Best books read in 1998 (listed alphabetically by author)
- Austen, Jane. Emma
- Berendt, John. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Davies, Robertson. The Cunning Man
- DeLillo, Don. Underworld
- Ellroy, James. L.A.Confidential
- Erdrich, Louise. The Antelope Wife
- Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain
- Hamilton, Jane. The Book of Ruth
- Irving, John. The Cider House Rules
- Lefkowitz, Bernard. Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb
- McCourt, Frank. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
- O'Connell, Carol. Judas Child
- Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Watson, Larry. Montana 1948
Notables That Didn't Make the Cut
- Irving, John. A Widow for One Year
- Paretsky, Sara. Ghost Country
- Quindlen, Anna. Black and Blue
- Smiley, Jane. The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
- Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces
- Wolfe, Tom. A Man in Full
New (to Me) Authors I'm Glad I Discovered in 1998
- Burke, Jan
- Davies, Robertson
- DeLillo, Don
- Ellroy, James
- Erdrich, Louise
- Frazier, Charles
- Hamilton, Jane
- Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
- Watson, Larry