Best Books of 1998

1.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) 4.43 avg rating β€” 4,349,157 ratings
2.
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) 4.42 avg rating β€” 1,000,118 ratings
3.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,332,991 ratings
4.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,768 ratings
5.
Stardust
Stardust 4.10 avg rating β€” 476,219 ratings
6.
About a Boy
About a Boy 3.80 avg rating β€” 140,016 ratings
7.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating β€” 146,852 ratings
8.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 273,168 ratings
9.
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 129,686 ratings
10.
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6) 4.19 avg rating β€” 66,837 ratings
11.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating β€” 320,914 ratings
12.
The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)
The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8) 3.93 avg rating β€” 157,529 ratings
13.
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones 3.92 avg rating β€” 208,170 ratings
14.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating β€” 120,604 ratings
15.
Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1)
Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 17,880 ratings
16.
The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #3)
The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #3) 3.57 avg rating β€” 101,433 ratings
17.
Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1)
Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 43,306 ratings
18.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away 3.90 avg rating β€” 68,628 ratings
19.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions 4.01 avg rating β€” 73,245 ratings
20.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating β€” 60,036 ratings
21.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam 3.47 avg rating β€” 58,438 ratings
22.
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress
by: Dan Brown
3.70 avg rating β€” 657,588 ratings
23.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating β€” 76,488 ratings
24.
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 98,554 ratings
25.
The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind, #6)
The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 61,021 ratings
26.
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War 4.10 avg rating β€” 24,892 ratings
27.
The Masterharper of Pern (Pern, #14)
The Masterharper of Pern (Pern, #14) 4.26 avg rating β€” 25,350 ratings
28.
The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6)
The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6)
by: Anne Rice
3.80 avg rating β€” 72,923 ratings
29.
Marlfox (Redwall, #11)
Marlfox (Redwall, #11) 4.05 avg rating β€” 18,011 ratings
30.
Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)
Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10) 4.14 avg rating β€” 57,188 ratings
31.
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 129,827 ratings
32.
Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7)
Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7) 4.09 avg rating β€” 71,615 ratings
33.
Inversions (Culture, #6)
Inversions (Culture, #6) 3.96 avg rating β€” 19,768 ratings
34.
Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9)
Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9) 4.05 avg rating β€” 66,875 ratings
35.
Deception on His Mind (Inspector Lynley, #9)
Deception on His Mind (Inspector Lynley, #9) 4.08 avg rating β€” 13,397 ratings
36.
Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8)
Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8) 4.07 avg rating β€” 67,793 ratings
37.
The Pact
The Pact 4.03 avg rating β€” 323,337 ratings
38.
England, England
England, England 3.32 avg rating β€” 6,348 ratings
39.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 436,115 ratings
40.
The Street Lawyer
The Street Lawyer 3.89 avg rating β€” 120,911 ratings
41.
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7) 4.16 avg rating β€” 60,420 ratings
42.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind 4.13 avg rating β€” 134,373 ratings
43.
The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives 4.17 avg rating β€” 50,128 ratings
43.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families 4.22 avg rating β€” 35,952 ratings
45.
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 43,397 ratings
46.
Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket, #1)
Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 8,393 ratings
47.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die 3.73 avg rating β€” 237,032 ratings
48.
The Accidental Time Machine
The Accidental Time Machine 3.73 avg rating β€” 10,583 ratings
49.
With This Ring (Vanza, #1)
With This Ring (Vanza, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 8,060 ratings
50.
The Life of Elizabeth I
The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating β€” 32,631 ratings
51.
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 54,205 ratings
52.
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912 really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 11,288 ratings
53.
Someone Like You
Someone Like You 3.92 avg rating β€” 105,532 ratings
53.
Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red 4.26 avg rating β€” 34,580 ratings
55.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader 4.10 avg rating β€” 13,934 ratings
56.
The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2)
The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2) 4.03 avg rating β€” 4,616 ratings
56.
