Rediscover the bright new literary lights of years past with this retrospective of previous Discover Great New Writers selections.
Fall 2002
- Adiel by Shlomo Dunour
- The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
- The Piano Tuner by Daniel Philippe Mason
- Local Wonders by Ted Kooser
- The Dark Bride by Laura Restrepo, Stephan Lytle (trans.)
- More than Enough by John Fulton
- The Art of Seeing by Cammie McGovern
- Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner
- Fifth Born by Zelda Lockhart
- China Dog by Judy Fong Bates
- This Side of the Sky by Elyse Singleton
- In the Deep Heart's Core by Michael Johnston
- Have You Seen Me? by Laura Denham
- Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda
- When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- To Reach the Clouds by Philippe Petit
- The Conquest by Yxta Maya Murray
- Q Road by Bonnie Jo Campbell
- Some of the Parts by T. Cooper
- Riding the Bus with My Sister by Rachel Simon
Summer 2002
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
- The Portable Promised Land by Touré
- Why I'm like This by Cynthia Kaplan
- Life at These Speeds by Jeremy Jackson
- The Russian's Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart
- Happiness by Will Ferguson
- Hamlet's Dresser by Bob Smith
- In the Half Light by Anthony Lawrence
- Melal by Robert Barclay
- You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
- The Race by Tim Zimmermann
- Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling
- Sons of Heaven by Terrence Cheng
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Cocaine by Dominic Streatfeild
- The Rainbow Singer by Simon Kerr
- Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook
- Waterwoman by Lenore Hart
- Dress Codes by Noelle Howey
- House Under Snow by Jill Bialosky
Spring 2002
- Leaving Katya by Paul Greenberg
- Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
- The Curve of the World by Marcus Stevens
- Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt
- The Cyclist by Viken Berberian
- The God File by Frank Turner Hollon
- In the Casa Azul by Meaghan Delahunt
- The Trouser People by Andrew Marshall
- April Witch by Majgull Axelsson
- Final Arrangements by Miles Keaton Andrew
- Gold Rush by Miri Yu
- The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
- Tamarind Woman by Anita Rau Badami
- Places to Look for a Mother by Nicole Stansbury
- Leaving by Richard Dry
- Electroboy by Andy Behrman
Winter 2002
- The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain, Howard Curtis (trans.)
- Hotel World by Ali Smith
- The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
- Down the Great Unknown by Edward Dolnick
- A Woman of Salt by Mary Potter Engel
- In a Dark Wood by Amanda Craig
- Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh
- Enduring Patagonia by Gregory Crouch
- The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc by Loraine Despres
- Snow Island by Katherine Towler
- The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate
- Diamond by Matthew Hart
- The Stars Can Wait by Jay Basu
- When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- My Father's Cabin by Mark Phillips
- Searching for Intruders by Stephen Raleigh Byler
- The Key to My Neighbor's House by Elizabeth Neuffer
- Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu
- A Death in Texas by Dina Temple-Raston
