December 31, 2001
**NOTE: This page was reformatted in 2025 as part of #Sonderbooks25, my 25th year of posting Sonderbooks. Here is the original page, which is not in phone-friendly format. I've kept the wording the same.**
As each year ends, it’s fun to look over my list of all the books I’ve read this year and decide which were my favorites. Many books that seemed excellent when I read them have paled over the passage of time. Others stand out brightly in my mind.
I hope you’ll enjoy the following lists. I divided the books into categories, then ranked them in each category by how much I enjoyed reading them. It didn’t seem fair to combine the books I had reread with the ones I had read for the first time. For one thing, I only reread books that I love, for another, they have the added affection of old friends.
Most of the books were already reviewed in an earlier Sonderbooks, though I read some before I started it, and included a few notes for some of them. My preference for young adult fantasy is glaringly obvious! This list may not look selective, but the books below represent only about a third of the books I read this year. All of them are excellent and well worth reading.
For the books that I have reviewed, the link will go to my review. For the books I haven't reviewed, the link will go to the Amazon.com record for that book.
If you wonder where to start reading from my lists of good books, these books are the best!
Happy Reading!
—Sondra Eklund
