BEST OF BOOKS IN 1998
Top 50 – Les incontournables de 1998
| Rang | Titre | Auteur | Genre / Particularité |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling | Fantasy jeunesse |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling | Fantasy jeunesse |
| 3 | Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier | Roman historique |
| 4 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Berendt | Non-fiction narrative |
| 5 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | Roman familial, Afrique |
| 6 | Amsterdam | Ian McEwan | Roman contemporain, Booker Prize |
| 7 | Disgrace | J.M. Coetzee | Roman sud-africain |
| 8 | The Hours | Michael Cunningham | Roman inspiré de Virginia Woolf |
| 9 | The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | Roman indien, Booker Prize |
| 10 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden | Roman historique |
| 11 | The Street Lawyer | John Grisham | Thriller juridique |
| 12 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King | Thriller fantastique |
| 13 | Rainbow Six | Tom Clancy | Thriller militaire |
| 14 | A Man in Full | Tom Wolfe | Roman social |
| 15 | I Know This Much Is True | Wally Lamb | Roman psychologique |
| 16 | The Vampire Armand | Anne Rice | Fantasy gothique |
| 17 | The Klone and I | Danielle Steel | Romance |
| 18 | The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | Douglas Adams | Fantaisie humoristique |
| 19 | The Tailor of Panama | John le Carré | Roman d’espionnage |
| 20 | The Children of Men | P.D. James | Roman dystopique |
| 21 | The Reader | Bernhard Schlink | Roman allemand |
| 22 | The Partner | John Grisham | Thriller |
| 23 | The Testament | John Grisham | Thriller |
| 24 | The Loop | Nicholas Evans | Roman animalier |
| 25 | The Pilot’s Wife | Anita Shreve | Roman dramatique |
| 26 | The Alibi Man | Tami Hoag | Polar |
| 27 | The Eleventh Commandment | Jeffrey Archer | Thriller |
| 28 | The Cobra Event | Richard Preston | Thriller scientifique |
| 29 | The Last Don | Mario Puzo | Roman mafieux |
| 30 | The Street | Ann Petry (réédition) | Roman classique |
| 31 | The Godfather Returns | Mark Winegardner | Roman mafieux |
| 32 | The House of Sand and Fog | Andre Dubus III | Roman dramatique |
| 33 | The Pilot’s Wife | Anita Shreve | Roman dramatique |
| 34 | The Reader | Bernhard Schlink | Roman allemand |
| 35 | The Hours | Michael Cunningham | Roman contemporain |
| 36 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | Roman familial |
| 37 | Disgrace | J.M. Coetzee | Roman sud-africain |
| 38 | Amsterdam | Ian McEwan | Roman contemporain |
| 39 | Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier | Roman historique |
| 40 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling | Fantasy jeunesse |
| 41 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling | Fantasy jeunesse |
| 42 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King | Thriller fantastique |
| 43 | Rainbow Six | Tom Clancy | Thriller militaire |
| 44 | A Man in Full | Tom Wolfe | Roman social |
| 45 | I Know This Much Is True | Wally Lamb | Roman psychologique |
| 46 | The Vampire Armand | Anne Rice | Fantasy gothique |
| 47 | The Klone and I | Danielle Steel | Romance |
| 48 | The Tailor of Panama | John le Carré | Roman d’espionnage |
| 49 | The Cobra Event | Richard Preston | Thriller scientifique |
| 50 | The Testament | John Grisham | Thriller |
Ce panorama montre la richesse de 1998 : l’explosion mondiale de Harry Potter, les fresques historiques (Cold Mountain, Poisonwood Bible), les thrillers (Grisham, Clancy, King), et les romans primés (Amsterdam, Disgrace, God of Small Things).
