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Most Popular Reviews - 2002


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2002, first for the year as a whole, then by month.

      - Previous month's/year's position given in brackets.
      - Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      - "-" indicates book was not among top 50/150 reviews.

2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (7)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (10)
  4. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  7. Big Women, Fay Weldon (2)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9.)
  9. Proof, David Auburn (21)
  10. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (8)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  12. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (23)
  13. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (13)
  14. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (15)
  15. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (20)
  16. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (12)
  17. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (70)
  18. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (17)
  19. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (89)
  20. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (16)
  21. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (30)
  22. The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard (5)
  23. Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges (24)
  24. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (25)
  25. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (45)
  26. Collected Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges (22)
  27. The Flight of Icarus, Raymond Queneau (14)
  28. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (18)
  29. Spinning into Butter, Rebecca Gilman (27)
  30. The Elemntary Particles, Michel Houellebecq (38)

December, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (3)
  3. Prey, Michael Crichton (-)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (4)
  7. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9)
  9. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (10)
  10. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (12)
  11. Proof, David Auburn (8)
  12. Big Women, Fay Weldon (13)
  13. Atonement, Ian McEwan (-)
  14. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (15)
  15. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (18)

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November, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  3. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  4. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (7)
  7. The Little Friend, Donna Tartt (-)
  8. Proof, David Auburn (6)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9)
  10. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (8)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (18)
  12. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (13)
  13. Big Women, Fay Weldon (25)
  14. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (10)
  15. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (11)

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October, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (3)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (4)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  6. Proof, David Auburn (9)
  7. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (7)
  8. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (10)
  10. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (22)
  11. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (24)
  12. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (6)
  13. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (18)
  14. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (25)
  15. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (11)

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September, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  3. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  4. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (6)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (7)
  6. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (10)
  7. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (5)
  8. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  9. Proof, David Auburn (11)
  10. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  11. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (9)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (17)
  13. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (22)
  14. The Sopranos, Alan Warner (37)
  15. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (15)

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August, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (3)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  5. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (8)
  6. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (10)
  7. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (6)
  9. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (9)
  10. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  11. Proof, David Auburn (16)
  12. The Discovery of Heaven, Harry Mulisch (17)
  13. Armadillo, William Boyd (12)
  14. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (35)
  15. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (20)

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July, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  3. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (5)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (8)
  6. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (7)
  7. The Emperor of Ocean Park, Stephen L. Carter (4)
  8. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  9. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (9)
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (10)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (12)
  12. Armadillo, William Boyd (-)
  13. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (13)
  14. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (17)
  15. F'd Companies, Philip J. Kaplan (-)

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June, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  4. The Emperor of Ocean Park, Stephen L. Carter (42)
  5. Big Women, Fay Weldon (6)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (5)
  7. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  8. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  9. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (13)
  10. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (7)
  11. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (17)
  12. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (12)
  13. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (11)
  14. Proof, David Auburn (9)
  15. Lolita: A Screenplay, Vladimir Nabokov (20)

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May, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  5. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  6. Big Women, Fay Weldon (8)
  7. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (5)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (10)
  9. Proof, David Auburn (13)
  10. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (11)
  11. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (9)
  12. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (12)
  13. Eucalyptus, Murray Bail (34)
  14. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (15)
  15. The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard (17)

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April, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (3)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  5. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (2)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (6)
  7. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (9)
  8. Big Women, Fay Weldon (7)
  9. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  10. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (8)
  11. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (13)
  12. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (11)
  13. Proof, David Auburn (15)
  14. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (14)
  15. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (10)

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March, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (3)
  3. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (6)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  6. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (8)
  7. Big Women, Fay Weldon (5)
  8. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (9)
  9. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (7)
  10. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (13)
  11. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (14)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (10)
  13. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (15)
  14. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (11)
  15. Proof, David Auburn (12)

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February, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  3. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (8)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (5)
  5. Big Women, Fay Weldon (4)
  6. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (10)
  7. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (6)
  8. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (3)
  9. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (7)
  10. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (12)
  11. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (15)
  12. Proof, David Auburn (13)
  13. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (11)
  14. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (9)
  15. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick (26)

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January, 2002

  1. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1)
  2. Lolita, Richard Corliss (2)
  3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (4)
  4. Big Women, Fay Weldon (5)
  5. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (3)
  6. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig (17)
  7. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton (7)
  8. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (8)
  9. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester (9)
  10. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (6)
  11. Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss (11)
  12. 'Art', Yasmina Reza (15)
  13. Proof, David Auburn (14)
  14. The Cambridge Quintet, John L. Casti (-)
  15. The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (18)

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