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Notable Books of 2008 (fiction)

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Het is nog wat vroeg voor eindejaarslijstjes maar The New York Times Book Review publiceerde nu al zijn Notable Books of 2008 . De uitleg hoe ze tot deze selectie kwamen vind je hier. Hier in alfabetische volgorde de 46 beste boeken in de categorie fictie en poëzie:







  1. AMERICAN WIFE. By Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House).
  2. ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES. By Rivka Galchen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  3. BASS CATHEDRAL. By Nathaniel Mackey. (New Directions, paper)
  4. BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. By Charles Bock. (Random House)
  5. BEIJING COMA. By Ma Jian. Translated by Flora Drew. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  6. A BETTER ANGEL: Stories. By Chris Adrian. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  7. BLACK FLIES. By Shannon Burke. (Soft Skull, paper)
  8. THE BLUE STAR. By Tony Earley. (Little, Brown)
  9. THE BOAT. By Nam Le. (Knopf)
  10. BREATH. By Tim Winton. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  11. DANGEROUS LAUGHTER: Thirteen Stories. By Steven Millhauser. (Knopf)
  12. DEAR AMERICAN AIRLINES. By Jonathan Miles. (Houghton Mifflin)
  13. DIARY OF A BAD YEAR. By J. M. Coet­zee. (Viking)
  14. ELEGY: Poems. By Mary Jo Bang. (Graywolf)
  15. THE ENGLISH MAJOR. By Jim Harrison. (Grove)
  16. FANON. By John Edgar Wideman. (Houghton Mifflin)
  17. THE FINDER. By Colin Harrison. (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  18. FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS: Wyoming Stories 3 . By Annie Proulx. (Scribner)
  19. THE GOOD THIEF . By Hannah Tinti. (Dial)
  20. HALF OF THE WORLD IN LIGHT: Poems. By Juan Felipe Herrera. (University of Arizona)
  21. HIS ILLEGAL SELF. By Peter Carey. (Knopf)
  22. HOME. By Marilynne Robinson. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  23. INDIGNATION. By Philip Roth. (Houghton Mifflin)
  24. THE LAZARUS PROJECT. By Aleksandar Hemon. (Riverhead)
  25. LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. By David Vann. (University of Massachusetts)
  26. LIFE CLASS. By Pat Barker. (Doubleday)
  27. LUSH LIFE. By Richard Price. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  28. A MERCY. By Toni Morrison. (Knopf)
  29. MODERN LIFE: Poems . By Matthea Harvey. (Graywolf, paper)
  30. A MOST WANTED MAN . By John le Carré. (Scribner)
  31. MY REVOLUTIONS. By Hari Kunzru. (Dutton)
  32. NETHERLAND. By Joseph O’Neill. (Pantheon)
  33. OPAL SUNSET: Selected Poems, 1958-2008. By Clive James. (Norton)
  34. THE OTHER. By David Guterson. (Knopf)
  35. THE ROAD HOME. By Rose Tremain. (Little, Brown)
  36. THE SACRED BOOK OF THE WEREWOLF. By Victor Pelevin. (Viking)
  37. THE SCHOOL ON HEART’S CONTENT ROAD. By Carolyn Chute. (Atlantic Monthly)
  38. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT: By Simon Armitage. (Norton)
  39. SLEEPING IT OFF IN RAPID CITY: Poems. By A. Kleinzahler. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  40. TELEX FROM CUBA. By Rachel Kushner. (Scribner)
  41. 2666. By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  42. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH. By Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf)
  43. THE UNFORTUNATES. By B. S. Johnson. (New Directions)
  44. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? By Kate Atkinson. (Little, Brown)
  45. THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK. By John Updike. (Knopf)
  46. YESTERDAY’S WEATHER. By Anne Enright. (Grove)