Some of our favorite authors weigh in on the best reads of 2008.
Compiled by Abby Margulies Dec 9, 2008
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Our picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller
December 8, 2008
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From glamour-pusses to global warming, criminal mug shots to art stars, Salon's seasonal guide to coffee-table books has something to enchant just about everyone.
December 14, 2007
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Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
Compiled by Megan Doll and Eryn Loeb
December 13, 2007
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From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller
December 12, 2007
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Forget the political treatises. This year, the nonfiction books that captivated us most told stories: Of food, of family, of secrets.
By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey
December 14, 2006
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A scary interaction in America makes Valentino long to be back in a Sudanese refugee camp.
By Dave Eggers
December 13, 2006
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This year, stories from five extraordinary writers about Africa, 9/11's aftermath and the Civil War captivated us the most.
By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey
December 13, 2006
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The creator of a wisecracking high-school sleuth and a moving graphic memoirist wowed us this year with outstanding first books.
By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey
December 12, 2006
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From a gripping novel about terrorism to the memoir of a cross-country stripteaser, we pick the best -- that is, the most pleasurable -- reading experiences of 2001.
By Laura Miller
January 9, 2002
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Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end.
By Laura Miller and Maria Russo
December 18, 2000
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Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999
By Laura Miller and Craig Seligman
December 16, 1999
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Plainsong
By Kent Haruf
December 16, 1999
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
By Mark Bowden
December 16, 1999
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Original Bliss
By A.L. Kennedy
December 16, 1999
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Cryptonomicon
By Neal Stephenson
December 16, 1999
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Motherless Brooklyn
By Jonathan Lethem
December 16, 1999
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Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
By Lisa Belkin
December 16, 1999
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Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
By Judith Thurman
December 16, 1999
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Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
By Peter Guralnick
December 16, 1999
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Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World
By Mark Fritz
December 16, 1999
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How we picked them. Why we fell in love.
By Laura Miller and Dwight Garner
December 9, 1996