The Best Books I read in 2008

Discover the best books of 2008 with this curated list of top reads. Explore must-read titles and hidden gems that made an impact this year.

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A Fraction of the Whole

by Steve Toltz

Meet the Deans “The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more …
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Timequake

by Kurt Vonnegut

A New York Times Notable Book from the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Cat's Cradle. At 2:27pm on February 13th of the …
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A High Wind in Jamaica

by Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of …
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

 

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The Crying of Lot 49

 

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Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, …
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