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Ten, No Twenty Best Books of 2002

Rick Kleffel's First Year of Agony

Author Last Name

Author First Name

Title

Date Started

Date Finished

Genre

James

Montague Rhodes

A Pleasing Terror: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

01/01/02

01/03/02

H

Robson

Justina

Mappa Mundi

01/04/02

01/13/02

SF

Gold

Glen David

Carter beats the devil

01/13/02

01/21/02

G

Watts

Peter

Maelstrom

01/21/02

01/27/02

SF

Rickman

Phil

The Cure of Souls

01/27/02

02/02/02

H

Macleod

Ken

Dark Light

02/03/02

02/07/02

SF

Simmons

Dan

A Winter Haunting

02/08/02

02/10/02

H

Garnett

David

Bikini Planet

02/10/02

02/13/02

SF

Troop

Alan F.

The Dragon DeLaSangre

02/14/02

02/16/02

F/H

Holdstock

Robert

Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn

02/17/02

02/23/02

F

Hayder

Mo

The Treatment

02/24/02

03/02/02

M/H

Nauman

A. D.

Scorch

03/03/02

03/05/02

SF/G

Lisa Lerner

Lisa Lerner

Just Like Beauty

03/06/02

03/09/02

SF/G

Di Fillipo

Paul

Strange Trades

03/09/02

03/10/02

SF

Roberts

Adam

Park Polar

03/10/02

03/11/02

SF

Duffy, Rodwell

Steve, Ian

The Five Quarters

03/12/02

03/17/02

H

Morgan

Richard

Altered Carbon

03/18/02

03/24/02

SF/M

Shirley

John

...And the Angel With Television Eyes

03/25/02

03/30/02

SF

Asher

Neal

The Skinner

03/30/02

04/05/02

SF/M

Grimwood

John Courtenay

Pashazade

04/06/02

04/09/02

NF

Dyson

George

Project Orion

04/09/02

04/12/02

SF

Newman

Kim

Time and Relative (Doctor Who Novella)

04/12/02

04/13/02

SF/M

Grimwood

John Courtenay

Effendi

04/13/02

04/20/02

SF/M

Lebbon

Tim

Until She Sleeps

04/21/02

04/22/02

H

Mieville

China

The Scar

04/23/02

05/05/02

F

Macleod

Ken

The Human Front

05/05/02

05/07/02

SF

Morris

J. M.

Fiddleback

05/07/02

05/09/02

H/M

Cockayne

Steve

Wanderers and Islanders

05/10/02

05/14/02

F

Standage

Tom

The Turk

05/14/02

05/15/02

NF

Green

Simon R.

Drinking Midnight Wine

05/16/02

05/21/02

F/H

Herbert

James

Once...

05/22/02

05/24/02

H

Mortimer

John

Rumpole Rests His Case

05/24/02

05/26/02

M

Asher

Neal

Africa Zero

05/26/02

05/27/02

SF/H

Simmons

Dan

Worlds Enough and Time

05/28/02

05/30/02

SF/H

Joyce

Graham

Smoking Poppy

05/30/02

06/01/02

H/G

Rochelle

Warren

The Wild Boy

06/02/02

06/05/02

SF

Cisco

Michael

The Divinity Student

06/05/02

06/07/02

H/G

Preston,Child

Douglas,Lincoln

The Cabinet of Curiosities

06/08/02

06/09/02

H/SF

Di Fillipo

Paul

A Year In the Linear City

06/10/02

06/11/02

F/SF/H

Erikson

Steve

Blood Follows

06/12/02

06/13/02

F/H

Turtledove

Harry

Worlds that Weren't

06/14/02

06/19/02

SF

Fforde

Jasper

Lost in A Good Book

06/20/02

06/25/02

SF/F/M

Joyce

Graham

Black Dust

06/25/02

06/25/02

H

Kingdom (Rickman)

Will (Phil)

The Cold Calling

06/25/02

07/03/02

M/H

Kingdom (Rickman)

Will (Phil)

Mean Spirit

07/03/02

07/11/02

M/H

Reynolds

Alastair

Redemption Ark

07/12/02

07/23/02

SF

Roberts

Adam

Stone

07/24/02

07/31/02

SF/M

Hodgson

William Hope

The Dream of X

07/31/02

08/01/02

H/F

Shah

Tahir

Sorcerer's Apprentice

08/01/02

08/10/02

NF/H/F

Smith

Michael Marshall

The Straw men

08/10/02

08/13/02

M/H/SF

Irvine

Alexander C.

A Scattering of Jades

08/14/02

08/21/02

F/H

Ford

Jeffrey

The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque

08/21/02

08/24/02

M/H/F

Ferris

Timothy

Seeing in the Dark

08/24/02

09/05/02

NF

Palahniuk

Chuck

Lullaby

09/06/02

09/09/02

G/H

Palahniuk

Chuck

Choke

09/09/02

09/13/02

G/H

Herbert-Anderson

Brian-Kevin

Dune: The Butlerian Jihad

09/13/02

09/19/02

SF/F

Palahniuk

Chuck

Survivor

09/20/02

09/23/02

G/H

Harrison

M. John

Light

09/24/02

09/29/02

SF/H

Kidd

Chip

The Cheese Monkeys

09/30/02

10/02/02

G

Morriss

Mark

The Uglimen

10/03/02

10/05/02

H

Reynolds

Alastair

Turquoise Days

10/06/02

10/06/02

SF/H

Searcy

David

Last Things

10/06/02

10/11/02

H/M/G

O'Grady

John P.

Grave Goods

10/12/02

10/17/02

NF/H/G

Gay

William

I hate to see that evening sun go down

10/12/02

10/20/02

G/H

Chadbourne

Mark

The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke

10/21/02

10/22/02

H/F

Smith

Michael Marshall

Cat Stories

10/23/02

10/23/02

H/SF

Carroll

Jonathan

White Apples

10/14/02

10/28/02

H/F/G

Crowther

Peter

Darkness Darkness: Forever Twilight Book 1

10/28/02

10/30/02

H/SF

Gaiman

Neil

Coraline

10/30/02

11/01/02

H/F

Bowden

Mark

Finders Keepers

11/02/02

11/03/02

NF/M

Wilson

F. Paul

The Haunted Air

11/04/02

11/09/02

H/M

Brookmyre

Christopher

The Sacred Art of Stealing

11/09/02

11/13/02

M

Meallet

Sandro

Edgewater Angels

11/14/02

11/18/02

G

Barclay

James

ElfSorrow

11/18/02

11/29/02

F

Hamilton

Peter F.

Missepent Youth

11/30/02

12/03/02

SF/G

Haldeman

Joe

Guardian

12/03/02

12/05/02

SF/F/H/G

Pinto

Ricardo

Stone Dance of the Chameleon: The Chosen

12/06/02

12/14/02

F/H/SF

Shapiro

Eric

Short of a Picnic

12/10/02

12/10/02

G/H/NF

Mills

Magnus

The Scheme for Full Employment

12/15/00

12/17/02

G/F

Jordan

Robert

Wheel of Time Book 1-9 Summaries

12/17/02

12/25/02

F/H/SF/G

Last Updated on 1/7/03
By Rick Kleffel
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