| Oh how I love lists! |
[Nov. 25th, 2008|09:38 am] |
Bookmarks Nov/Dec issue has a "Best Books of 2008" list. Yeah, I don't get it either, especially considering they must have compiled it sometime in September. Still, I love me some lists, so have at it.
The Two Best Reviewed Books of 2008
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (I doubt I'll like it, but I kind of want to read this one.)
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
Contemporary Life
Lush Life by Richard Price
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles (This surprised me. It got pretty good reviews, but I didn't think it would make a year-end list. On my "to read sometime before I die" list.)
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan (Ugh. You already know what I think of this one. Blech.)
Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey
Artists at Work
Zeroville by Steve Erickson (Book I'd most likely say ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mabnyx would like. Might want to read it myself.)
Sway by Zachary Lazar
American West
The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger
The Plague of Doves by Louise Eldrich
Beyond U.S. Borders
The Theory of Clouds by Stéphane Audeguy (I want to read this one.)
Trespass by Valerie Martin
The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Gathering by Anne Enright ·MAN BOOKER PRIZE, 2007
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (This one looks like fun.)
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
Signed, Mata Hari by Yannick Murphy
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (Looks very interesting.)
Story Collections
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
The Boat by Nam Le
Crime
The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber
Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina
Winter Study by Nevada Barr
The Legal Limit by Martin Clark
SF
One for Sorrow by Christopher Barzak
An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham |
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