This is a list of books I read during 1998; rereadings are marked with a (*). For those curious about other years, lists for 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2000 are available, as is the current list .
Stardust Robert Parker 98-01-02 Pastime Robert Parker 98-01-03 The Tick Compendium 98-01-03 The Tick Compednium, vol2 98-01-03 Double Deuce Robert Parker 98-01-03 The Night Gift Patricia McKillip 98-01-04 Mazemaker Catherine Dexter 98-01-05 Paper Doll Robert Parker 98-01-06 I'm Nobody. Who Are You? (*) Mary Anderson 98-01-06 Walking Shadow Robert Parker 98-01-08 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 98-01-12 Virginia Woolf: Life & London 98-01-13 Thin Air Robert Parker 98-01-17 A Marriage of True Minds 98-01-25 Make Mine To Go Elizabeth Craft 98-02-01 Witchlight L.J. Smith 98-02-02 The Really Interesting Question Lytton Strachey 98-02-02 Heavy Time C.J. Cherryh 98-02-03 Hellburner C.J. Cherryh 98-02-06 The Hollow Skull Christopher Pike 98-02-10 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh 98-02-11 Merchanter's Luck C.J. Cherryh 98-02-16 The Year's Best Fantasy 10 Arthur Saha 98-02-17 Rimrunners C.J. Cherryh 98-02-20 Dragonseye Anne McCaffery 98-02-23 Flavor of the Day Elizabeth Craft 98-02-25 Cameron: The Sorority Wendy Corsi Staub 98-02-26 Zara: The Roommate Wendy Corsi Staub 98-02-26 A Sense of Shadow Kate Wilhelm 98-02-27 The Initiation L.J. Smith 98-02-28 Tripoint C.J. Cherryh 98-02-28 The Captive (*) L.J. Smith 98-03-01 The Power (*) L.J. Smith 98-03-01 A Room with a View E.M. Forster 98-03-03 From the Mixed Up Files... (*) E.N. Koninsburg 98-03-10 Metropolitan Walter Jon Williams 98-03-11 City on Fire Walter Jon Williams 98-03-15 Island in the Sea of Time S.M. Stirling 98-03-18 Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein 98-03-22 A Passover Companion 98-03-28 Beyond Jennifer & Jason (*) 98-03-28 The King of Kings & I Jaffe Cohen 98-03-28 The Golden Compass Phillip Pullman 98-03-29 The Subtle Knife Phillip Pullman 98-03-30 Dragon's Winter Elizabeth Lynn 98-03-31 Watchtower (*) Elizabeth Lynn 98-04-02 The Dancers of Arun (*) Elizabeth Lynn 98-04-03 The Northern Girl Elizabeth Lynn 98-04-04 Web of Light (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 98-04-05 Web of Darkness (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 98-04-05 Master and Commander Patrick O'Brian 98-04-14 The Tower Room Adele Geras 98-04-16 Watching the Roses Adele Geras 98-04-17 Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James Paula Danziger 98-04-18 Get A Life 98-04-18 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 98-04-19 HMS Surprise Patrick O'Brian 98-04-21 The Mauritius Command Patrick O'Brian 98-04-23 Desolation Island Patrick O'Brian 98-04-26 China Mountain Zhang (*) Maureen McHugh 98-05-04 The Surgeon's Mate Patrick O'Brian 98-05-05 Komarr Lois McMaster Bujold 98-05-07 Committment Hour James Alan Gardener 98-05-09 The Garden Party Katherine Mansfield 98-05-14 Thursday Catherine Storr 98-05-16 Niccolo Rising Dorothy Dunnett 98-05-19 Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary Pamela Dean 98-05-23 Bridge of Birds (*) Barry Hughart 98-05-26 Weetzie Bat Francesca Lia Block 98-05-30 Witch Baby Francesca Lia Block 98-05-30 Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys Francesca Lia Block 98-05-30 Missing Angel Juan Francesca Lia Block 98-05-30 Baby Be-Bop Francesca Lia Block 98-05-30 Burning Water (*) Mercedes Lackey 98-05-30 The Spring of the Ram Dorothy Dunnett 98-05-31 How I Created My Perfect Prom Date Todd Strasser 98-06-05 "Hello", I Lied M. E. Kerr 98-06-05 If You Can't Live Without Me... (*) Cynthia Heimel 98-06-06 Sex Tips for Girls (*) Cynthia Heimel 98-06-07 A Race of Scorpions Dorothy Dunnett 98-06-08 Doonesbury, the Musical G.B. Trudeau 98-06-09 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 98-06-11 Soothsayer Mike Resnick 98-06-13 Oracle Mike Resnick 98-06-13 Prophet Mike Resnick 98-06-14 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (*) Milan Kundera 98-06-17 Stephen Sondheim Mary Secrest 98-06-20 Challenges Sharon Green 98-06-22 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 98-06-27 Lords and Ladies Terry Pratchett 98-06-27 Maskerade Terry Pratchett 98-06-28 Equal Rites Terry Pratchett 98-07-01 Guards, Guards! (*) Terry Pratchett 98-07-05 Moving Pictures Terry Pratchett 98-07-08 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 98-07-08 Men At Arms Terry Pratchett 98-07-10 Interesting Times Terry Pratchett 98-07-10 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 98-07-11 Feet of Clay Terry