The 10 Best Books 2008

A spellbinding collection of thirteen stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author: captivating, darkly comic tales of obsession, mystery, and wonder. Divided into three sections, these stories explore... more info...

When America panicked after September 11, a few ambitious Washington politicians took the opportunity to consolidate the power of the President at the expense of the Congress and courts. At the same time,... more info...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year. Through the eyes of New York Times foreign correspondent Christopher... more info...

A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year. Toni Morrison conjures up the beautiful, untamed lawless world that was America in the 17th century. In the 1680s, the slave trade in the Americas is... more info...

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans - a banker originally from the Netherlands - finds himself marooned and left alone after his English... more info...

A memoir on mortality, one that touches on faith and science and family, as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions Julian Barnes now poses about... more info...

(Vintage Civil War Library). National Book Award Finalist. More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War; an equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. Here,... more info...

Widely acclaimed, 2666 was composed in the last two years of Roberto Bolano's life. Its throng of unforgettable characters include academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist,... more info...

Lahiri's debut collection of stories, Interpreter of Maladies, was awarded the Pultizer Prize, among other honors. This latest collection of short stories is both the recipient of the Frank O'Connor International... more info...

When author & controversial Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul first set out on his expedition through the written word, it was with a sole intention: to achieve greatness as a writer. Throughout his career he... more info...