Best books read in 2002 (listed alphabetically by author)
- Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
- Connelly, Michael. The Last Coyote
- Dallas, Sandra. Alice's Tulips
- Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent
- Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Sister of My Heart
- Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend
- Mason, Richard. The Drowning People
- McDermid, Val. A Place of Execution
- Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Fingerpost
- Stephenson, Neal. The Diamond Age
Honorable Mention
- Blacker, Terence. Kill Your Darlings
- Coben, Harlan. Gone for Good
- Palliser, Charles. The Unburied
- Rice, Christopher. A Density of Souls
- Strout, Elizabeth. Amy and Isabelle