Disappointments of 2008

Discover the biggest book letdowns of 2008 with our curated list of literary disappointments. Find out which highly anticipated reads failed to deliver.

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Personal Days

by Ed Park

In an unnamed New York-based company, the employees are getting restless as everything around them unravels. There’s Pru, the former grad student turned spreadsheet drone; …
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Dear American Airlines

by Jonathan Miles

From the cocktails columnist at the "The New York Times" comes the scathingly funny, deeply moving story of a stranded airline passenger, whose enraged letter …
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

A collection of essays celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from …
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The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman

A penetrating take on how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence
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