symphony of Ages, Book 5 | |
SP | |
| Helprin, Mark | The Pacific and Other Stories | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
L/SS | |
| Henderson, Genie Chipps | A Woman of the World (paper) | PW Hot Fiction Debuts | F/H | 1st |
| Henley, Robin | The Assistants | |
F | |
| Henry, Patti Callahan | Losing the Moon (paper) | |
F/R | |
| Hern, Candice | Once a Gentleman (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | R | |
| Hernandez, Jaime | Locas: a Love & Rockets Book | |
graphic novel | |
| Hickman, Tracy & Laura | Mystic Warrior: Book One of the Bronze Canticles | |
SP | |
| Hill, Ingrid | Ursula, Under | Book Sense Picks Highlights Washington Post Book World Rave |
F | 1st |
| Hill, Sandra | The Cajun Cowboy (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Hill, Sandra | A Tale of Two Vikings (paper) | |
R | |
| Hoban, Russell | Her Name Was Lola | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Hobb, Robin | Fool's Fate: Book 3 Tawny Man | |
SP | |
| Hodgson, Barbara | The Lives of Shadows | |
graphic novel | |
| Hoffman, Alice | Blackbird House | |
F/L* | |
| Hofmann, Gert | Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl | |
L | |
| Holdstock, Robert | The Iron Grail | |
SP | |
| Hollinghurst, Alan | The Line of Beauty | Booker Winner Whitbread Novel Shortlist NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Salon Best Books Economist Best Books Village Voice Top Shelf Stonewall Book Award Honor Book NBCC Finalist |
L/GL | |
| Horsley, Kate | The Changeling of Finnistuath | |
H | |
| Hospital, Janette Turner | North of Nowhere, South of Loss: Stories | |
L/SS | |
| House, Silas | The Coal Tattoo | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F | |
| Howard, Linda | Kiss Me While I Sleep | Kirkus Best Romances | R | |
| Howard, Maureen | The Silver Screen | |
F/L | |
| Howatch, Susan | The Heartbreaker | |
F* | |
| Hubbard, L. Ron | To The Stars | |
SP | |
| Hueler, Karen | The Soft Room | |
L | |
| Huggins, James Byron | Nightbringer | LJ Best Genre Books | I | |
| Hunt, Samantha | The Seas | Village Voice Top Shelf | F | 1st |
| Huyler, Frank | The Laws of Invisible Things | |
F | 1st |
| Hyland, M.J. | How the Light Gets In | B&N Discover Great New Writers Runner Up | F | |
| Hynes, James | Kings of Infinite Space | Washington Post Book World Rave | F/L | |
| Inoue, Santa | Tokyo Tribes (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Isaacs, Susan | Any Place I Hang My Hat | Washington Post Book World Rave Seattle Times Best Books |
F | |
| Jaime-Becerra, Michael | Every Night is Ladies' Night | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Jen, Gish | The Love Wife | |
F | |
| Jillette, Penn | Sock (paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Jin, Ha | War Trash | NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books PEN/Faulkner Award Pulitzer Prize Finalist |
L* | |
| Joe, Yolanda | My Fine Lady | |
A | |
| Jones, Gwyneth | Life | Seattle Times Best Books |
SP* | |
| Jones, Linda Winstead | The Sun Witch (paper) | |
R | |
| Jordan, Robert | New Spring: The Wheel of Time In the Beginning | |
SP* | |
| Judson, Theodore | Fitzpatrick's War | PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books |
SP | 1st |
| Just, Ward | An Unfinished Season | NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Pulitzer Prize Finalist Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
F/H | |
| Kafka, Kimberly | Miranda's Vines | |
F | |
| Kaldes, Pauline (ed) | Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction | |
L/SS | |
| Kallos, Stephanie | Broken for You | Book Sense Picks Highlights LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Kantner, Seth | Ordinary Wolves | LJ Best Debuts Book Sense Picks Highlights Booklist Top 10 First Novels PW Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Karnezis, Panos | The Maze | Whitbread First Novel Shortlist |
H/L* | 1st |
| Kashua, Sayed | Dancing Arabs (paper) | |
L | |
| Kay, Guy Gavriel | The Last Light of the Sun | Washington Post Book World Rave |
