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Best of 1999: Borders

Borders.com's list of the Best Fiction of 1999 consists of 10 titles, half of which are of SFFH interest:

• Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis (Scribner)
• Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon (Avon)
• J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Scholastic)
• Stewart O'Nan, A Prayer for the Dying (Henry Holt)
• Elizabeth Haydon, Rhapsody (Tor)

The 11 Nonfiction selections include Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, Evan Schwartz's Digital Darwinism, and Scott McCartney's ENIAC.

Best of 1999: SF Site

The writers, reviewers, and editors of SF Site have selected the following 10 Best SF and Fantasy Books of 1999:

1. Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon (Avon)
2. Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Tor)
3. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban (Scholastic)
4. Peg Kerr, The Wild Swans (Warner Aspect)
5. Gene Wolfe, On Blue's Waters (Tor)
6. William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Putnam)
7. Neil Gaiman, Stardust (Avon)
8. Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis (Scribner)
9. J.V. Jones, A Cavern of Black Ice (Warner Aspect)
   [tie] Matthew Thomas, Before and After (HarperCollins Voyager)
10. Jonathan Carroll, The Marriage of Sticks (Gollancz; Tor)

Updated Best Books of 1999 Tally

(Sat 22 Jan 2000)

1999 News Archive