Best Books of 2002

These are the standout books from 2002 — the ones that shaped conversations, won awards, and found their way into hearts worldwide.

King Richard II by William Shakespeare
Time’s Eye by Arthur C. Clarke
Loyalty in death by Nora Roberts
The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel
Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Under Drake's flag by G. A. Henty
Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass
A personal record by Joseph Conrad
Orthodoxy by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
slouching towards bethlehem by Joan Didion
Blood and Gold by Anne Rice
Slide Rule by Nevil Shute
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
Whirligigs by O. Henry

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