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Great Books

2007 National Book Awards

November 15, 2007

Fiction

Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson (Winner!)
Fieldwork, by Mischa Berlinski
Varieties of Disturbance: Stories, by Lydia Davis
Then We Came To The End, by Josua Ferris
Like You’d Understand Anway, by Jim Shepard

Nonfiction

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA,, by Tim Weiner (Winner!)
Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everyting, by Christopher [...]

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10 Best Books of 2007 – New York Times

November 14, 2007

The 10 Best Books of 2007 – New York Times.
100 Notable Books of 2007 – New York Times.

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2006 National Book Awards

December 5, 2006

Fiction

The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers (Winner!)
Only Revolutions: A Novel, by Mark Z. Danielewski
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, by Ken Kalfus
Eat The Document: A Novel, by Dana Spiotta
The Zero, by Jess Walter

Nonfiction

The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan (Winner!)
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68, by Taylor Branch
Imperial Life in the Emerald [...]

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The 10 Best Books of 2006 – New York Times

December 1, 2006

I’ll get these up on the Readers’ Page, together with the National Book Award finalists and winners at the earliest opportunity.
The 10 Best Books of 2006 – New York Times
100 Notable Books of the Year – New York Times

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2005 New York Times Book Review

February 2, 2006

2005 BEST BOOKS – NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Fiction

Kafka On The Shore, by Haruki Murakami
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
Prep: A Novel, by Curtis Sittenfeld
Saturday, by Ian McEwan
Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill

Nonfiction

The Assassin’s Gate: America In Iraq, by George Packer
De Kooning: An American Master, by Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan
The Lost Painting, by Jonathan Harr
Postwar: A History [...]

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