best books of 2008


This is it - the summation

GENERAL FICTION:
10s and 9s
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky - 10
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 10
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust - 10
Onitsha by JMG LeClezio - 10
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy - 9.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 9
The Sea by John Banville - 9
Confusions of Young Torless by Robert Musill - 9
The Lover by Marguerite Duras- 9

Honorable Mention
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson - 8.5
Under Milk Wood - 8.5
Massacre River by Rene Philoctete - 8.5
The Abyss by Marguerite Yourcenar - 8.5

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NON-FICTION:
The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk 9.5
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing - 9
The Limits of Power by Andrew J. Bacevich 9
California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War 9
How to Read a Book and Why 8.5
Ghengis Khan 8
Passionate Nomad 8
The Road to Wiggan's Pier 8

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DETECTIVE /THRILLER/SCI-FI/ TRUE
A Person of Interest - Susan Choi - 9
Restless by William Boyd - 9
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (SF) 8
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - (DET) 8
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (DET) 8
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (DET) 8


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