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€” 4,349,926 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€” 1,000,246 ratings
3.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,333,199 ratings
4.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,857 ratings
5.
Stardust
Stardust 4.10 avg rating β€” 476,245 ratings
6.
About a Boy
About a Boy 3.80 avg rating β€” 140,023 ratings
7.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating β€” 146,855 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€” 273,173 ratings
9.
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)
Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 129,696 ratings
10.
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6) 4.19 avg rating β€” 66,845 ratings
11.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating β€” 320,936 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€” 157,566 ratings
13.
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones 3.92 avg rating β€” 208,192 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€” 120,613 ratings
15.
Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1)
Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 17,881 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€” 101,438 ratings
17.
Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1)
Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 43,308 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€” 68,630 ratings
19.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions 4.01 avg rating β€” 73,250 ratings
20.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating β€” 60,044 ratings
21.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam 3.47 avg rating β€” 58,445 ratings
22.
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress
by: Dan Brown
3.70 avg rating β€” 657,616 ratings
23.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating β€” 76,500 ratings
24.
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 98,592 ratings
25.
The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind, #6)
The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 61,027 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€” 24,894 ratings
27.
The Masterharper of Pern (Pern, #14)
The Masterharper of Pern (Pern, #14) 4.26 avg rating β€” 25,351 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€” 18,012 ratings
30.
Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)
Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10) 4.13 avg rating β€” 57,196 ratings
31.
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 129,834 ratings
32.
Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7)
Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7) 4.09 avg rating β€” 71,618 ratings
33.
Inversions (Culture, #6)
Inversions (Culture, #6) 3.96 avg rating β€” 19,770 ratings
34.
Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9)
Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9) 4.05 avg rating β€” 66,886 ratings
35.
Deception on His Mind (Inspector Lynley, #9)
Deception on His Mind (Inspector Lynley, #9) 4.08 avg rating β€” 13,398 ratings
36.
Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8)
Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8) 4.07 avg rating β€” 67,795 ratings
37.
The Pact
The Pact 4.03 avg rating β€” 323,373 ratings
38.
England, England
England, England 3.32 avg rating β€” 6,350 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€” 436,158 ratings
40.
The Street Lawyer
The Street Lawyer 3.89 avg rating β€” 120,924 ratings
41.
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7) 4.16 avg rating β€” 60,431 ratings
42.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind 4.13 avg rating β€” 134,378 ratings
43.
The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives 4.17 avg rating β€” 50,146 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€” 35,956 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€” 43,405 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€” 237,062 ratings
48.
The Accidental Time Machine
The Accidental Time Machine 3.73 avg rating β€” 10,586 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€” 32,632 ratings
51.
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 54,219 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€” 11,289 ratings
53.
Someone Like You
Someone Like You 3.92 avg rating β€” 105,537 ratings
53.
Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red 4.26 avg rating β€” 34,589 ratings
55.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader 4.10 avg rating β€” 13,936 ratings
56.
The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2)
The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2) 4.03 avg rating β€” 4,617 ratings
56.
Headlong
Headlong 3.66 avg rating β€” 4,958 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€” 64,059 ratings
60.
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House, #12)
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House, #12) 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,267 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€” 5,344 ratings
63.
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16)
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16) 3.96 avg rating β€” 11,592 ratings
64.
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4) 4.16 avg rating β€” 41,508 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€” 79,660 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€” 18,692 ratings
68.
The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness 4.17 avg rating β€” 123,043 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€” 9,552 ratings
72.
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating β€” 42,082 ratings
73.
I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2)
I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2) 3.86 avg rating β€” 10,049 ratings
74.
Legends
Legends 3.92 avg rating β€” 7,681 ratings
75.
Holiday in Death (In Death, #7)
Holiday in Death (In Death, #7)
by: J.D. Robb
4.34 avg rating β€” 44,643 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€” 12,637 ratings
78.
A Rake's Vow (Cynster, #2)
A Rake's Vow (Cynster, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 12,735 ratings
80.
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,357 ratings
80.
Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1)
Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1)
by: Anne Rice
3.80 avg rating β€” 46,736 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€” 25,158 ratings
84.
The Antelope Wife
The Antelope Wife 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,182 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€” 13,098 ratings
87.
Riptide - MΓΆrderische Flut
Riptide - MΓΆrderische Flut 3.98 avg rating β€” 20,605 ratings
88.
Green Rider (Green Rider, #1)
Green Rider (Green Rider, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 40,222 ratings
89.
Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House, #15)
Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House, #15) 3.89 avg rating β€” 10,343 ratings
90.
Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin Soup 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,331 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€” 20,218 ratings
95.
River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2)
River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 16,760 ratings
96.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
If You Give a Pig a Pancake 4.26 avg rating β€” 66,505 ratings
97.
Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, #9)
Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, #9) 4.28 avg rating β€” 29,932 ratings
98.
Baby, I'm Yours
Baby, I'm Yours 3.73 avg rating β€” 6,041 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€” 11,389 ratings
99.
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
by: Lee Child
4.07 avg rating β€” 160,210 ratings
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