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Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2002

Here is a list of the Los Angeles Times' best books of the year 2002. How many of these have you read?
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All Is Vanity (Christina Schwarz)
All Is Vanity
1
Christina Schwarz
Ambassador of the Dead (Askold Melnyczuk)
Ambassador of the Dead
2
Askold Melnyczuk
American Ground (William Langewiesche)
American Ground
3
William Langewiesche
American Law in the Twentieth Century (Lawrence M. Friedman)
American Law in the Twentieth Century
4
Lawrence M. Friedman
American Studies (Louis Menand)
American Studies
5
Louis Menand
Anna in the Afterlife (Merrill Joan Gerber)
Anna in the Afterlife
6
Merrill Joan Gerber
The Anthropology of Turquoise (Ellen Meloy)
The Anthropology of Turquoise
7
Ellen Meloy
Aquariums of Pyongyang (Kang Chol-Hwan)
Aquariums of Pyongyang
8
Kang Chol-Hwan
At the Jim Bridger (Ron Carlson)
At the Jim Bridger
9
Ron Carlson
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
10
Ian McEwan
The Autograph Man (Zadie Smith)
The Autograph Man
11
Zadie Smith
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)
Bad Blood
12
Lorna Sage
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Walter Mosley)
Bad Boy Brawly Brown
13
Walter Mosley
Banking on Death (Robin Blackburn)
Banking on Death
14
Robin Blackburn
A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis (David Rieff)
A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis
15
David Rieff
Benjamin Franklin (Edmund S. Morgan)
Benjamin Franklin
16
Edmund S. Morgan
The Birds of Heaven: Travel With Cranes (Peter Matthiessen)
The Birds of Heaven: Travel With Cranes
17
Peter Matthiessen
The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate
18
Blood of Victory (Alan Furst)
Blood of Victory
19
Alan Furst
The Book of Illusions (Paul Auster)
The Book of Illusions
20
Paul Auster
Brown (Richard Rodriguez)
Brown
21
Richard Rodriguez
Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI (Ronald Kessler)
Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
22
Ronald Kessler
The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town (Helmut Walser Smith)
The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town
23
Helmut Walser Smith
Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
Caramelo
24
Sandra Cisneros
The Cave (Jose Saramago)
The Cave
25
Jose Saramago
Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (Janet Browne)
Charles Darwin: The Power of Place
26
Janet Browne
Chasing the Dime (Michael Connelly)
Chasing the Dime
27
Michael Connelly
Child of My Heart (Alice Mcdermott)
Child of My Heart
28
Alice Mcdermott
Class Action (Clara Bingham)
Class Action
29
Clara Bingham
The Collected Stories (Joseph Roth)
The Collected Stories
30
Joseph Roth
The Conquest (Yxta Maya Murray)
The Conquest
31
Yxta Maya Murray
The Country Under My Skin (Gioconda Belli)
The Country Under My Skin
32
Gioconda Belli
The Crazed (Ha Jin)
The Crazed
33
Ha Jin
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietem (James McPherson)
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietem
34
James McPherson
A Darker Justice (Bissell)
A Darker Justice
35
Bissell
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 (Donald Keene)
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
36
Donald Keene
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Stephen Carter)
The Emperor of Ocean Park
37
Stephen Carter
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
38
Jonathan Safran Foer
Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry)
Family Matters
39
Rohinton Mistry
The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic (David Shenk)
The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
40
David Shenk
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