The New York Times Notable Books 2008
Looking at the 100 Notable Books of 2008 as compiled by the New York Times, I was struck by several key omissions (of course), but also by how several of the books' authors had visited our store in the past year. Going down the list, which is presented alphabetically by author name and divided into fiction and non-fiction:
- Charles Bock, Beautiful Children, February 20
- Joseph O'Neill, Netherland, June 25
- Leonard Mlodinow, The Drunkard's Walk, June 11
- Helene Cooper, The House at Sugar Beach, September 22
- David Carr, The Night of the Gun, August 19
- Germain Greer, Shakespeare's Wife, April 16 (event was canceled)
Labels: book events, lists
posted by Patrick @ 12:21 PM
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You know what I noticed (as I'm sure you did, too)?
No "City of Thieves."
And that's a shame because of the books I read this year that are on that list (not a whole lot, but still) it's really among the best: a simple, well-told story with all the stuff that makes books worth reading.
Lists are made to be annoying conversation starters, but still: That's really annoying.
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I noticed that. I had a few gripes with their list, but that's always how things go at this time of the year. That's one of the reasons I recommend the Millions Year in Reading series, if you haven't already checked it out. It's just posts by smart people about what they liked best this year. It isn't necessarily a book published this year, but rather something the person read. It's my favorite end of the year series.
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