| Index | Author | Title | Date | # Pages | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1829 | P. G. Wodehouse | The Coming of Bill | 2jan97 | 244 | Novel/PGW |
| 1830 | Joanna Scott | The Closest Possible Union | 3jan97 | 288 | Novel/Historical |
| 1831 | Kazuo Ishiguro | A Pale View of Hills | 5jan97 | 175 | Novel |
| 1832 | Mark Childress | Crazy in Alabama | 7jan97 | 375 | Novel |
| 1833 | E. F. Benson | Make Way for Lucia | 10jan97 | 308 | Novel |
| 1834 | Richard Condon | Prizzi's Family | 11jan97 | 307 | Novel |
| 1835 | Cynthia Bass | Maiden Voyage | 12jan97 | 257 | Novel |
| 1836 | Marion St. John Webb | Knock Three Times! | 12jan97 | 276 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1837 | Carl Djerassi | The Bourbaki Gambit | 14jan97 | 230 | Novel |
| 1838 | Beryl Bainbridge | The Birthday Boys | 17jan97 | 183 | Novel/Historical |
| 1839 | Georges Simenon | Maigret and the Bum | 18jan97 | 147 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1840 | Ellis Peters | The Devil's Novice | 19jan97 | 276 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1841 | Oscar Wilde | The Happy Prince & Other Stories | 19jan97 | 178 | Short Stories |
| 1842 | Robert Girardi | Madeleine's Ghost | 21jan97 | 356 | Novel |
| 1843 | Robert Anton Wilson | The Universe Next Door | 23jan97 | 186 | Novel/Science Fiction |
| 1844 | Louis L'Amour | The Broken Gun | 25jan97 | 151 | Novel/Western |
| 1845 | Georges Simenon | Maigret and the Headless Corpse | 25jan97 | 181 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1846 | Lawrence Block | Tanner's Tiger | 26jan97 | 186 | Novel/Adventure |
| 1847 | James Redfield | The Celestine Prophecy | 30jan97 | 246 | Novel/Philosophical |
| 1848 | Louis L'Amour | Kilrone | 31jan97 | 154 | Novel/Western |
| 1849 | Georges Simenon | Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In | 1feb97 | 150 | Novel/Psychological |
| 1850 | Richard Stark | Slayground | 1feb97 | 154 | Novel/Crime |
| 1851 | Ellis Peters | The Heretic's Apprentice | 2feb97 | 250 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1852 | Gregory Maguire | Wicked | 7feb97 | 406 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1853 | John D. MacDonald | Darker Than Amber | 8feb97 | 283 | Novel/Crime |
| 1854 | Louis L'Amour | Treasure Mountain | 9feb97 | 187 | Novel/Western |
| 1855 | Lawrence Block | Ariel | 10feb97 | 281 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1856 | Elmore Leonard | Touch | 15feb97 | 231 | Novel |
| 1857 | Lilian Jackson Braun | The Cat Who Said Cheese | 16feb97 | 252 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1858 | P. G. Wodehouse | Ice in the Bedroom | 16feb97 | 217 | Novel/PGW |
| 1859 | John D. MacDonald | The Deep Blue Good-By | 17feb97 | 273 | Novel/Crime |
| 1860 | William Manchester | A World Lit Only By Fire | 21feb97 | 296 | History |
| 1861 | Richard (aka Donald Westlake) Stark | The Green Eagle Score | 22feb97 | 167 | Novel/Crime |
| 1862 | John D. MacDonald | Nightmare in Pink | 23feb97 | 266 | Novel/Crime |
| 1863 | Lorenzo Carcaterra | Sleepers | 23feb97 | 370 | 1st Person |
| 1864 | Richard Price | Ladies Man | 25feb97 | 262 | Novel |
| 1865 | Paul Auster | City of Glass | 26feb97 | 156 | Novel |
| 1866 | Paul Auster | Ghosts | 27feb97 | 72 | Novel |
| 1867 | John D. MacDonald | A Purple Place for Dying | 1mar97 | 285 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1868 | Barbara D'Amato | Killer.app | 2mar97 | 340 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1869 | Paul Auster | The Locked Room | 4mar97 | 137 | Novel |
| 1870 | John D. MacDonald | The Quick Red Fox | 8mar97 | 283 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1871 | Louis L'Amour | The Lonely Men | 9mar97 | 171 | Novel/Western |
