ALA Notable Books

2009 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerAtmospheric DisturbancesRivka Galchen...AmazonCity of ThievesDavid Benioff...AmazonDangerous LaughterSteven Millhauser...AmazonOlive KitteridgeElizabeth Strout...AmazonPeaceRichard Bausch...AmazonResistanceOwen Sheers...AmazonThe Ginseng HunterJeff Talarigo...AmazonThe HakawatiRabih Alameddine...AmazonThe Plague of DovesLouise Erdrich...AmazonThe Wasted VigilNadeem Aslam...AmazonUnaccustomed EarthJhumpa Lahiri...Amazon

2008 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New EnglandBrock Clarke...AmazonAwayAmy Bloom...AmazonCheating at CanastaWilliam Trevor...AmazonFinnJon Clinch...AmazonFive SkiesRon Carlson...AmazonMister PipLloyd Jones...AmazonOn Chesil BeachIan McEwan...AmazonOut Stealing HorsesPer Petterson...AmazonThe Complete StoriesDavid Malouf...AmazonThe Five-Forty-Five to CannesTess Uriza Holthe...AmazonThe Ministry of Special CasesNathan Englander...AmazonThe PesthouseJim Crace...AmazonThe Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael Chabon...Amazon

2007 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerBeautiful DreamerChristopher Bigsby...AmazonBlack Swan GreenDavid Mitchell...AmazonBlind Willow, Sleeping WomanHaruki Murakami...AmazonFirmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan LowlifeSam Savage...AmazonThe AttackYasmina Khadra...AmazonThe GirlsLori Lansens...AmazonThe Inheritance of LossKiran Desai...AmazonThe Madonnas of LeningradDebra Dean...AmazonThe People's Act of LoveJames Meek...AmazonThe RoadCormac McCarthy...AmazonThe Secret RiverKate Grenville...AmazonThe Whistling SeasonIvan Doig...Amazon

2006 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerBeasts of No NationUzodinma Iweala...AmazonExtremely Loud and Incredibly CloseJonathan Safran Foer...AmazonGileadMarilynne Robinson...AmazonKafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami...AmazonMidnight At The Dragon CafeJudy Fong Bates...AmazonNever Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro...AmazonNo Country for Old MenCormac McCarthy...AmazonSaturdayIan McEwan...AmazonThe Hummingbird's DaughterLuis Alberto Urrea...AmazonThe Hungry TideAmitav Ghosh...AmazonVeronicaMary Gaitskill...Amazon

2005 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerBirds Without WingsLouis De Bernieres...AmazonCloud AtlasDavid Mitchell...AmazonI Sailed with MagellanStuart Dybek...AmazonOld SchoolTobias Wolff...AmazonPopular Music from VittulaMikael Niemi...AmazonRunawayAlice Munro...AmazonThe Half BrotherLars-Saabye Christensen...AmazonThe Lemon TableJulian Barnes...AmazonThe Madonna of ExcelsiorZakes Mda...AmazonThe Plot Against AmericaPhilip Roth...AmazonThe Swallows of KabulYasmina Khadra...Amazon

2004 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerAlva & IrvaEdward Carey...AmazonAny Human HeartWilliam Boyd...AmazonBrick LaneMonica Ali...AmazonBrownsville: StoriesOscar Casares...AmazonDrinking Coffee ElsewhereZ.Z. Packer...AmazonLoveToni Morrison...AmazonStar of the SeaJoseph O'Connor...AmazonThe CaveJose Saramago...AmazonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark Haddon...AmazonThe Fortress of SolitudeJonathan Lethem...AmazonThe Inquisitors' ManualAntonio Lobo Antunes...AmazonThe Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini...AmazonThe Known WorldEdward P. Jones...Amazon

2003 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerAtonementIan McEwan...AmazonBy the LakeJohn McGahern...AmazonCarameloSandra Cisneros...AmazonFamily MattersRohinton Mistry...AmazonGod's FoolMark Slouka...AmazonIn Revere, in Those DaysRoland Merullo...AmazonLovely Green EyesArnost Lustig...AmazonMiniaturesNorah Labiner...AmazonRouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!Kenzaburo Oe...AmazonThe Book of IllusionsPaul Auster...AmazonThe Russian Debutante's HandbookGary Shteyngart...AmazonThe Shell CollectorAnthony Doerr...Amazon

2002 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerAmong the MissingDan Chaon...AmazonAusterlitzW.G. Sebald...AmazonBucking the TigerBruce Olds...AmazonCrooked River BurningMark Winegardner...AmazonErasurePercival Everett...AmazonIslandAlistair MacLeod...AmazonSamuel Johnson Is Indignant: StoriesLydia Davis...AmazonThe CorrectionsJonathan Franzen...AmazonThe Death of VishnuManil Suri...AmazonThe PickupNadine Gordimer...AmazonTrue History of the Kelly GangPeter Carey...Amazon

2001 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerAnil's GhostMichael Ondaatje...AmazonBeing DeadJim Crace...AmazonDisgraceJ.M. Coetzee...AmazonDon't Tell AnyoneFrederick Busch...AmazonEnglish PassengersMatthew Kneale...AmazonLiving to TellAntonya Nelson...AmazonScar Vegas: And Other StoriesTom Paine...AmazonThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMichael Chabon...AmazonThe Blind AssassinMargaret Atwood...AmazonThe Delinquent VirginLaura Kalpakian...AmazonThe Last SamuraiHelen DeWitt...AmazonThe Quick and the DeadJoy Williams...AmazonTruth and Bright WaterThomas King...AmazonWhite TeethZadie Smith...Amazon

2000 ALA Notable Books - Fiction WinnerA Dangerous FriendWard Just...AmazonA Gesture LifeChang-Rae Lee...AmazonA Star Called HenryRoddy Doyle...AmazonFor the Relief of Unbearable UrgesNathan Englander...AmazonHenry of Atlantic CityFrederick Reuss...AmazonHouse of Sand and FogAndre Dubus...AmazonMaster GeorgieBeryl Bainbridge...AmazonMotherless BrooklynJonathan Lethem...AmazonThe Colony of Unrequited DreamsWayne Johnston...AmazonThe Country LifeRachel Cusk...AmazonThe HoursMichael Cunningham...AmazonWaitingHa Jin...Amazon