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Best Books of 2002

Best Fiction of 2002

1.
Atonement by Ian McEwan
822 reviews (2002) (368p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0
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2.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
919 reviews (2002) (544p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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3.
You Are Not A Stranger Here: Stories by Adam Haslett
52 reviews (2002) (256p) (PP) (NBA) (TIME)
Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1
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4.
Three Junes by Julia Glass
241 reviews (2002) (368p) (NBA)
Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1
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5.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
1980 reviews (2002) (336p) (Booker) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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Best Nonfiction of 2002

1.
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro
148 reviews (2002) (1200p) (PP Bio) (NBCCA Bio) (NBA Non) (ALA Non) (Amazon Dec CBio) (Amazon 02 C50)
Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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2.
A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power
197 reviews (2002) (656p) (PP Non) (NBCCA Non)
Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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3.
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
176 reviews (2002) (0p) (NBA Non) (TIME Non) (ALA Non) (Amazon 02 E50)
Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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4.
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson
175 reviews (2002) (0p) (PP His)
Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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5.
The Blank Slate: the Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
214 reviews (2002) (528p) (PP Non)
Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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