Wednesday, December 31, 2008

My Top 10 from 2008

Of the books I read in 2008, these are my ten favorites, in no particular order. Please read them, and report back.

Woman's World - Graham Rawle
Anathem - Neal Stephenson
Our Inner Ape - Frans De Waal
Pump Six - Paolo Bacigalupi
Fall of Frost - Brian Hall
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
The How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves - M.T. Anderson
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science - Natalie Angier

4 comments:

unspelt said...

Clearly, I have some catching up to do.

Anonymous said...

Have you read other Geraldine Brooks? I loved POTB this year and Year of Wonders last year and March before that. I might even try her nonfiction.

Joel Bass said...

I'm definitely hooked. I've only read PotB and March, but I'm looking forward to YoW and her non-fiction Foreign Correspondence, since I used to be a bored kid with a lot of penpals, too.

Suze said...

Cool list! I haven't read anything on it, but my interest is piqued. Thanks for posting this over at BBD!

Suze