The entries marked with a (*) are rereads. In most of those cases it had been long enough that I wasn't quite remembering all details---but not in all.

In what follows:

• Exclamation mark: Definitely try to read this if you can
• 5 stars: Extraordinary
• 4 stars: Really good
• 3 stars: Good, or a fun read; if you have time and nothing else to read
• 2 stars: Ennnn.....nnnnh
• 1 star: What was the author thinking?
• N/A: Rating not applicable

Do note that my ratings are based on either how much entertainment/escape I had reading the book or how much new stuff I learned/noticed while reading it. This isn't a literary merit rating, except maybe for the exclamation mark books. Which might be exclamation mark for a wide variety of reasons as well, including "it's a classic," and "it details a worldview/scientific information that I think everyone should be aware of."

To the 2001 list...

January 2002

The Return of the King (*)	J.R.R. Tolkien	Fantasy; The Lord of the Rings III.
Pijamalilar Kogusu (The Pyjama Ward)	R. Ilgaz	Humour.
Boyle Gelmis Boyle Gitmez I: Yol (So It Has Been, So It Won't Be I: The Path)(*)	A. Nesin	Autobiography, part 1.
Boyle Gelmis Boyle Gitmez II: Yokusun Basi (So It Has Been, So It Won't Be II: The Beginning of the Slope)	A. Nesin	Autobiography, part 2.
Harry Potter ve Sirlar Odasi (*) Harry Potter ve Azkaban Tutsagi (*) Harry Potter ve Ates Kadehi (*) (Books 2, 3 and 4)	J.K. Rowling	Fantasy, young adult. I was curious about the Turkish translations; and the rating here is for the translation quality.
Sizin Memlekette Esek Yok Mu? (Are There No Donkeys in Your Land?)	A. Nesin	Collection of stories, mostly humour.
Biz Adam Olmayiz (We Will Never Grow Up)	A. Nesin	Collection of humour stories.
Yoz Davar (Sheep and Goats)(*)	T. Apaydin	The struggle of a sheepherder to defend the herd under his care against the machinations of another herd-owner.
Yilki Ati (The Released Horse)(*)	O. Kemal	The story of a winter spent by a mare let loose for the duration of winter because her owner couldn't afford to keep her with his other animals.
Baba Evi (Under My Father's Roof)(*)	O. Kemal	Autobiographical, part 1.
Avare Yillar (The Lazy Years)(*)	O. Kemal	Autobiographical, part 2.
At The Fringes of Science	M.W. Friedlander	Nonfiction; discourse on what is science and what is pseudo-science, shaky science, and fraud science.
The Airport	A. Hailey	Thriller.
The Virgin in the Ice: A Medieaval Whodunnit	E. Peters	What the title says.
Yorgun Savasci (The Tired Warrior)(*)	K. Tahir	An officer of the Ottoman army joining the resistance forces for the Turkish Independence War.
Shadow of the Hegemon	O.S. Card	Sci-fi; sequel to Ender's Shadow.

February 2002

Stardust	N. Gaiman	"Being a romance in the realms of Faerie."
Dark Tide I---Onslaught (*)	M.A. Stackpole	Star Wars Extended Universe: New Jedi Order
Dark Tide II---Ruin (*)	M.A. Stackpole	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Agents of Chaos I---Hero's Trial (*)	J. Luceno	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Bored of the Rings	The Harvard Lampoon	A Parody of LotR
The Clocks	A. Christie	"A Hercule Poirot Mystery"
Agents of Chaos II---Jedi Eclipse (*)	J. Luceno	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Golden Spiders	R. Stout	A Nero Wolfe Mystery
The League of Frightened Men	R. Stout	A Nero Wolfe Mystery

March 2002

Balance Point (*)	K. Tyers	SW EU: New Jedi Order
In the Blink of an Eye	P. Milton	About the TWA 800 investigation
The Underdog and Other Stories	A. Christie	Hercule Poirot short stories
Edge of Victory I: Conquest (*)	G. Keyes	SW EU: New Jedi Order
The Big Four (*)	A. Christie	"A Hercule Poirot Mystery"
The Silent Speaker	R. Stout	A Nero Wolfe Mystery
The Hollow (*)	A. Christie	"A Hercule Poirot Mystery"
Edge of Victory II: Rebirth	G. Keyes	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Star By Star	T. Denning	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Dark Journey	E. Cunningham	SW EU: New Jedi Order
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank	L.J.Braun	Mystery, humor.
Fortress Draconis (*)	M.A. Stackpole	Epic fantasy.
The Wizard of 4th Street	S. Hawke	Fantasy.
The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal	L.J.Braun	Mystery, humor.

