A Hundred Good Books from the Nineties
2000-2002, Christian Sauvé
Next time you're at the library and you don't know what to borrow, remember this URL and take a look: These 100 books rank among my favorite of the decade so far. (I reserve the right update this list each January) If I have enough time, or sufficient demand for it, I might even be bothered to blurb each one of those.
[Last updated in January 2002]
Horror
- Summer of Night, Dan Simmons (1991)
- Anno Dracula, Kim Newman (1992)
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Stephen King (1993)
- Bestsellers Guaranteed, Joe R. Lansdale (1993)
- La mémoire du lac, Joël Champetier (1994)
- Sur le seuil, Patrick Sénécal (1998)
Humor
- Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (1990)
- Captain Jack Zodiac, Michael Kandel (1992)
- Et Tu, Babe, Mark Leyner (1992)
- Ten Points for Style, Walter Jon Williams (1995)
- Headcrash, Bruce Bethke (1995)
- The Dilbert Principle, Scott Adams (1996)
- Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding (1996)
- Rock This!, Chris Rock (1997)
- Our Dumb Century, The Onion (1999)
Fantasy
- The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump, Harry Turtledove (1993)
- The Lions of Al-Rassan, Guy Gavriel Kay (1995)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling (1996)
- The Claus Effect, David Nickle & Karl Schroeder (1997)
Non-Fiction / Reference
- Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams & Mark Cawradine (1990)
- The Cuckoo's Egg, Cliff Stoll (1990)
- The Making of a Cop, Harvey Rachlin (1991)
- Maus, Art Spiegelman (1991)
- Rogue Warrior, Richard Marcinko & John Weisman (1992)
- The Hacker Crackdown, Bruce Sterling (1992)
- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Scott McCloud (1993)
- The Art of Michael Whelan, Michael Whelan (1993)
- The New Alchemists, Robert M. Hazen (1993)
- The Encyclopedia of SF, John Clute & Peter Nichols (1993)
- Hyperspace, Michio Kaku (1994)
- The Scariest Place on Earth, David E. Fisher (1994)
- The Hot Zone, Richard Preston (1994)
- Watch the Skies!, Curtis Peebles (1994)
- Science-Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute (1995)
- Nano, Ed Regis (1995)
- Samurai from Outer Space, Antonia Levi (1996)
- Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond (1997)
- The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger (1997)
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute & Glen Grant (1997)
- The Transparent Society, David Brin (1998)
- The Dreams our Stuff is Made of, Thomas M. Disch (1998)
- Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Earth, Jeff Greenwald (1998)
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: Hollywood in the 70s, Peter Biskind (1998)
- Infinite Worlds, Vincent DiFate (1998)
Science-Fiction
- Earth, David Brin (1990)
- Quarantine, Greg Egan (1992)
- Steel Beach, John Varley (1992)
- Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson (1992)
- Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (1992)
- The Guns of the South, Harry Turtledove (1992)
- Aristoi, Walter Jon Williams (1992)
- Moving Mars, Greg Bear (1993)
- The Last Dancer, Daniel Keys Moran (1993)
- Flying to Valhalla, Charles Pellegrino (1993)
- Mother of Storms, John Barnes (1994)
- Gun, with Occasional Music, Jonathan Lethem (1994)
- The Engines of God, Jack McDevitt (1994)
- Axiomatic, Greg Egan (1995)
- The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter (1995)
- The Killing Star, Charles Pellegrino & George Zebrowski (1995)
- The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer (1995)
- Starplex, Robert J. Sawyer (1996)
- The Truth Machine, James L. Halperin (1996)
- The Probability Broach, L. Neil Smith (1996)
- Ribofunk, Paul Di Filippo (1996)
- The Fortunate Fall, Raphael Carter (1996)
- Infectress, Tom Cool (1997)
- Einstein's Bridge, John Cramer (1997)
- Cosm, Gregory Benford (1998)
- The Golden Globe, John Varley (1998)
- Distraction, Bruce Sterling (1998)
- Dust, Charles Pellegrino (1998)
- Signal to Noise, Eric S. Nylund (1998)
- Bloom, Wil McCarthy (1998)
- The First Immortal, James L. Halperin (1998)
- The Trigger, Arthur C. Clarke & Michael Kube-McDowall (1999)
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (1999)
Thrillers / Techno-thrillers
- The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy (1991)
- Thunder of Erebus, Payne Harrison (1991)
- Disclosure, Michael Crichton (1993)
- Debt of Honor, Tom Clancy (1994)
- Arc Light, Eric L. Harry (1994)
- Interface, Stephen Bury (1994)
- The Cobweb, Stephen Bury (1996)
- Executive Orders, Tom Clancy (1996)
- Society of the Mind, Eric L. Harry (1996)
- Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk (1996)
- The Cobra Event, Richard Preston (1997)
- Back to the Moon, Homer J. Hickam (1999)
- Icefire, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1998)
- Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (1999)
Military Fiction
- Hammerheads, Dale Brown (1990)
- The Sixth Battle, Barrett Tillman (1992)
- The Ten Thousands, Harold Coyle (1993)
- Cauldron, Larry Bond (1993)
- Choosers of the Slain, James L. Cobb (1996)
Crime Fiction
- L.A. Confidential, James Ellroy (1990)
- Rising Sun, Michael Crichton (1992)
- Manhattan Nocturne, Colin Harrison (1996)
- Trunk Music, Michael Connelly (1997)