SP | |
| Keane, John B. | The Teapots Are Out (paper) | |
F/SS | |
| Kelman, James | You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free | Village Voice Top Shelf |
F/L | |
| Kelton, Elmer | Jericho's Road | |
W | |
| Keneally, Thomas | The Tyrant's Novel | NYTBR Notable |
F/L | |
| Kerstan, Lynn | Dangerous Deceptions (paper) | |
R | |
| Khadra, Yasmina | The Swallows of Kabul | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice ALA Notable Books |
F | |
| Khan, Uzma Aslam | Trespassing | |
L | 1st |
| Kimmel, Haven | Something Rising Light and Swift | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F* | |
| King, Adele (ed) | From Africa: New Francophone Stories | |
L/SS | |
| King, Stephen | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower | Washington Post Book World Rave |
SP | |
| King, Stephen | The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah | |
SP | |
| Kirby, Jack | Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by jack Kirby, Vol 2 (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Kirshenbaum, Binnie | An Almost Perfect Moment | |
F/L | |
| Kleypas, Lisa | Secrets of Summer Night (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks |
R | |
| Kohler, Sheila | Crossways | |
L | |
| Krahn, Betina | The Marriage Test (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
L/SS* | |
| Kreitman, Esther | Deborah | |
F/H | 1st |
| Krohn, Leena | Tainaron: Mail from Another City | |
SP | |
| Kruger, Michael | Cello Player | |
F | |
| Kunzru, Hari | Transmission | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Seattle Times Best Books |
L* | |
| Landor, Barth | A Week in Winter | |
F | |
| Lane, Connie | Dirty Little Lies (paper) | |
R | |
| Langer, Adam | Crossing California | LJ Best Debuts Borders Original Voices Award Nominee Nancy Pearl's Picks Booklist Top 10 First Novels PW Best Books |
H* | 1st |
| Langridge, Roger | Fred the Clown | |
graphic novel | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories | |
SP/SS | |
| Laurens, Camille | In His Arms | |
F | |
| Leavett, David | The Body of Jonah Boyd | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Lebrecht, Norman | The Song of Names (paper) | |
F | |
| Lee, Chang-Rae | Aloft | NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Chicago Sun-Times Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Seattle Times Best Books |
L* | |
| Lee, Don | Country of Origin | LJ Best Debuts |
L | 1st |
| Lehrer, Jim | Flying Crows | Washington Post Book World Rave | F | |
| Lemmons, Thom | Sunday Clothes (paper) | |
I | |
| Lessing, Doris | The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels | |
L | |
| Lester, Julius | The Autobiography of God | |
L | |
| Lethem, Jonathan | Men and Cartoons: Stories | NYTBR Notable | L* | |
| Lindgren, Torgny | Hash | |
L | |
| LIndskold, Jane | Wolf Captured | |
SP | |
| Livesey, Margot | Banishing Verona | PW Best Books |
L | |
| Loh, Vyvyane | Breaking the Tongue | LJ Best Debuts PW Best Books |
H/L* | 1st |
| Lopez, Barry | Resistance | Booklist Editors' Choice |
F | |
| Lordan, Beth | But Come Ye Back | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
F/L | |
| Lovric, Michelle | The Floating Book | |
F/H* | 1st |
| Lowy, Jonathan | Temple of Music | |
H | |
| Maine, David | The Preservationist | Book Sense Picks Highlights PW Hot Fiction Debuts PW Best Books |
L | 1st |
| Malladi, Amulya | Serving Crazy With Curry | |
F | |
| Mallon, Thomas | Bandbox | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books |
H | |
| Manfredi, Renee | Above the Thunder | |
L | 1st |
| Marai, Sandor | Casanova in Bolzano | Washington Post Book World Rave | L | |
| Marcom, Micheline Aharonian | The Daydreaming Boy | LA Times Best Books |
F | |
| Marillier, Juliet | Foxmask: Saga of the Light Isles, Book 2 | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
SP | |
| Marley, Louise | The Child Goddess | LJ Best Genre Books | SP | |
| Marks, Laurie J. | Earth Logic: Elemental Logic, Book 2 | |
SP | |
| Markson, David | Vanishing Point (paper) | Kirkus Best Books |
