The Book List: 2008

1. The Motel Life ~ Willy Vlautin ~ ♦♦♦♦♦/ ♦♦♦♦♦
2. Breath ~ Tim Winton ~ ♦♦♦♦♦/ ♦♦♦♦♦
3. The House on Fortune Street ~ Margot Livesey ~ ♦♦♦♦♦/ ♦♦♦♦♦
4. The Secret Scripture ~ Sebastian Barry ~ ♦♦♦♦♦/ ♦♦♦♦♦
5. To Siberia ~ Per Petterson ~ ♦♦♦♦♦/ ♦♦♦♦♦
6. City of Thieves ~ David Benioff ~ ♦♦♦♦1/2/ ♦♦♦♦♦
7. Man in the Dark ~ Paul Auster ~ ♦♦♦♦1/2/ ♦♦♦♦♦
8. The Given Day ~ Dennis Lehane ~ ♦♦♦♦1/2/ ♦♦♦♦♦
9. Diary of a Bad Year ~ J. M. Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦♦1/2/ ♦♦♦♦♦
10. The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty ~ Sebastian Barry ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
11. Netherland ~ Joseph O’Neill ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄♦♦♦♦♦
12. Indignation ~ Philip Roth ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
13. Lush Life ~ Richard Price ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
14. A Fraction of the Whole ~ Steve Toltz ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
15. The Soul Thief ~ Charles Baxter ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
16. Northline ~ Willy Vlautin ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
17. A Long Long Way ~ Sebastian Barry – ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
18. The Lazarus Project ~ Aleksandar Hemon ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
19. You Can’t Win ~ Jack Black ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
20. Elegance of the Hedgehog ~ Muriel Barbery ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
21. Eat the Document ~ Dana Spiotta ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
22. Fall of Frost ~ Brian Hall ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
23. Annie Dunne ~ Sebastian Barry ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
24. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife ~ Sam Savage ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
25. The Impressionist ~ Hari Kunzru – ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
26. My Revolutions ~ Hari Kunzru – ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
27. English Passengers ~ Matthew Kneale ~ ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
28. The End ~ Salvatore Scibona ~ ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
29. The Heretic’s Daughter ~ Kathleen Kent ~ ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
30. The Barnum Museum ~ Steven Millhauser ~ ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
31. His Illegal Self ~ Peter Carey ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
32. Shutter Island ~ Dennis Lehane ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
33. Sway ~ Zachary Lazar ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
34. Johnny One-Eye ~ Jerome Charyn ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
35. The King’s Gold ~ Arturo Perez-Reverte ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
36. Downtown Owl ~ Chuck Klosterman ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
37. Gilead ~ Marilynne Robinson ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
38. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar – Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes ~ Tom Cathcart/Daniel Klein~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
39. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent ~ James Meek ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
40. The Resurrectionist ~ Jack O’Connell ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
41. Telex From Cuba ~ Rachel Kushner
42. The End of the Jews ~ Adam Mansbach ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
43. Hubert’s Freaks ~ Gregory Gibson ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
44. Dangerous Laughter ~ Steven Millhauser ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
45. Dictation ~ Cynthia Ozick ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
46. Exiles ~ Ron Hansen ~ ♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
47. The Reserve ~ Russell Banks ~ ♦♦⁄1/2 ♦♦♦♦♦
48. The Garden of Last Days ~ Andre Dubus III ~ ♦♦⁄1/2 ♦♦♦♦♦
49. Alma ~ Gordon Burn ~ ♦♦⁄1/2 ♦♦♦♦♦
50. Beautiful Children ~ Charles Bock ~ ♦♦⁄1/2 ♦♦♦♦♦
51. The Book of Other People, Zadie Smith, Ed ~ ♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
52. Riding Toward Everywhere ~ William T.Vollmann ~ ♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
53. Dreaming Up America ~ Russell Banks ~ ♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
54. By Night in Chile ~ Roberto Bolano ~ ♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