American Library Association

Notable Books

2000

Michael Cunningham / The Hours

Roddy Doyle / A Star called Henry

Andre Dubus / House of Sand and Fog

Nathan Englander / For the Relief of unbearable Urges

Ha Jin / Waiting

Wayne Johnston / Colony of Unrequited Dreams

Ward Just / A Dangerous Friend

Chang-rae Lee / A Gesture Life

Jonathan Letham / Motherless Brooklyn

2001

Margaret Atwood / Blind Assassin

Frederick Busch / Don't Tell Anyone

Michael Chabon / Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

J.M. Coetzee / Disgrace

Jim Crace / Being Dead

Helen Dewitt / The Last Samurai

Antonya Nelson / Living to Tell

Michael Ondaatje / Anil's Ghost

Tom Paine / Scar Vegas

Zadie Smith / White Teeth

Joy Williams / The Quick and the Dead