| 1872 | Robert Olen Butler | Tabloid Dreams | 14mar97 | 203 | Short Stories |
| 1873 | Bill Bryson | Notes from a Small Island | 14mar97 | 317 | First Person |
| 1874 | P. G. Wodehouse | The Clicking of Cuthbert | 15mar97 | 164 | Short Stories |
| 1875 | John D. MacDonald | A Deadly Shade of Gold | 16mar97 | 412 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1876 | Louis L'Amour | Jubal Sackett | 18mar97 | 341 | Novel/Sackett |
| 1877 | P. G. Wodehouse | A Few Quick Ones | 22mar97 | 201 | Short Stories |
| 1878 | Evelyn Waugh | Put Out More Flags | 25mar97 | 283 | Novel |
| 1879 | Louis L'Amour | Milo Talon | 28mar97 | 212 | Novel/Western,Mystery |
| 1880 | Ellis Peters | The Potter's Field | 29mar97 | 217 | Novel/Brother Cadfael |
| 1881 | John D. MacDonald | Bright Orange for the Shroud | 30mar97 | 321 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1882 | A. M. Homes | In a Country of Mothers | 31mar97 | 273 | Novel |
| 1883 | Angela Thirkell | The Demon in the House | 5apr97 | 174 | Novel |
| 1884 | John D. MacDonald | One Fearful Yellow Eye | 6apr97 | 303 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1885 | Louis L'Amour | Sackett | 8apr97 | 152 | Novel/Sackett |
| 1886 | Glendon Swarthout | The Old Colts | 10apr97 | 234 | Novel/Western |
| 1887 | John D. MacDonald | Pale Gray for Guilt | 12apr97 | 288 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1888 | Lawrence Block | Chip Harrison Scores Again | 13apr97 | 246 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1889 | Louis L'Amour | Sackett's Land | 14apr97 | 152 | Novel/Western |
| 1890 | John D. MacDonald | The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper | 19apr97 | 316 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1891 | P. G. Wodehouse | Frozen Assets | 20apr97 | 211 | Novel/PGW |
| 1892 | Terry Pratchett | The Light Fantastic | 20apr97 | 251 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1893 | Kazuo Ishiguro | The Unconsoled | 20apr97 | 533 | Novel |
| 1894 | Thomas Mann | The Magic Mountain | 22apr97 | 706 | Novel |
| 1895 | Tsutomo Shimomura | Take-Down | 23apr97 | 494 | Non-Fiction |
| 1896 | Clyde Edgerton | Redeye | 26apr97 | 240 | Novel |
| 1897 | Harry Kemelman | The Day the Rabbi Left Town | 28apr97 | 263 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1898 | Roddy Doyle | The Commitments | 30apr97 | 165 | Novel |
| 1899 | John D. MacDonald | The Executioners | 2may97 | 214 | Novel/Crime |
| 1900 | P. G. Wodehouse | Mike and Psmith | 3may97 | 184 | Novel/PGW |
| 1901 | Troy Soos | Murder at Wrigley Field | 4may97 | 296 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1902 | John D. MacDonald | Dress Her in Indigo | 5may97 | 296 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1903 | E. L. Doctorow | Billy Bathgate | 9may97 | 481 | Novel |
| 1904 | John D. MacDonald | The Long Lavender Look | 10may97 | 318 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1905 | Ellis Peters | The Summer of the Danes | 12may97 | 245 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1906 | Peter Bowen | Coyote Wind | 17may97 | 154 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1907 | John D. MacDonald | A Tan and Sandy Silence | 18may97 | 308 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1908 | Louis L'Amour | The Sackett Brand | 18may97 | 151 | Novel/Western |
| 1909 | Donald E. Westlake | The Hot Rock | 18may97 | 239 | Novel/Dortmunder |
| 1910 | Patrick McGrath | The Grotesque | 22may97 | 176 | Novel/Horror |
| 1911 | Ian McEwan | The Innocent | 24may97 | 302 | Novel/Suspense |
| 1912 | John D. MacDonald | The Scarlet Ruse | 25may97 | 310 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1913 | P. G. Wodehouse | Mike at Wrykyn | 25may97 | 183 | Novel/PGW |
