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Best of 1999: Amazon.com

Amazon.com's editor's picks of science fiction and fantasy books from 1999 are:

1. Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon (Avon)
2. Neil Gaiman, Stardust (Avon)
3. Gene Wolfe, On Blue's Waters (Tor)
4. William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Putnam)
5. Paul J. McAuley, Ancients of Days (Avon Eos)
6. Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio (Del Rey)
7. Elizabeth Haydon, Rhapsody (Tor)
8. Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents (Seven Stories)
9. Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow (Tor)
10. Robert Silverberg, ed., Far Horizons (Avon Eos)

The horror selections are numbered but said to be ''in no particular order''.

1. Ann Arensberg, Incubus
2. Stewart O'Nan, A Prayer for the Dying
3. J.G. Passarella, Wither
4. Graham Joyce, Dark Sister
5. Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
6. Anne Rice, Vottorio the Vampire
7. Al Sarrantonio, ed., 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense
8. Thomas M. Disch, The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft
9. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Communion Blood
10. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds., The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection
11. James Herbert, Others

The children's books list includes J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 4th place.

The online merchant invited customers to vote for their favorite book, film, and music of the millennium, in response to Amazon's own Best of the Century lists. The Millennium Poll Winners include the following titles among the top 50 ranked books:

1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
5. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
6. Stephen King, The Stand
8. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
10. George Orwell, 1984
12. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
14. Frank Herbert, Dune
19. Tim F. Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins, Left Behind
24. Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
25. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
30. Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
31. Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
32. Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
34. Stephen King, It
36. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
39. George Orwell, Animal Farm
48. Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five

(Tue 23 Nov 1999)

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