2002 in literature

See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• Any Human Heart - William Boyd
• Atonement - Ian McEwan
• Beach House - James Patterson
• Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
• ' - Dan Franck & Cynthia Liebow
• ' - Charles J. Hanley, Sang-Hun Choe and Martha Mendoza
• The Bountiful Harvest - Thomas R. DeGregori
• By the Light of the Moon - Dean R. Koontz
• The Cauldron of Dreams - Gerina Dunwich
• Coastliners - Joanne Harris
• Le Concile de pierre - Jean-Christophe Grangé
• The Cottage - Danielle Steel
• The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
• Dead Air - Iain Banks
• Die Another Day - Raymond Benson
• The Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
• ' - Stephen King
• Face the Fire - Nora Roberts
• Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
• From a Buick 8 - Stephen King
• The Girl with the Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
• Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
• Hard Eight (Janet Evanovich) - Janet Evanovich
• Heart of a Soldier - James B. Stewart
• Herbal Magick - Gerina Dunwich
• Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
• In Search of America - Peter Jennings
• The Last Crossing - Guy Vanderhaeghe
• Lucky Man - Michael J. Fox
• Les Ombres errantes - Pascal Quignard
• The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
• Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
• The Man with the Red Tattoo - Raymond Benson
• Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse - Kenneth Wayne
• Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
• One Door Away from Heaven - Dean R. Koontz
• ' - Margaret Olwen Macmillan
• Prey - Michael Crichton
• The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren
• The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
• Sheepshagger - Niall Griffiths
• The Shelters of Stone - Jean M. Auel
• The Sigma Protocol - Robert Ludlum
• The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
• The Summons - John Grisham
• Sutherlin alliance - James Spix
• Underland - Mick Farren
• Unless - Carol Shields
• Vitals - Greg Bear
• Vivir para contarla (autobiography) - Gabriel García Márquez
• White Oleander - Janet Fitch
• A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural - Gerina Dunwich
• You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers