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Best Books of 2008

04/24/2009: 2008 LA TIMES Book Prize for Fiction Winner and Finalists
04/20/2009: Olive Kitteridge Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
03/12/2009: Bolano's '2666' Wins the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
02/25/2009: 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winners and Finalists
01/25/2009: ALA Notable Books Fiction 2009 | Nonfiction
01/12/2009: 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Finalists | Nonfiction Finalists
12/15/2008: Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2008
12/12/2008: TIME Magazine Best Fiction of 2008 | Nonfiction
12/08/2008: Salon Best Books of 2008
12/07/2008: LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2008
12/07/2008: Boston Globe Best Fiction of 2008
12/07/2008: Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2008
12/04/2008: Economist Best Books of 2008
12/03/2008: The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2008 Fiction | Nonfiction
12/01/2008: Christian Science Monitor Best nonfiction of 2008
11/27/2008: Janet Maslin's 10 Favorite Books of 2008
11/27/2008: Michiko Kakutani's 10 Favorite Books of 2008
11/26/2008: The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2008
11/22/2008: Kansas City Star Noteworthy Books of 2008
11/19/2008: Shadow Country Wins the 2008 National Book Award for Fiction
11/11/2008: Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2008
11/04/2008: Amazon.com Best Books of 2008
11/03/2008: Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2008
10/15/2008: 2008 National Book Award for Fiction Finalists | Nonfiction Finalists
10/14/2008: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga wins the 2008 Man Booker Prize
10/09/2008: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature
09/09/2008: 2008 Man Booker Prize Shortlist

Best Fiction of 2008

1.
2666 by Roberto Bolano
244 reviews (2008) (912p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0
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2.
Lush Life by Richard Price
272 reviews (2008) (464p) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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3.
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
220 reviews (2008) (272p) (PF) (NYTimes) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0
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4.
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
427 reviews (2008) (352p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA)
Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1
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5.
Home by Marilynne Robinson
313 reviews (2008) (336p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (LATimes) (Amazon)
Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=2 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=2 NBANom=2
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Best Nonfiction of 2008

1.
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
306 reviews (2008) (384p) (NBCCA Non) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) (ALA Non)
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2.
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer
185 reviews (2008) (400p) (NBCCA Non) (NBA Non) (NYTimes Non) (ALA Non)
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3.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
205 reviews (2008) (800p) (PP His) (NBCCA Bio) (NBA Non) (ALA Non)
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4.
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
249 reviews (2008) (368p) (PP His) (NBCCA Non) (NBA Non) (NYTimes Non) (ALA Non)
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5.
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
420 reviews (2008) (976p) (TIME Non)
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