| 1914 | Erma Bombeck | When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home | 25may97 | 275 | Humor |
| 1915 | Louis L'Amour | The Sky-Liners | 26may97 | 188 | Novel/Western |
| 1916 | John Straley | The Music of What Happens | 30may97 | 242 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1917 | John D. MacDonald | The Turquoise Lament | 31may97 | 286 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1918 | Loren D. Estleman | Stress | 2jun97 | 241 | Novel |
| 1919 | P. G. Wodehouse | Doctor Sally | 3jun97 | 117 | Novel/PGW |
| 1920 | John D. MacDonald | The Dreadful Lemon Sky | 7jun97 | 282 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1921 | Glendon Swarthout | The Shootist | 7jun97 | 159 | Novel/Western |
| 1922 | Walter Mosley | A Little Yellow Dog | 8jun97 | 290 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1923 | Lynne Sharon Schwartz | Ruined by Reading | 11jun97 | 119 | Non-Fiction |
| 1924 | Peter Bowen | Specimen Song | 13jun97 | 280 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1925 | John D. MacDonald | The Empty Copper Sea | 15jun97 | 279 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1926 | Parnell Hall | Actor | 19jun97 | 291 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1927 | P. G. Wodehouse | The Girl on the Boat | 20jun97 | 184 | Novel/PGW |
| 1928 | Spider Robinson | Lifehouse | 22jun97 | 273 | Novel/Science Fiction |
| 1929 | John D. MacDonald | The Green Ripper | 22jun97 | 288 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1930 | Geoffrey Norman | Blue Chipper | 27jun97 | 233 | Novel/Crime |
| 1931 | John D. MacDonald | Free Fall in Crimson | 29jun97 | 289 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1932 | Walter Mosley | Devil in a Blue Dress | 29jun97 | 215 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1933 | P. G. Wodehouse | French Leave | 30jun97 | 202 | Novel/PGW |
| 1934 | Cormac McCarthy | The Orchard Keeper | 3jul97 | 240 | Novel |
| 1935 | Lawrence Block | No Score | 4jul97 | 239 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1936 | John D. MacDonald | Cinnamon Skin | 5jul97 | 304 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1937 | William Least Heat-Moon | Prairy Erth | 6jul97 | 620 | Non-Fiction |
| 1938 | Laurence Shames | Florida Straits | 9jul97 | 353 | Novel/Crime |
| 1939 | John D. MacDonald | The Lonely Silver Rain | 13jul97 | 296 | Novel/Travis McGee |
| 1940 | Derek Robinson | Goshawk Squadron | 13jul97 | 247 | Novel/Historical |
| 1941 | Parnell Hall | Client | 15jul97 | 261 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1942 | Josephine Hart | Damage | 17jul97 | 196 | Novel |
| 1943 | John Cramer | Einstein's Bridge | 18jul97 | 339 | Novel/Hard Science Fiction |
| 1944 | Lawrence Block | Deadly Honeymoon | 19jul97 | 151 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1945 | Geoffrey Norman | Deep End | 20jul97 | 247 | Novel/Crime |
| 1946 | Patrick Suskind | Perfume | 25jul97 | 308 | Novel |
| 1947 | Paul Theroux | Waldo | 27jul97 | 225 | Novel |
| 1948 | George MacDonald Fraser | Flash for Freedom! | 28jul97 | 281 | Novel |
| 1949 | Robert Holdstock | Unknown Regions | 3aug97 | 343 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1950 | Lawrence Block | The Canceled Czech | 9aug97 | 185 | Novel/Adventure |
| 1951 | Manly Wade Wellman | The Beyonders | 10aug97 | 213 | Novel/Science Fiction |
| 1952 | Parnell Hall | Juror | 14aug97 | 292 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1953 | T. Coraghessan Boyle | East is East | 17aug97 | 362 | Novel |
| 1954 | William Gibson | Idoru | 20aug97 | 383 | Novel/Cyberpunk |