L | |
| Marshall, Bev | Right As Rain | |
F | |
| Marson, Bonnie | Sleeping with Schubert: A Novel of Genuis, Passion and Hair | LJ Best Debuts Washington Post Book World Rave |
F | 1st |
| Martel, Yann | The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios | Booklist Editors' Choice |
L/ss* | |
| Martinez, Nina Marie | Caramba: A Tale Told in Turns of the Card | |
F* | 1st |
| Martinsun, Cindy McCormick | The Salt Garden (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | I | |
| Masamune, Shirow | Ghost in the Shell | |
graphic novel | |
| Mason, Sarah | Playing James (paper) | |
F/R | 1st |
| Matthews, Carole | A Whiff of Scandal | Kirkus Best Romances | R | |
| Mattison, Alice | The Wedding of the Two-Headed Woman | |
F | |
| Maverick, Liz | The Shadow Runners (paper) | |
R | |
| Maxted, Anna | Being Committed | |
F | |
| May, John | Poe and Fanny | |
H | 1st |
| McAdam, Colin | Some Great Thing | |
F | 1st |
| McAuley, Paul | White Devils | |
SP | |
| McBride, Regina | The Marriage Bed | |
H | |
| McCabe, Eugene | Heaven Lies About Us: Stories | |
F/SS | |
| McCabe, John | Herding Cats (paper) | |
F | |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa | |
F/SS | |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | The Full Cupboard of Life | |
F | |
| McCown, Clint | The Weatherman | |
F/L | |
| McDevitt, Jack | Polaris | |
SP | |
| McFarland, Dennis | Prince Edward | Washington Post Book World Rave Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
H/L* | |
| McKillip, Patricia A. | Alphabet of Thorn | PW Best Books LJ Best Genre Books |
SP | |
| McKinney-Whetstone, Diane | Leaving Cecil Street | BCALA Lit Award Winner | A/F | |
| McMahon, Thomas | Ira Foxglove | |
F | |
| McMullen, Sean | Glass Dragons | |
SP | |
| McNicholl, Damian | A Son Called Gabriel | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F | |
| McPhee, Jenny | No Ordinary Matter | |
F | |
| Mda, Zakes | The Madonna of Excelsior | ALA Notable Books |
L | |
| Means, David | The Secret Goldfish: Stories | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F/SS | |
| Melton, Marliss | Forget Me Not (paper) | |
R | |
| Mestre-Reed, Ernesto | The Second Death of Unica Aveyano | Washington Post Book World Rave | L | |
| Metzger, Barbara | Wedding Bliss (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances |
R | |
| Meyers, Kent | Work of Wolves | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
F | |
| Michaels, Kasey | The Butler Did It (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks |
R | |
| Micklem, Sarah | Firethorn | |
SP | 1st |
| Mieville, China | Iron Council | Washington Post Book World Rave |
SP | |
| Mignola, Mike | Hellboy Vol 5 | |
graphic novel | |
| Mills, Mark | Amagansett | Book Sense Picks Highlights Borders Original Voices Award Nominee LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Min, Anchee | Empress Orchid | |
H* | |
| Mirvis, Tova | The Outside World | |
L* | |
| Mitcham, Judson | Sabbath Creek | |
F | |
| Mitchell, David | Cloud Atlas (paper) | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave Seattle Times Best Books Economist Best Books LJ Best Books ALA Notable Books NBCC Finalist Nebula Award Finalist |
H/L | |
| Mitchell, Judith Claire | The Last Day of the War | |
H | |
| Modesitt, L. E. | Flash | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi |
SP* | |
| Moon, Elizabeth | Marque and Reprisal | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi |
SP | |
| Moore, Christopher | The Stupidist Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F | |
| Morrall, Clare | Astonishing Splashes of Colour | |
F | |
| Morren, Ruth Axtell | Wild Rose (paper) | |
I | |
| Morris, Mary McGarry | A Hole in the Universe | Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
F | |
| Mosher, Howard Frank | Waiting for Teddy Williams | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F | |
| Mosley, Walter | The Man in My Basement | |
L/A* | |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | The Tree Bride | |
