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Best Older Books of 2008
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December 2008
Compiled by Tammy Eustis
of the Killingworth Library from contributions by the members of Fiction_L
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
FICTION (includes mysteries, romance, scifi, historical, etc.)
Crescent Diana Abu-Jabar
The Darling Russell Banks
Alton Gift Marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah Ross
The Book of Dead Birds Gayle Brandeis
Invisible Cities Italo Calvino
Virgin River Robin Carr
Interred with Their Bones Jennifer Lee Carrell
New England White Stephen L. Carter
The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon
Lord of Scoundrels Loretta Chase
Beholder's Eye Julie Czerneda
The Last Samurai Helen Dewitt
Bleak House Charles Dickens
Sister of My Heart Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Whistling Season Ivan Doig
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page G. B. Edwards
Master Butchers Singing Club Louise Erdrich
Artifacts Mary Anna Evans
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels Jasper Fforde
Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
American Gods Neil Gaiman
After Marita Golden
The Perfect Rake Anne Gracie
The Client John Grisham
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
Staggerford John Hassler
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi
Smilla's Sense of Snow Peter Hoeg
The Ha-Ha Dave King
Sugar Daddy Lisa Kleypas
Not Me Michael Lavigne
Morningside Heights Cheryl Mendelson
Agent of Change Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Watchmen (graphic novel) Alan Moore
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Haruki Murakami
Death of a Red Heroine Xiaolong Qui
"Born In" Trilogy(...Fire;...Ice;...Shame) Nora Roberts
First Drop Zoe Sharp
Bookhunter graphic novel) Jason Shiga
Have Mercy on Us All Fred Vargas
House of Mirth Edith Wharton
NONFICTION
Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic (graphic novel) Alison Bechdel
She's Not There: a Life in Two Genders Jennifer Finney Boylan
Pyonyang: a Journey in North Korea (graphic novel) Guy Delisle
Out of Africa Isak Dinesen
Goose from Scarsdale Clive Howard
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm in the Great Depression Mildred Kalish/
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog Ted Kerasote
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life Barbara Kingsolver
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
Ancient Zigzag: a True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Ben MacIntyre
Born Standing Up Steve Martin
Freedom's Child: the Life of a Confederate General's Black Daughter Carrie Allen McCray
Truth and Beauty: a Friendship Ann Patchett
Triangle: the Fire That Changed America David Von Drehle
Beak of the Finch: a Story of Evolution in our Time Jonathan Weiner
Proust and the Squid: the Story of Science & the Reading Brain Maryanne Wolf
J / YA
Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher
City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
A Countess Below Stairs Eve Ibbotson
Boy Toy Barry Lyga
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