Thursday, January 22, 2009

Top 10 books of 2008

New york times lists the top 10 books of 2008 in the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories
Visit this link for details -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/10Best-t.html

Here are the titles -
(In the fiction category, I wonder why "The White Tiger" didnt make it to the list, but "Unaccustomed Earth" is one among the 5...)

Fiction
1.Dangerous Laughter - Steven Millhauser
2. A Mercy - Toni Morrison
3. Netherland - Joseph O'Neill
4. 2666 - Roberto BolaƱo
5. Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri

Non-Fiction
1. The Dark Side - Jane Mayer.
2. The Forever War - Dexter Filkins
3. Nothing to be frightened of - Julian Barnes
4. This Republic of Suffering - Drew Gilpin Faust
5. The World is what it is - Patrick French

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