L* | |
| Munro, Alice | Runaway: Stories | Giller Prize Winner NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books Time Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice ALA Notable Books |
L/SS | |
| Murkoff, Bruce | Waterborne | Booklist Top 10 First Novels Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
L | 1st |
| Murray, Paul | An Evening of Long Goodbyes | Whitbread Award First Novel shortlist Booklist Top 10 First Novels PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Booklist Editors' Choice |
F/L | 1st |
| Murray, Sabina | A Carivore's Inquiry | |
F/L | 1st |
| Naipaul, V.S. | Magic Seeds | NYTBR Notable PW Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
L | |
| Napolitano, Ann | Within Arms Reach | LJ Best Debuts |
F | 1st |
| Nattel, Lilian | The Singing Fire | |
F/L | |
| Nicholls, David | A Question of Atraction | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | 1st |
| Niekerk, Marlene | Triomf | |
L | 1st |
| Nissen, Thisbe | Osprey Island | |
F | |
| Nova, Craig | Cruisers | LA Times Best Books | F | |
| Novakovich, Josip | April Fool's Day | Village Voice Top Shelf |
F | |
| Oates, Joyce Carol | The Falls | Book Sense Picks Highlights NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Chicago Sun-Times Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Seattle Times Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
L | |
| O'Dell, Tawni | Coal Run | PW Best Books |
F* | |
| Olsen, Mark Andrew | The Assignment (paper) | |
I | |
| O'Neill, Jamie | Kilbrack (paper) | Kirkus Best Books |
L | |
| O'Shea, Patti | The Power of Two (paperback) | |
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| Oz, Amos | A Tale of Love and Darkness | Nancy Pearl's Picks Economist Best Books |
L | |
| Ozick, Cynthia | Heir to the Glimmering World | Book Sense Picks Highlights NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
L/H | |
| Paddock, Jennifer | A Secret Word (paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Paisner, Don | Mourning Wood | |
F | |
| Pamuk, Orhan | Snow | NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books Washington Post Book World Rave Salon Best Books Economist Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
L | |
| Panter, Gary | Jimbo in Purgatory | |
graphic novel | |
| Parker, Robert | Double Play | PW Best Books |
H* | |
| Parsons, Tony | One for My Baby | |
F | |
| Paz Soldan, Edmundo | The Matter of Desire (paper) | |
L | |
| Pavelich, Matt | Our Savage | Washington Post Book World Rave | L/H | |
| Perlman, Elliot | Seven Types of Ambiguity | |
F | |
| Perrotta, Tom | Little Children | NYTBR Notable Newsweek Best Books Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books Seattle Times Best Books LJ Best Books |
F | |
| Peterson, Paula W. | Women in the Grove | |
F/SS | |
| Pezzelli, Peter | Home to Italy (paper) | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F | |
| Pfarrer, Donald | The Fearless Man: A Novel of Vietnam | |
F/H | |
| Phillips, Arthur | The Egyptologist | Washington Post Book World Rave Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction LA Times Best Books |
F | |
| Phillips, Delores | The Darkest Child | BCALA First Novelist Award |
A/F | 1st |
| Phillips, Scott | Cottonwood | Kirkus Best Books |
H | |
| Phillips, Susan Elizabeth | Ain't She Sweet | Booklist Top 10 Romances | R* | |
| Picoult, Jodi | My Sister's Keeper | Washington Post Book World Rave Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F* | |
| Plimpton, George | The Curious Case of Sidd Finch (paper) | |
F | |
| Pohl, Frederick | The Boy Who Would Live Forever: Gateway | Kirkus Best Sci-Fi |
SP | |
| Poniatowska, Elena | The Skin of the Sky | |
F/L | |
| Pratchett, Terry | Going Postal | |
SP | |
| Pressfield, Steven | The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great | Seattle Times Best Books |
H | |
| Pritchard, Melissa | Late Bloomer | |
R | |
| Proulx, Annie | Bad Dirt: Stories | |
L/SS | |
| Putney, Mary Jo | A Kiss of Fate | LJ Best Genre Books | R | |
