This started out as a list of five, but I could not decide. The stars indicate the best three, but these were all truly outstanding books.
The Sea by John Banville
America America by Ethan Canin
***Iris: The Life of Iris Murdoch by Peter J. Conradi
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
*The Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Kusamakura by Natsume Sōseki
Terrorist by John Updike
**The Twyborn Affair by Patrick White
Happy New Year and great reading to all of my faithful readers.
--Chiron, 12/31/08 -- 2hours, 40 minutes to 2009 (it has GOT to be a better year!)
1 comment:
Hey there. Nice to see your top reads of 2008. I've not read any of them at all actually but have just read my first Banville which I didn't rate much so hopefully The Sea The Sea will be better.
You might be interested in heading over to Arukiyomi and picking up a copy of the new version of the 1001 books spreadsheet .
Along with calculating how many books you need to read a year before you die, there's all the 2008 edition books, all those removed from the 2006 edition, links to wikipedia , amazon.com and .co.uk and Google books.
Happy reading!
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