The NY Times 10 Best Books of 2008

The New York Times has published its list of the 10 Best Books of 2008:

Fiction

• Dangerous Laughter, by Stephen Millhauser
• A Mercy, by Toni Morrison
• Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill
• 2666, by Roberto Bolano
• Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Non-fiction

• The Dark Side, by Jane Meyer
• The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins
• Nothing to be Frightened Of, by Julian Barnes
• This Republic of Suffering, by Drew Gilpin Faust
• The World Is What It Is, by Patrick French

There really aren't any huge surprises on these lists. I'm a little surprised that Millhauser's book made it ahead of Marilynne Robinson's Home, but otherwise, it's very much what I expected. The only real news is that Knopf/Doubleday has 9 of the 10 books on the list. A victory on an otherwise bloody day.

So, what did they miss?