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Best Books of 2000

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These are the SFFH books listed among the best of 2000 by three or more of the following non-Locus sources: Amazon.com (amz), Amazon.co.uk (amzuk), Barnesandnoble.com (bn), Borders, Entertainment Weekly (et), January (jan), Los Angeles Times Book Review (lat), The New York Times Book Review (nyt), People Weekly, Publishers Weekly (pw), Rocky Mountain News (rmn), San Francisco Chronicle (sf), Science Fiction Chronicle (sfc), Time Magazine, Village Voice Literary Supplement (vv), and Washington Post Book World (wp). List categories are indicates after the '/'; sf=science fiction; h=horror; etc. Links to online lists are given below. (Tally last updated Thu 15 Feb 2001.)

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SF, Fantasy, Horror Books

8:

Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: amz/childrens, nyt/childrens, amzuk/overall, pw/childrens, lat/fiction, borders, people, jan

7:

Le Guin, The Telling: sf/sf, amz/sf, pw/sf, lat/fiction, bn/sf, borders, sfc

5:

Danielewski, House of Leaves: amz/h, nyt/notable, wp/fiction, pw/fic, jan

4:

Benford, Eater: amz/sf2, wp/sf, pw/sf, sfc

Crowley, Daemonomania: amz/sf, wp/clute, pw/sf, bn/sf

Goonan, Crescent City Rhapsody: amz/sf, bn/sf, borders, sfc

Joyce, Indigo: sf/sf, nyt/sf, bn/h/thrillers, sfc

Morrell, Black Evening -- amz/h, bn/h, rmn, sfc

Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant: sf/sf, wp/fiction, pw/sf, bn/sf

Pullman, The Amber Spyglass: sf/sf, amz/sf/childrens/teens, wp/clute, amzuk/overall

Sawyer, Calculating God: bn/sf, borders, rmn, sfc

Straub, Magic Terror: sf/sf, amz/h, wp/suspense, bn/h

3:

Baxter, Manifold: Time -- wp/sf, borders, sfc

Clarke/Baxter, The Light of Other Days -- pw/sf, bn/sf, sfc

Haydon, Prophecy: amz/sf2, bn/sf, borders

Hopkinson, Midnight Robber -- nyt/sf, pw/sf, sfc

Laymon, The Traveling Vampire Show -- pw/sf, rmn, sfc

Martin, A Storm of Swords -- amz/sf2, bn/sf, sfc

McAuley, Shrine of Stars: amz/sf, wp/clute, borders

Morrell, Black Evening -- amz/h, bn/h, rmn

Piccirilli, The Deceased -- amz/h, bn/h, sfc

Thomas, ed., Dark Matter: amz/sf, nyt/sf, wp/sf

Associational Books

8:

Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: amz/litfic, nyt/notable, wp/fiction, pw/fic, bn/fictionlit, bn/fictionlit, time, et, jan

7:

Atwood, The Blind Assassin: wp/fiction, amzuk/overall, pw/fic, bn/fictionlit, time, et, jan

5:

Heaney, trans. Beowulf: amz/litfic, nyt/top10, lat/fiction, borders/ficlit, time

4:

Powers, Ploughing the Dark: nyt/notable, wp/fiction, pw/fic, borders/ficlit

Salzman, Lying Awake: nyt/notable, lat/fiction, borders/ficlit, jan

Saunders, Pastoralia: nyt/notable, pw/fic, bn/fictionlit, et

Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: pw/fic, vv, time/comics, et

3:

Lightman, The Diagnosis: nyt/notable, pw/fic, lat/fiction

Saramago, All the Names: wp/fiction, pw/fic, borders/ficlit

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Links

Amazon.com
   • Top 10 SF Selections | 10 More Editor's Choices | horror | children's | literature and fiction

Amazon.co.uk
   • Best Books of 2000

Barnes & Noble
   • SF/fantasy | horror

Booklist
   • Editors' Choice '99 |

Borders
   • Best SF & Fantasy | Fiction/Literature | Kids

Entertainment Weekly
   • Best Fiction of 2000

January
   • The Best of 2000

Los Angeles Times Book Review
   • Best Books of 2000

New York Times Book Review
   • Notable Books of the Year (SF titles) | Editors' Choice

Publishers Weekly
   • Starred SF titles

Rocky Mountain News
   • Rocky Awards

San Francisco Chronicle
   • SF books

Time Magazine
   • Best Books 2000 | Best Comics 2000

Village Voice
   • 25 Favorites of 2000

Washington Post Book World
   • Book World Raves | John Clute [scroll down]

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