| 1955 | Lawrence Block | Make Out With Murder | 23aug97 | 232 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1956 | Peter J. Heck | Death on the Mississippi | 24aug97 | 290 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1957 | Carolyn Chute | Merry Men | 29aug97 | 695 | Novel |
| 1958 | Ivars Peterson | Fatal Defect | 29aug97 | 233 | Non-Fiction |
| 1959 | Bill Richardson | Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast | 31aug97 | 152 | Humor |
| 1960 | Robert Rodi | Drag Queen | 4sep97 | 259 | Novel |
| 1961 | Donald E. Westlake | The Ax | 5sep97 | 273 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1962 | P. G. Wodehouse | Barmy in Wonderland | 6sep97 | 170 | Novel/PGW |
| 1963 | Georges Simenon | Maigret and the Black Sheep | 6sep97 | 156 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1964 | Lawrence Block | A Ticket to the Boneyard | 7sep97 | 331 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1965 | Louis L'Amour | The Tall Stranger | 14sep97 | 121 | Novel/Western |
| 1966 | Ellis Peters | The Holy Thief | 20sep97 | 237 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1967 | Jon Krakauer | Into the Wild | 21sep97 | 203 | Non-Fiction |
| 1968 | Lawrence Block | The Sins of the Fathers | 22sep97 | 186 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1969 | Parnell Hall | Favor | 28sep97 | 247 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1970 | P. G. Wodehouse | Louder and Funnier | 29sep97 | 146 | Humor |
| 1971 | Richard Price | The Wanderers | 30sep97 | 239 | Novel |
| 1972 | Louis L'Amour | Ride the River | 1oct97 | 182 | Novel/Western |
| 1973 | Iain Banks | Complicity | 2oct97 | 274 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1974 | Michael Dibdin | Ratking | 4oct97 | 266 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1975 | Ellis Peters | Brother Cadfael's Penance | 13oct97 | 255 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1976 | William Dufty | Sugar Blues | 18oct97 | 224 | Screed |
| 1977 | Michael Crichton | Airframe | 18oct97 | 429 | Novel |
| 1978 | Nancy Appleton | Lick the Sugar Habit | 19oct97 | 184 | Nutrition |
| 1979 | Peter Bowen | Wolf, No Wolf | 23oct97 | 213 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1980 | L. Frank Baum | The Wizard of Oz | 24oct97 | 137 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1981 | George Macdonald | The Princess and the Goblin | 25oct97 | 215 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1982 | Louis L'Amour | Matagorda | 26oct97 | 167 | Novel/Western |
| 1983 | Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows | 1nov97 | 139 | Novel/Fantasy |
| 1984 | Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper | 2nov97 | 270 | Novel |
| 1985 | P. G. Wodehouse | Joy in the Morning | 8nov97 | 204 | Novel/PGW |
| 1986 | Alan Lightman | Einstein's Dreams | 9nov97 | 177 | Novel |
| 1987 | Parnell Hall | Trial | 15oct97 | 177 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1988 | Andrew J. Fenady | The Summer of Jack London | 16nov97 | 230 | Novel |
| 1989 | Jon Krakauer | Into Thin Air | 21nov97 | 288 | Non-Fiction |
| 1990 | John Welter | I Want to Buy a Vowel | 22nov97 | 231 | Novel |
| 1991 | Iain M. Banks | Feersum Endjinn | 28nov97 | 309 | Novel/Science Fiction |
| 1992 | Lawrence Block | The Specialists | 29nov97 | 154 | Novel/Mystery |
| 1993 | Glendon Swarthout | Skeletons | 7dec97 | 326 | Novel/Western |
| 1994 | Mike Spino | beyond jogging | 10dec97 | 100 | Philosophy/Running |
| 1995 | James M. Bellarosa | Virgil Hunter | 14dec97 | 181 | Novel |
| 1996 | P. G. Wodehouse | Nothing Serious | 16dec97 | 179 | Short Stories |
| 1997 | P. G. Wodehouse | Money for Nothing | 28dec97 | 232 | Novel/PGW |
| 1998 | Georges Simenon | The Truth About Bebe Donge | 30dec97 | 170 | Novel |