I choose 4, since 4 books that I read last year really stand out, and also because that's how many books Jay read last year. Mine:
Atonement - Ian McEwen
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy
Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
4 comments:
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time - Mark Haddon
American Pastoral/The Plot Against America - Phillip Roth
Gabriel's Gift - Hanif Kureishi
Honorable mention:
The Sea - John Banville
The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne
I didn't get a helluva lot of reading in this year, but the one that stood out:
Goshawk Squadron - Derek Robinson
Our Band Could Be Your Life - Michael Azzerad
All Over but the Shouting - An Oral History of the Replacements
When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
I'm reading Matthiessen's 'Shadow Country' now. I should finish it in time for this year's best of list.
I just ordered The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and I'm intrigued by Goshawk Squadron.
Although it pains me to admit I have anything in common with Joe, I didn't read as much as I would have liked, either.
The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting - Jim Walsh
Truck: A Love Story - Michael Perry
The Dark Stuff - Nick Kent
The Life And Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
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