2002

• The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
  2002 · Giller Prize · Fiction
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  2002 · Booker Prize · Fiction
• The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick
  2002 · Hugo Awards · Best Short Story
• Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
  2002 · Hugo Awards · Best Novelette
• Fast Times at Fairmont High by Vernor Vinge
  2002 · Hugo Awards · Best Novella
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  2002 · Hugo Awards · Best Novel
• Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
  2002 · Pulitzer Prizes · Drama
• The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America by Louis Menand
  2002 · Pulitzer Prizes · History
• Practical Gods by Carl Dennis
  2002 · Pulitzer Prizes · Poetry
• John Adams by David McCullough
  2002 · Pulitzer Prizes · Biography
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo
  2002 · Pulitzer Prizes · Fiction
• Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution by Diane McWhorter
  2002 · Pulitzer Prizes · General Nonfiction
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  2002 · PEN/Faulkner Award · Fiction
• Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
  2002 · Nebula Awards · Best Novelette
• Creature by Carol Emshwiller
  2002 · Nebula Awards · Best Short Story
• Bronte’s Egg by Richard Chwedyk
  2002 · Nebula Awards · Best Novella
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  2002 · Nebula Awards · Best Novel
• Mary and O’Neil by Justin Cronin
  2002 · PEN/Hemingway Award · Debut Novel