| Pywell, Sharon L. | What Happened to Henry | |
F | 1st |
| Quick, Amanda | The Paid Companion | Booklist Top 10 Romances Kirkus Best Romances |
R* | |
| Rabe, Jean | The Finest Creation | |
SP | |
| Rahman, Imad | I Dream of Microwaves | |
L/SS | 1st |
| Rambaud, Patrick | The Retreat | |
H | |
| Randall, Alice | Pushkin and the Queen of Spades | Washington Post Book World Rave LA Times Best Books |
A* | |
| Rankin, Robert | The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks |
SP | |
| Rash, Ron | Saints at the River | |
L* | |
| Raymond, Jonathan | The Half-Life | PW Best Books |
F | 1st |
| Redfern, Elizabeth | Auriel Rising | Kirkus Best Books |
F | |
| Reed, Kit | Thinner Than Thou | |
SP | |
| Rees, David | Get Your War On 2 | |
graphic novel | |
| Reisman, Nancy | The First Desire | NYTBR Notable LJ Best First Novels |
F/H | 1st |
| Remmert, Enrico | The Ballad of the Low Lives | |
F | |
| Reynolds, Alastair | Absolution Gap | |
SP | |
| Richards, Scott | Zanna's Gift: A Life in Christmases | |
I | |
| Rinaldi, Nicholas | Between Two Rivers | Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F | |
| Roberts, John Gregory | Shantarum | Book Sense Picks Highlights PW Best Books |
F* | 1st |
| Roberts, Nora | Northern Lights | PW Best Books Kirkus Best Romances |
R* | |
| Roberts, Nora | The Key of Valor (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Romances | R* | |
| Robinson, Elisabeth | The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters | LJ Best First Novels PW Best Books |
F/L* | 1st |
| Robinson, Marilynne | Gilead | NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books PW Best Books Kirkus Best Novels Chicago Sun-Times Best Books Newsweek Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Time Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice NBCC Winner Pulitzer Prize Winner LA Times Fiction Book Prize Finalist Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels Orange Prize longlist |
H/L* | |
| Rodriguez, Alisa Valdes | Playing With Boys | |
F* | |
| Rosen, Jonathan | Joy Comes in the Morning | |
F/L | |
| Rosenberg, Robert | This Is Not Civilization | LJ Best Debuts Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F | 1st |
| Rosenfeld, Lucinda | Why She Went Home | |
F | |
| Rosenthal, Pam | The Bookseller's Daughter (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books | R | |
| Roth, Philip | The Plot Against America | Nancy Pearl's Picks NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books PW Best Books Kirkus Best Novels Chicago Sun-Times Best Books Newsweek Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books LA Times Best Books Economist Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice Booklist Editors' Choice Top of the List ALA Notable Books NBCC Finalist SLJ Best Adult Books for Young Adults Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels |
L* | |
| Russell, P. Craig | The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Devoted Friend, The Nightingale and the Rose | |
graphic novel | |
| Rutherfurd, Edward | The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga | |
H* | |
| Sacco, Joe | The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo | |
graphic novel | |
| Samuel, Barbara | The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue | |
R | |
| Sansom, Ian | The Impartial Recorder | |
F | |
| Sarrantonio, Al (ed) | Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy | |
SP/SS | |
| Savery, Jeanne | The Christmas Matchmaker (paper) | |
R | |
| Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg | The Snow Fox | |
H* | |
| Schickler, David | Sweet and Vicious | LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Schutt, Christine | Florida | National Book Award Finalist | F | |
| Schuyler, Nina | The Painting | LJ Best First Novels |
H | 1st |
| Schwartz, Leslie | Angels Crest | |
F | 1st |
| Schwarz, Lynne | Referred Pain: And Other Stories | Kirkus Best Books |
F/SS | |
| Scott, Manda | Dreaming the Bull - Boudica series | |
H | |