Pratchett 98-07-11 Jingo Terry Pratchett 98-07-12 The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 98-07-12 Searching for Caleb Anne Tyler 98-07-16 English Lit Relit Richard Armour 98-07-17 A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin 98-07-20 20c Interpretations of Romeo & Juliet Douglas Cole (ed) 98-07-22 The Story of the Stone I Cao Xequin/Doug Hawke 98-07-28 Ellen E.M. Almedingen 98-07-29 The Fine Art of Reading David Cecil 98-08-02 How Much for Just the Planet? John M. Ford 98-08-05 Princes of the Air John M. Ford 98-08-06 Fugue State John M. Ford 98-08-07 Startide Rising David Brin 98-08-10 Godstalk P.C. Hodgell 98-08-10 Through Divided Minds Robert Meyer 98-08-15 The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes 98-08-16 Larque on the Wing Nancy Springer 98-08-17 Nobody's Son Sean Stewart 98-08-22 The Flock Joan Casey/Lynn Wilson 98-08-24 Strong Poison Dorothy Sayers 98-08-28 Have His Carcase Dorothy Sayers 98-08-29 Deliver Us From Evie M.E. Kerr 98-08-30 Annie on My Mind Nancy Garden 98-08-30 The House of Real Love Carla Tomaso 98-08-30 The Magic Daughter Jane Phillips 98-09-04 Gaudy Night Dorothy Sayers 98-09-05 Minor Arcana Diana Wynne Jones 98-09-07 House of Cards Peter David 98-09-08 Into the Void Peter David 98-09-08 The Two-Front War Peter David 98-09-08 End Game Peter David 98-09-09 Martyr Peter David 98-09-09 Fire on High Peter David 98-09-09 Anne of Green Gables (*) L.M. Montgomery 98-09-10 Anne of Avonlea (*) L.M. Montgomery 98-09-11 Anne of the Island (*) L.M. Montgomery 98-09-12 Anne of Windy Poplars (*) L.M. Montgomery 98-09-13 Zoey Fools Around (*) Katherine Applegate 98-09-20 Jake Finds Out (*) Katherine Applegate 98-09-20 Nina Won't Tell Katherine Applegate 98-09-21 Ben's In Love Katherine Applegate 98-09-21 Claire Gets Caught (*) Katherine Applegate 98-09-22 'Tis Pity She's a Whore John Ford 98-09-23 The Many-Colored Land (*) Julian May 98-09-24 The Angel Chronicles Nancy Holder 98-09-25 "Teacher's Pet" 98-09-26 "Passion" Ty King 98-09-26 Godbody Theodore Sturgeon 98-09-26 The Glass House People Katherine Reiss 98-09-27 A Point of Honor Dorothy J. Heydt 98-09-27 Of Time and Of Seasons (*) Norma Johnston 98-09-27 A Striving After Wind (*) Norma Johnston 98-09-28 The Keeping Days (*) Norma Johnston 98-09-30 Glory in the Flower (*) Norma Johnston 98-10-01 The Crab-Flower Club Cao Xuequin 98-10-03 X-Men: Inferno (*) Chris Claremont &c. 98-10-05 The Broken Crown Michelle West 98-10-19 Karma Cola Gita Mehta 98-10-25 Starlight II ed. Patrick N. Hayden 98-10-25 New Hugo Winners ed. Isaac Asimov 98-10-29 Mockingbird Sean Stewart 98-10-30 A Sorcerer and a Gentleman Elizabeth Willey 98-10-31 The Price of Blood and Honor Elizabeth Willey 98-11-02 The Well-Favored Man (*) Elizabeth Willey 98-11-08 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 98-11-09 Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 98-11-12 Memory (*) Lois McMaster Bujold 98-11-15 William Shakespeare's Richard III Ian McKellen 98-11-16 Carpe Juguluum Terry Pratchett 98-11-16 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 98-11-18 The Warning Voice Cao Xueqin 98-11-18 The Debt of Tears Cao Xueqin and Gao E 98-11-21 The Dreamer Awakens Cao Xueqin and Gao E 98-11-23 Tori Diana McClure Jones 98-11-24 Unmasking Nina Kiriki Hoffman 98-11-24 When September Returns (*) McClure Jones 98-11-25 All-American Girl Vanessa Payton 98-11-25 Be My Valentine Elaine Harper 98-11-25 Santiago Mike Resnick 98-11-26 A Dream of Red Chambers 98-11-26 The Family Tree Sheri Tepper 98-11-28 The Vor Game (*) Lois McMaster Bujold 98-11-29 The Personal Touch Caroline B. Cooney 98-11-29 Promises To Come Genell Dellin 98-11-30 A Touch of Love Winifred Madison 98-11-30 Three Weeks of Love Patricia Aks 98-12-01 Hellflower (*) eluki bes shahar 98-12-05 Darktraders (*) eluki bes shahar 98-12-06 Archangel Blues (*) eluki bes shahar 98-12-09 The Sword of Maiden's Tears (*) Rosemary Edghill 98-12-15 Blood Roses Chelsea Quinn Yarbo 98-12-16 Komarr Lois McMaster Bujold 98-12-18 The Power (*) Betsy Haynes 98-12-19 The Cup of Morning Shadows Rosemary Edghill 98-12-20 The Cloak of Night and Daggers Rosemary Edghill 98-12-20 Two-Bit Heroes (*) Doris Egan 98-12-20 Facets Walter Jon Williams 98-12-21 Passion Play Sean Stewart 98-12-22 Jaran Kate Elliott 98-12-23 No Earthly Crown Kate Elliott 98-12-24 His Conquering Sword Kate Elliott 98-12-25 Domnei James Branch Cabell 98-12-26 The Music Behind the Moon James Branch Cabell 98-12-26 Zombies of the Gene Pool Sharyn McCrumb 98-12-27 The Infinity Concerto Greg Bear 98-12-28 Work is Hell Matt Groening 98-12-30