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Books 2001

Here are your favorites for 2001! They are in order of preference; that is to say that the book that was mentioned by the most people tops the list, and continues in descending order.  Several books were tied and those are listed in alphabetical order.

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler (tied)

The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd (tied)

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Tell No One by Harlan Coban

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner (tied)

Seven Up by Janet Evanovich (tied)

Special Circumstances by Sheldon Siegel (tied)

1st To Die by James Patterson

Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel (tied)

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (tied)

Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub

The following is the complete list of over one hundred titles sent in by readers of this site.  The majority are fiction titles, but there are quite a few nonfiction titles in there as well. If I had to guess (and I do, I refuse to do this scientifically!) I would say that the preponderance of titles are of the mystery/thriller genre.  

The easiest way for me to compile this list was to keep it as simple as possible, so they are just listed alphabetically by title.  The starred titles were mentioned by more than one person.  Just click on the title to get to Amazon.com for more information.  I've tried to include every book that was mentioned, but if I've missed one, please accept my apologies and do let me know. 

1st To Die* James Patterson
The Absence of Nectar  Kathy Hepinstall
Aftermath Peter Robinson
All Fall Down Erica Spindler
Along Came a Spider James Patterson
Asylum  Patrick McGrath
Atlantis Found  Clive Cussler
Back When We Were Grownups* Ann Tyler
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
Black Hawk Down Mark Bowden
Black House* Stephen King/Peter Straub
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
Blood  Patricia Traxler
Bone Cold Erica Spindler
The Bone Collector Jeffery Deaver
Bread & Butter Tom McMakin
Cane River Lalita Tademy
Carter Beats the Devil David Glen Gold
The Cheese Monkeys* Chip Kidd
Chocolat Joanne Harris
Chosen Prey John Sanford
City of Dreams Beverly Swerling
Clockers Richard Price
Coldheart Canyon  Clive Barker
A Cook's Tour Anthony Bourdain
The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
Darwin Awards II Wendy Northcutt
Dead Until Dark  Charlaine Harris
Death in Holy Orders P.D. James
Death of a Red Heroine   Qiu Xiaolong
Deep End of the Ocean Jacquelyn Mitchard
Deities and Demons of the Far East  Brian Katz
The Devil's Teardrop Jeffery Deaver
Dr. Death  Jonathan Kellerman
Dreamcatcher* Stephen King
Echo Burning Lee Child
Empire Falls* Richard Russo
The Empty Chair Jeffery Deaver
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
The Endurance Caroline Alexander
Eva Moves the Furniture  Margot Livesay
Eye of the World Robert Jordan
Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser
Female Intelligence Jane Heller
Flight Jan Burke
Forty Words for Sorrow Giles Blunt
Frisco Pigeon Mambo C. D. Payne
From The Corner of His Eye Dean Koontz
Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
Good In Bed* Jennifer Weiner
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling
The Heir  Johanna Lindsey
House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III
How to Grill   Steven Raichlen
The Ice Master Jennifer Niven
In Sunlight, In a Beautiful Garden Kathleen Cambor
In the Country of the Young  Lisa Carey
The Infinite Douglas Clegg
Interview with a Vampire  Anne Rice
Jasmine Trade Denise Hamilton
The Judge Steve Martini
Killing Floor Lee Child
The Last Time They Met  Anita Shreve
Laughing Corpse  Laurell K. Hamilton
Laura Larry Watson
Left Behind Collection 1 Tim LaHaye
Lethal Seduction Jackie Collins
The Long Walk Stephen King
Lord of the Silent  Elizabeth Peters
Madonna Andrew Morton
Mary and O'Neil Justin Cronin
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
Mosaic Jeri Taylor
Mystic River* Dennis Lehane
Naomi Douglas Clegg
Niagara Falls All Over Again  Elizabeth McCracken
Nickel & Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich
Open House Elizabeth Berg
Our Musical Heritage   Curt Sachs
Outlander Diana Gabaldon
Over Tumbled Graves Jess Walter
Peace Like a River  Leif Enger
Perdido Street Station  China Mieville
Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes
The Red Tent* Anita Diamant
The Rich Part of Life  Jim Kokoris
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Edmund Morris
Ritual of Proof Dara Joy
Roses Are Red  James Patterson
Sarah J.T. Leroy
Scene of Crime Jill  McGown
Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand
Seven Up* Janet Evanovich
The Shipping News* Annie Proulx
Silent Joe T. Jefferson Parker
Singing Boy  Dennis McFarland
Skipping Christmas  John Grisham
Slayer of Gods  Lynda Robinson
Soul of a Chef Michael Ruhlman
Special Circumstances* Sheldon Siegel
The Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down   Anne Fadiman
Strip Poker Nancy Bartholomew
A Student of Weather   Elizabeth Hay
Sullivan's Island  Dorothea Benton Frank
Summer Sisters Judy Blume
Sunrise on the Mediterranean Suzanne Frank
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas  James Patterson
The Switch  Sandra Brown
Tell No One* Harlan Coben
Timeline  Michael Crichton
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Too Big To Miss SueAnn Jaffarian
Valentine Tom Savage
Violets Are Blue James Patterson
The Visitor  Lee Child
The Volcano Lover Susan Sontag
We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates
When The Wind Blows James Patterson
White Teeth Zadie Smith
Who Moved My Cheese Spencer Johnson
Winter Prey John Sanford
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
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