April 2002

Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream	A. Allston	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Tigana (*)	G.G. Kay	Epic fantasy.
Avalon	A. Seton	Historical fiction.
Time of the Twins	M. Weis and T. Hickman	The Dragonlance Legends, vol. 1.
War of the Twins	M. Weis and T. Hickman	The Dragonlance Legends, vol. 2.
Test of the Twins	M. Weis and T. Hickman	The Dragonlance Legends, vol. 3.

May 2002

Smoke and Mirrors	N. Gaiman	"Short Stories and Illusions"
Preludes and Nocturnes	N. Gaiman	The Sandman, v. 1
The Doll House	N. Gaiman	The Sandman, v. 2
Dream Country	N. Gaiman	The Sandman, v. 3
Season of Mists	N. Gaiman	The Sandman, v. 4
Fables and Reflections	N. Gaiman	The Sandman, v. 5
A Game of You	N. Gaiman	The Sandman, v. 6
American Gods (*)	N. Gaiman	Contemporary fantasy; a road tale; more than the sum of its parts; can't really describe it, read it already.
Masters of Everon	G. Dickson	Science Fiction
Death of a Dude (*)	R. Stout	A Nero Wolfe Mystery

June 2002

The Nodwick Chronicles	A. Williams	Comic tales of Nodwick the Henchman
Monk's Hood	E. Peters	A Brother Cadfael Mystery
St. Peter's Fair	E. Peters	A Brother Cadfael Mystery
The Excalibur Alternative	D. Weber	Sci-fi.
The First Book of Swords	F. Saberhagen	Sci-fi.

July 2002

The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams	L. Block	Murder Mystery.
Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand	A. Allston	SW EU: New Jedi Order
The King is Dead	S. Shankman	Murder Mystery.
The Grapes of Wrath (*)	J. Steinbeck	Displaced families moving to the West in 1930s.

August 2002

She Walks in Beauty	S. Shankman	Murder Mystery.
Murder in the Red Room	E. Roosevelt	Murder Mystery.
Death at Buckingham Palace	C.C. Benson	Murder Mystery.
On Mozart: A Paean for Wolfgang	A. Burgess	"Being a celestial colloquy, an opera libretto, a film script, a schizoprenic dialogue, a bewildered rumination, a Stendhalian transcription, and a heartfelt homage upon the bicentenary of the death of W.A. Mozart."
Traitor	M. Stover	SW EU: New Jedi Order
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul	D. Adams	An adventure of the private holistic detective Dirk Gently

September 2002

The Second Book of Swords	F. Saberhagen	Sci-fi/fantasy.
The Third Book of Swords	F. Saberhagen	Sci-fi/fantasy.
The Shadow Rising (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.
Perfume	Patrcik Suskind	Historical fiction.
The Fires of Heaven (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.

October 2002

Lord of Chaos (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.
The Crown of Swords (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.
The Path of Daggers (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.
Winter's Heart (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.
Legends	R. Silverberg (ed.)	Stories and short novels by epic fantasy writers set in their "main" fantasy worlds. The rating is an average for the stories.

November 2002

Red Dragon	T. Harris	Crime thriller
Dork Shadows	J. Kovalic	Comic collection, Dork Tower V. II.
The Summer Tree	G.G. Kay	Epic fantasy, Book 1 of the Fionavar Tapestry.
The Wandering Fire	G.G. Kay	Epic fantasy, Book 2 of the Fionavar Tapestry.
The Eye of the World (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.

December 2002

The Darkest Road	G.G. Kay	Epic fantasy, Book 3 of the Fionavar Tapestry.
Dork Covenant	J. Kovalic	Comic collection, Dork Tower V. I.
The Great Hunt (*)	R. Jordan	Epic fantasy.
When Dragons Rage	M.A. Stackpole	Epic fantasy: Dragoncrown War Cycle, II.
Destiny's Way	W.J.Williams	SW EU: New Jedi Order
Baudolino	U. Eco	Medieval history/fantasy/fancy
Savulun Sosyalizm Geliyor (Run, Socialism's Coming)	A.Nesin	Humor
Uc Anadolu Efsanesi (Three Anatolian Folktales)(*)	Y. Kemal	What the title says.

I sometimes prefer to let some time elapse before I rate a book, to see how well it "ages" in memory.

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