Other Titles Considered for 2004

Erdrich, Louise.  The Master Butchers Singing Club.  New York, HaperCollinsPublishers, 2003.

Frazier, Charles.  Cold Mountain.  New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.

Hamilton, Jane.  The Short History of a Prince.  New York, Random House, 1998

Hillenbrand, Laura.  Seabiscuit: an American legend.  New York, Random House, 2001

Martel, Yann.  Life of Pi.  New York, Harcourt, 2001.

McMurtry, Larry.  Sin Killer.  New York, Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Russo, Richard.  Empire Falls.  New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.