Best Books of 2001

These are the SFFH books listed among the best of 2001 by three or more of the following non-Locus sources: Amazon.com (amz), Barnesandnoble.com (bn), BordersStores.com (borders), Denver Post (dp), Entertainment Weekly (et), January (jan), Los Angeles Times (lat), The New York Times Book Review (nyt), Publishers Weekly (pw), Rocky Mountain News (rmn), San Francisco Chronicle (sf), and Washington Post Book World (wp). Lists are SF specific unless otherwise indicated; f=fantasy, h=horror, gen=general, etc. Links to online lists are given below. (Tally last updated Fri 21 Dec 2001.)

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10:

Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Morrow) [amz/f, sfc, wp, amz/overall, january, b&n, b&n/gen, dp/gen, rmn, borders]

7:

Jonathan Carroll, The Wooden Sea (Tor) [amz/f, sfc, nyt/fic, january, b&n, rmn, borders]

6:

Stephen King & Peter Straub, Black House (Random House) [amz/h, sfc, pw/general, et, dp/gen, rmn]

5:

China Miéville, Perdido Street Station (Del Rey) [amz/f, amz/overall, january, b&n, borders]

Connie Willis, Passage (Bantam) [amz/sf, sfc, amz/overall, dp/gen, rmn]

4:

Ray Bradbury, From the Dust Returned (Morrow) [b&n, b&n/gen, lat, rmn]

Maureen F. McHugh, Nekropolis (Eos) [amz/sf, sfc, nyt, amz/overall]

3:

Kage Baker, The Graveyard Game (Harcourt) [amz/sf, sfc, amz/overall]

Clive Barker, Coldheart Canyon (HarperCollins) [amz/h, sfc, pw/general]

Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart (Tor) [amz/f, pw, borders]

John M. Ford, The Last Hot Time (Tor) [sfc, pw, nyt]

Stephen King, Dreamcatcher (Scribner) [amz/h, pw/general, wp/fic]

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Other Wind (Harcourt) [amz/f, nyt, b&n]

Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea (Harcourt) [nyt, wp, borders]

Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (HarperCollins) [january, b&n, borders]

Robert Charles Wilson, The Chronoliths (Tor) [amz/sf, nyt, borders[

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Links to Source Lists

Amazon.com
   • Top 10 SF Selections | fantasy | horror
   • Best Books of 2001: Editors' Choice

Barnes & Noble
   • SF/F/H | Overall Top 50

BordersStores.com
   • Tractor Beam

Denver Post
   • Tales yule love

Entertainment Weekly
   • Best Fiction Books

January
   • The Best of 2001

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

Publishers Weekly
   • Year in Review

Rocky Mountain News
   • Holiday Books

San Francisco Chronicle
   • SF books

Washington Post Book World
   • Best Fiction Books of 2001