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Booklist Best Books of 1999

Here is a list of the Booklist's editors' best books of the year 1999. How many of these have you read?
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African Ceremonies (Carol Beckwith)
African Ceremonies
1
Carol Beckwith
Ahab's Wife (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Ahab's Wife
2
Sena Jeter Naslund
All Alone in the Universe (Lynne Rae Perkins)
All Alone in the Universe
3
Lynne Rae Perkins
All Souls: A Family Story From Southie (Michael Patrick MacDonald)
All Souls: A Family Story From Southie
4
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species (Alan Green)
Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species
5
Alan Green
Anna of Byzantium (Tracy Barrett)
Anna of Byzantium
6
Tracy Barrett
Anson's Way (Gary D. Schmidt)
Anson's Way
7
Gary D. Schmidt
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation (Mark Kurlansky)
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
8
Mark Kurlansky
The Birchbark House (Louise Erdrich)
The Birchbark House
9
Louise Erdrich
Blood, Tin, Straw (Sharon Olds)
Blood, Tin, Straw
10
Sharon Olds
Bone by Bone (Peter Mathiesson)
Bone by Bone
11
Peter Mathiesson
Breath and Shadows (Ella Leffland)
Breath and Shadows
12
Ella Leffland
Chinhominey's Secret (Nancy Kim)
Chinhominey's Secret
13
Nancy Kim
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century (Witold Rybczynski)
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
14
Witold Rybczynski
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Wayne Johnston)
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
15
Wayne Johnston
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (Dyan Sheldon)
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
16
Dyan Sheldon
Conversations With Wilder (Cameron Crowe)
Conversations With Wilder
17
Cameron Crowe
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
18
Isabel Allende
Denmark Vesey: The Buried History of America's Largest Slave Rebellion (David Robertson)
Denmark Vesey: The Buried History of America's Largest Slave Rebellion
19
David Robertson
Development of Freedom (Amartya Sen)
Development of Freedom
20
Amartya Sen
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (Janisse Ray)
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
21
Janisse Ray
Edith's Story (Edith Velmans)
Edith's Story
22
Edith Velmans
Ender's Shadow
Ender's Shadow
23
Eugene O'Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy (Stephen A. Black)
Eugene O'Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy
24
Stephen A. Black
Fast Eddie (Robert L. O'Connell)
Fast Eddie
25
Robert L. O'Connell
The Feeling of What Happens (Antonio Damasio)
The Feeling of What Happens
26
Antonio Damasio
The Firework-Maker's Daughter (Philip Pullman)
The Firework-Maker's Daughter
27
Philip Pullman
The First World War (John Keegan)
The First World War
28
John Keegan
Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gas Mask (Jim Munroe)
Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gas Mask
29
Jim Munroe
From the Black Hills (Judy Troy)
From the Black Hills
30
Judy Troy
From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky (Matthew Spender)
From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky
31
Matthew Spender
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
32
Dava Sobel
Gardens in the Dunes (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Gardens in the Dunes
33
Leslie Marmon Silko
A Gesture Life (Chang-Rae Lee)
A Gesture Life
34
Chang-Rae Lee
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Stephen King)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
35
Stephen King
Gore Vidal: A Biography (Fred Kaplan)
Gore Vidal: A Biography
36
Fred Kaplan
The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction (Linda Gordon)
The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction
37
Linda Gordon
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Salman Rushdie)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
38
Salman Rushdie
Growing Up Ethnic in America (Maria Mazziotti Gillan)
Growing Up Ethnic in America
39
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Gypsy Rizka (Lloyd Alexander)
Gypsy Rizka
40
Lloyd Alexander
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