| Seagle, Steven T. and Teddy Kristiansen | It's a Bird . . . | ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults | graphic novel | |
| Searles, John | Strange But True | |
F* | |
| Seiffert, Rachel | Field Study: Stories | |
F/L/SS | |
| Seigel, Andrea | Like the Red Panda (paper) | LJ Best Debuts Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | 1st |
| Senna, Danzy | Symptomatic | |
F | |
| Shafak, Elif | The Saint of Incipient Insanities | |
F/L | |
| Shaffner, George | In the Land of Second Chances | LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Shakespeare, Nicholas | Snowleg | |
F | |
| Shanghvi, Siddharth Dhanvant | The Last Song of Dusk | |
F | 1st |
| Shanower, Eric | Age of Bronze: Sacrifice | PW Best Comics |
graphic novel | |
| Sheehan, Aurelie | The Anxiety of Everyday Objects (paper) | |
F | 1st |
| Shepard, Jim | Project X | Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
F | |
| Shepard, Jim | Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories (paper) | |
L/SS | |
| Shepard, Lucius | A Handbook of American Prayer | |
F | |
| Sherman, Dayne | Welcome to the Fallen Paradise | LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Shreve, Anita | Light on Snow | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F/L | |
| Silber, Joan | Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories | National Book Award Finalist PW Best Books |
F/SS | |
| Silverberg, Robert | Phases of the Moon: Stories of Six Decades | |
SP/SS | |
| Silverberg, Robert (ed) | Legends II | |
SP | |
| Sinclair, Upton (Peter Kuper, ill) | The Jungle | |
graphic novel | |
| Singer, Randy | Dying Declaration (paper) | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
I | |
| Sinisalo, Johanna | Troll: A Love Story (paper) | |
F | |
| Skyler, Heather | The Perfect Age | |
F | |
| Slaughter, Carolyn | A Black Englishman | |
H/L | |
| Sloan, Kay | The Patron Saint of Red Chevys | SLJ Best Adult Books for Young Adults | F | |
| Slott, Dan, etc. | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (paper) | |
graphic novel | |
| Sojourner, Mary | Delicate | |
L/SS | |
| Sosnowski, David | Vamped | |
F/SP | |
| Spark, Muriel | The Finishing School | |
L | |
| Spragg, Mark | An Unfinished Life | Book Sense Picks Highlights Booklist Editors' Choice |
H | |
| Sprott, Duncan | The Ptolemies | Washington Post Book World Rave Kirkus Best Books |
H | |
| Stahl, Jerry | I, Fatty | Kirkus Best Books | H | |
| Stephenson, Neal | The System of the World, Baroque Cycle #3 | Nancy Pearl's Picks PW Best Books |
H* | |
| Stephenson, Neal | The Confusion, Baroque Cycle #2 | PW Best Books |
H* | |
| Stevenson, Jane | The Empress of the Last Days | Booklist Editors' Choice |
F | |
| Stevenson, Talitha | An Empty Room (paper) | Whitbread Award First Novel shortlist | F/L | 1st |
| Stevermer, Caroline | A Scholar of Magics | sequel to A College of Magics | SP | |
| Stewart, Ian & Jack Cohen | Heaven | |
SP | |
| Stewart, Sean | Perfect Circle (paper) | Nebula Award Finalist |
SP | |
| Stimpson, Michelle | Boaz Brown | |
A/I | 1st |
| Stirling, S. M. | Dies the Fire | LJ Best Genre Books |
SP | |
| Straub, Peter | In the Night Room | PW Best Books |
SP* | |
| Stross, Charles | Iron Sunrise | |
SP | |
| Sutton, Barbara | The Send-away Girl | |
F/SS | |
| Sykes, Plum | Bergdorf Blondes | LJ Best Debuts | F* | 1st |
| Talarigo, Jeff | The Pearl Diver | LJ Best Debuts | H* | 1st |
| Tarr, Judith | Rite of Conquest (paper) | |
SP | |
| Thompson, Jean | City Boy | |
F | |
| Tinti, Hannah | Animals Crackers: Stories | |
F/SS | 1st |
| Toer, Pramoedya Ananta | All That is Gone | |
F/L | |
| Toews, Miriam | A Complicated Kindness | Governor General Award |
F | |
| Toibin, Colm | The Master | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books Booker Prize Shortlist NYTBR Notable NYTBR Top Ten Books Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books Kirkus Best Novels Newsweek Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Time Best Books Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books LA Times Best Books Economist Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice Stonewall Book Award Winner LA Times Fiction Book Prize Winner |
