Best Books 2001

In an effort to gather all my best books of the year lists in one place; here is my list of the best books I read in 2001. What is really interesting is that some of the books that made the honorable mention list I would not still give honorable mentions too.....and the book that is listed as #6 of the year turns out to be the BEST BOOK I EVER READ IN MY LIFE!!! A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is the best book I ever read..........

BEST BOOKS 2001

1. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

2. The Rich Part of Life by Jim Kokoris

3. Still Waters by Jennifer Lauck

4 Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl

5. Tell No One by Harlen Coben

6. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

7. Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik
8. Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

9. A Slant of Sun by Beth Kephart
10. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner

HONORABLE MENTIONS 2001

Bald in the Land of Big Hair by Joni Rodgers (this should have been on the Top Ten list)

Waiting for my Cats to Die by Stacy Horn (this too)

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane*

Never Change by Elizabeth Berg

Ava's Man by Rick Bragg

Wuhu Diary by Emily Prager

The World Below by Sue Miller*

The Girls in the Van by Beth Harpaz

My Life on a Plate by India Knight

Stuffed by Patricia Volk*

*I probably would not keep this book on the list now.