The year has come to an end and the top 10 books of 2008 have been announced. Here you'll find the New York Times Book Review's picks for the top titles of 2008!
Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories: Millhauser, Steven Buy new: $24.00$14.30 4 new & used from $13.61 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author hailed by "The New Yorker" as "a virtuoso of waking dreams" comes a dazzling new collection of darkly comic ... more info
A Mercy: Morrison, Toni Buy new: $23.95$14.27 8 new & used from $2.49 A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, ... more info
Netherland: O'Neill, Joseph Buy new: $23.95$15.48 5 new & used from $14.24 n a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans--a banker originally from the Netherlands--finds himself marooned among the ... more info
2666: Bolano, Roberto Buy new: $30.00$19.71 5 new & used from $7.48 THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, "THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW") Composed ... more info
Unaccustomed Earth: Lahiri, Jhumpa Buy new: $25.00$14.89 5 new & used from $14.26 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lahiri delivers eight dazzling stories that take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they ... more info
The Forever War: Filkins, Dexter Buy new: $25.00$14.89 7 new & used from $4.00 A prizewinning "New York Times" correspondent chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, ... more info
Nothing to Be Frightened of: Barnes, Julian Buy new: $24.95$14.86 5 new & used from $3.19 Two years after the bestselling "Arthur & George," Barnes presents an essay on mortality that touches on faith, science, and family, as well as a ... more info