H/L | |
| Toure | Soul City | |
A/L | |
| Trevor, William | A Bit on the Side: Stories | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave Booklist Editors' Choice |
L/SS | |
| Tristram, Claire | After | |
F | 1st |
| Trollope, Joanna | Brother and Sister | |
F* | |
| Trondheim, Lewis | Mister O | |
graphic novel | |
| Tropper, Jonathan | The Book of Joe | |
F | 1st |
| Trotter, William R. | The Fires of Pride: A Novel of the Civil War | |
H | |
| Tuck, Lily | The News from Paraguay | National Book Award Winner |
H | |
| Turner, Jamie Langston | No Dark Valley (paper) | |
I | |
| Turrill, David | An Apology for Autumn | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
F/I | |
| Tyler, Anne | The Amateur Marriage | Orange Prize Longlist NYTBR Notable Economist Best Books Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
F* | |
| Updike, John | Villages | NYTBR Notable Washington Post Book World Rave |
L | |
| Vanderhaeghe, Guy | The Last Crossing | PW Best Overlooked Books PW Best Books Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
H/W* | |
| Van Lustbader, Eric | Mistress of the Pearl | |
SP | |
| Vassanji, M.G. | The In-Between World of Vikram Lall | |
L | |
| Vaughan, Brian K., Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan | Y: The Last Man: One Small Step | |
graphic novel | |
| Voinovich, Vladimir | Monumental Propaganda | |
L | |
| Vreeland, Susan | The Forest Lover | |
H* | |
| Walbert, Kate | Our Kind: A Novel in Stories | National Book Award Finalist Nancy Pearl's Picks NYTBR Notable PW Best Books |
F | |
| Wall, Alan | China | |
L | |
| Wallace, David Foster | Oblivion: Stories | NYTBR Notable |
L/SS* | |
| Ward, Amanda Eyre | How to Be Lost | Book Sense Picks Highlights | F | |
| Ward, Liza | Outside Valentine | Book Sense Picks Highlights Booklist Top 10 First Novels Booklist Editors' Choice LJ Best First Novels |
L* | 1st |
| Ware, Chris (ed) | McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue Number 13 | |
graphic novel | |
| Waterfield, Giles | The Hound in the Left-Hand Corner (paper) | |
L | |
| Weiner, Jennifer | Little Earthquakes | Book Sense Picks Highlights |
F* | |
| Weinstein, Debra | Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
F | 1st |
| Weis, Margaret | The Dragon's Son: Vol 2 | |
SP* | |
| Weldon, Fay | Mantrapped | |
F | |
| Weller, Anthony | The Siege of Salt Cove | |
F/L | |
| Wener, Louise | The Perfect Play | |
F | 1st |
| Wenner, Kate | Dancing With Einstein | |
F/H | |
| Wheeler, Kate (ed) | Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction (paper) | |
F/SS | |
| Williams, Conrad | Use Once, Then Destroy | |
SP/SS | |
| Williams, Joy | Honored Guest: Stories | LA Times Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
F/SS | |
| Williams, Liz | Banquet of the Lords of Night | |
SP | |
| Williams, Robin Lynn | The Assistants | |
F | |
| Williams, Tad | Shadowmarch | |
SP | |
| Wilson, Cintra | Colors Insulting to Nature | LJ Best First Novels |
F | 1st |
| Wilson, F. Paul | Midnight Mass | |
SP | |
| Winegardner, Mark | The Godfather Returns: The Lost Years: The Saga of the Family Corleone | PW Best Books |
F* | |
| Winston, Lolly | Good Grief | LJ Best Debuts |
F* | 1st |
| Witt, Martha | Broken As Things Are | |
F | |
| Wolfe, Gene | Innocents Aboard: New Fantasy Stories | |
SP/SS | |
| Wolfe, Gene | The Wizard: Book Two of the Wizard Knight | PW Best Books |
SP | |
| Wolfe, Gene | The Knight: Book One of the Wizard Knight | PW Best Books Nebula Award Finalist |
SP | |
| Wolfe, Suzanne | Unveiling | Booklist Top 10 Christian Novels |
F | 1st |
| Wolfe, Tom | I am Charlotte Simmons | NYTBR Notable Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books |
F/L* | |
| Wolper, Carol | Mr. Famous | |
F | |
| Wood, N. Lee | Master of None (paper) | PW Best Books |
SP | |
| Lychack, William | The Wasp Eater | LJ Best First Novels |
L | 1st |
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