The Economist - Books of the Year 2002

1.
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 23,635 ratings
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature 4.09 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
3.
By the Lake
By the Lake 4.03 avg rating — 3,172 ratings
4.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
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Crow Lake
Crow Lake 4.01 avg rating — 27,500 ratings
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War 4.02 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
7.
Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life
Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life 4.06 avg rating — 709 ratings
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The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone
The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone 3.72 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship 3.95 avg rating — 446 ratings
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The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World 3.98 avg rating — 814 ratings
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill 3.85 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City
Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City 4.01 avg rating — 254 ratings
13.
The Rise of Southern Republicans
The Rise of Southern Republicans 3.92 avg rating — 79 ratings
14.
The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History 4.11 avg rating — 475 ratings
15.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam 3.90 avg rating — 315 ratings
16.
The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq
The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq 3.40 avg rating — 172 ratings
17.
The Emerging Democratic Majority
The Emerging Democratic Majority 3.57 avg rating — 138 ratings
18.
Pushkin: A Biography
Pushkin: A Biography 3.79 avg rating — 387 ratings
19.
The Red Count: The Life and Times of Harry Kessler (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism) (Volume 30)
The Red Count: The Life and Times of Harry Kessler (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism) (Volume 30) 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
20.
Mapping Lives: The Uses of Biography (British Academy Centenary Monographs)
Mapping Lives: The Uses of Biography (British Academy Centenary Monographs) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
21.
What Management Is: How It Works and Why It's Everyone's Business
What Management Is: How It Works and Why It's Everyone's Business 3.73 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Bitter Bonds: A Colonial Divorce Drama of the Seventeenth Century
Bitter Bonds: A Colonial Divorce Drama of the Seventeenth Century 2.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
23.
Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size
Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
24.
Glass: A World History
Glass: A World History 3.50 avg rating — 46 ratings
25.
Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 3.26 avg rating — 400 ratings
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The Man Who Lost his Language: A Case of Aphasia
The Man Who Lost his Language: A Case of Aphasia 3.67 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
by: Ken Alder
3.91 avg rating — 1,032 ratings
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A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking (Applause Books)
A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking (Applause Books) 4.42 avg rating — 313 ratings
29.
Paris Hollywood: Writings on Film
Paris Hollywood: Writings on Film 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
30.
Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker
Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 554 ratings
31.
Schott's Original Miscellany
Schott's Original Miscellany 4.10 avg rating — 2,099 ratings
32.
The Snow Geese
The Snow Geese 3.56 avg rating — 816 ratings
33.
Big If
Big If 3.08 avg rating — 383 ratings
34.
Belonging: Poems
Belonging: Poems 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
35.
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
by: Sappho
4.43 avg rating — 20,759 ratings
36.
A Whistling Woman
A Whistling Woman 3.77 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
37.
Family Matters
Family Matters 4.03 avg rating — 24,364 ratings
38.
Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001
Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001 4.17 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Dirt Music
Dirt Music 3.87 avg rating — 15,188 ratings
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The Horned Man
The Horned Man 3.40 avg rating — 781 ratings