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EVENTS
''
The Bridges Of Madison County
'', originally self-published by author
Robert James Waller
, will go on to become the largest selling novel in history with more than 60 million copies sold.
The ''
Goosebumps
'' series of books, penned by
R.L. Stine
, are first published.
NEW BOOKS
''
Anvil Of Stars
'' -
Greg Bear
''
The Bridges Of Madison County
'' -
Robert James Waller
''
The Children Of Men
'' -
P.D. James
''
The Crow Road
'' -
Iain Banks
''
Dark Force Rising
'' -
Timothy Zahn
''
Death Is Forever
'' -
John Gardner
''
Dolores Claiborne
'' -
Stephen King
''
Dreamcaper
'' -
Roger Caron
''
The English Patient
'' -
Michael Ondaatje
''
Jazz
'' -
Toni Morrison
''
Jewels
'' -
Danielle Steel
''
Lords And Ladies
'' -
Terry Pratchett
''
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
'' -
John Gray
''
Mixed Blessings
'' -
Danielle Steel
''
Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!
'' -
Mordecai Richler
''
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
'' -
Roddy Doyle
''
The Pelican Brief
'' -
John Grisham
''
The Queen And I
'' -
Sue Townsend
''
Shampoo Planet
'' -
Douglas Coupland
''
Silent Passage
'' -
Gail Sheehy
''
Small Gods
'' -
Terry Pratchett
''
Snow Crash
'' -
Neal Stephenson
''
The Stars Shine Down
'' -
Sidney Sheldon
''
The Tale Of The Body Thief
'' -
Anne Rice
''
Tales From Firozsha Baag
'' -
Rohinton Mistry
''
The Thief Of Always
'' -
Clive Barker
''
The Trial Of Madame Caillaux
'' -
Edward Berenson
''
The Valkyries
'' -
Paulo Coelho
''
Waiting To Exhale
'' -
Terry McMillan
''
The Witchlord And The Weaponmaster
'' -
Hugh Cook
''
The Worshippers And The Way
'' -
Hugh Cook
NON-FICTION
Gerina Dunwich
- ''
Secrets Of Love Magick
''
Andrew Morton
- ''Diana: Her True Story''
BIRTHS
DEATHS
February 10
-
Alex Haley
, ''Roots'' author
February 16
-
Angela Carter
, author
April 6
-
Isaac Asimov
, author
April 21
-
Väinö Linna
, Finnish novelist
April 28
-
Iceberg Slim
, novelist
May 22
-
Elizabeth David
, cookery writer
July 22
-
Reginald Bretnor
, science fiction writer
September 5
-
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr.
,
American
writer of
Fantasy
and
Science Fiction
December 25
-
Monica Dickens
, novelist
December 27
-
Kay Boyle
, writer, educator, political activist
AWARDS
, ''The English Patient'' and
Barry Unsworth
, ''Sacred Hunger''
See
1992 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
, ''Doomsday Book''
, ''Shiloh''
, ''Texaco''
, ''La Chasse au trésor'' and
Roger Grenier
, ''Regardez la neige qui tombe''
, ''Tlacuilo''
, ''Une éducation polonaise''
, ''A Thousand Acres''
, ''Selected Poems''
, ''The Kentucky Cycle''
, ''Swing Hammer Swing!''
