READER PICKS

Here is our Best of 2002 list --- the top 10 hardcover and paperback titles of the year selected by, you, our readers. We applaud your choices and loved reading your comments on the selections. Whether or not you voted, you will want to see what other Bookreporter.com readers had to say!

Top 10 Hardcovers:

1. THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold
   
2. THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE by Michel Faber
   
3. THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER by Ann Packer
   
4. ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan
   
5. BLESSINGS by Anna Quindlen
   
6. THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
   
7. LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel
   
8. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
   
9. THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK by Stephen L. Carter
   
10. MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides
    

Top 10 Paperbacks:

1. EMPIRE FALLS by Richard Russo
   
2. PEACE LIKE A RIVER by Leif Enger
   
3. THE CORRECTIONS by Jonathan Franzen
   
4. BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett
   
5. GOOD IN BED by Jennifer Weiner
   
6. LAST MAN STANDING by David Baldacci
   
7. SEABISCUIT by Laura Hillenbrand
   
8. THE MILLIONAIRES by Brad Meltzer
   
9. JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough
   
10. SLAMMERKIN by Emma Donoghue
    

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