1/7/09

Best Books of 2008

10 Best Books of 2008 from The New York Times

Fiction

Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

2666 by Roberto BolaƱo

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Nonfiction

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer

The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

Nothing to be Frightened of by Julian Barnes

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust

The World is What it is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French


10 Best-selling Books Published in 2008 from amazon.com

1. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow

3. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling

6. The Appeal by John Grisham

7. When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

8. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

9. The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul

10. The Host by Stephenie Meyer

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