Headlong
Headlong 3.66 avg rating β€” 4,956 ratings
56.
Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)
Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) 4.29 avg rating β€” 18,308 ratings
56.
A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year 3.77 avg rating β€” 64,057 ratings
60.
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House, #12)
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House, #12) 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,263 ratings
61.
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy 3.75 avg rating β€” 5,735 ratings
61.
Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay
Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,343 ratings
63.
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16)
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16) 3.96 avg rating β€” 11,590 ratings
64.
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4) 4.16 avg rating β€” 41,501 ratings
64.
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 4.25 avg rating β€” 79,657 ratings
66.
A Patchwork Planet
A Patchwork Planet 3.80 avg rating β€” 15,145 ratings
67.
Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)
Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2) 4.14 avg rating β€” 18,687 ratings
68.
The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness 4.17 avg rating β€” 123,024 ratings
69.
The MacGregor Grooms (The MacGregors, #9)
The MacGregor Grooms (The MacGregors, #9) 4.12 avg rating β€” 14,458 ratings
70.
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus 3.49 avg rating β€” 5,669 ratings
71.
The Love of a Good Woman
The Love of a Good Woman really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 9,551 ratings
72.
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating β€” 42,073 ratings
73.
I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2)
I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2) 3.86 avg rating β€” 10,048 ratings
74.
Legends
Legends 3.92 avg rating β€” 7,680 ratings
75.
Holiday in Death (In Death, #7)
Holiday in Death (In Death, #7)
by: J.D. Robb
4.34 avg rating β€” 44,639 ratings
76.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human 4.03 avg rating β€” 3,666 ratings
77.
Igraine the Brave
Igraine the Brave 3.90 avg rating β€” 9,236 ratings
78.
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray 3.83 avg rating β€” 12,635 ratings
78.
A Rake's Vow (Cynster, #2)
A Rake's Vow (Cynster, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 12,734 ratings
80.
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,356 ratings
80.
Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1)
Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1)
by: Anne Rice
3.80 avg rating β€” 46,735 ratings
80.
The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)
The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) 3.71 avg rating β€” 7,311 ratings
83.
Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions 4.56 avg rating β€” 25,156 ratings
84.
The Antelope Wife
The Antelope Wife 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,181 ratings
84.
Summon the Keeper (Keeper's Chronicles #1)
Summon the Keeper (Keeper's Chronicles #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 5,790 ratings
84.
Lions at Lunchtime (Magic Tree House, #11)
Lions at Lunchtime (Magic Tree House, #11) 3.91 avg rating β€” 13,096 ratings
87.
Riptide - MΓΆrderische Flut
Riptide - MΓΆrderische Flut 3.98 avg rating β€” 20,603 ratings
88.
Green Rider (Green Rider, #1)
Green Rider (Green Rider, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 40,219 ratings
89.
Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House, #15)
Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House, #15) 3.89 avg rating β€” 10,341 ratings
90.
Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin Soup 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,330 ratings
90.
Sword in the Storm (The Rigante, #1)
Sword in the Storm (The Rigante, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 12,635 ratings
92.
Homeport
Homeport 3.98 avg rating β€” 17,751 ratings
93.
Judas Child
Judas Child 4.08 avg rating β€” 3,308 ratings
93.
A Man in Full
A Man in Full
by: Tom Wolfe
3.89 avg rating β€” 20,216 ratings
95.
River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2)
River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 16,759 ratings
96.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
If You Give a Pig a Pancake 4.26 avg rating β€” 66,503 ratings
97.
Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, #9)
Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, #9) 4.28 avg rating β€” 29,926 ratings
98.
Baby, I'm Yours
Baby, I'm Yours 3.73 avg rating β€” 6,040 ratings
99.
Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House, #14)
Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House, #14) 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,387 ratings
99.
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
by: Lee Child
4.07 avg rating β€” 160,177 ratings
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