Best books read in 1999 (listed alphabetically by author)
- Berg, A. Scott. Lindbergh
- Cheever, Susan. Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker
- Connelly, Michael. The Black Echo
- Danticat, Edwidge. Breath, Eyes, Memory
- Deane, Seamus. Reading in the Dark
- Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations
- Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air
- Lehane, Dennis. Gone, Baby, Gone
- Paretsky, Sara. Hard Time
- Tyler, Anne. A Patchwork Planet
- Winchester, Simon. The Professor and the Madman
Biggest Disappointments of 1999
- Cronkite, Walter. A Reporter's Life
- O'Connell, Carol. Shell Game
Books I Hope to See in the New Millennium
- Social Activism in Mitford
- Sweet and Sour Soup for the Unredeemed Soul
- The Celeron Prophecy
- I’m Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional, and We’re Both OK
- The Millionaire Book Group Leader
- Into Thick Air (a reissuance of the classic On the Road)
- Touched by Harry Potter