http://dir.salon.com/topics/salon_book_awards/?source=rss&aim=salon_book_awards en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST Compiled by Abby Margulies Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/09/authors_picks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/09/authors_picks/index.html?source=rss Some of our favorite authors weigh in on the best reads of 2008. By Laura Miller Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html?source=rss Our picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/14/coffeetable_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/14/coffeetable_books/index.html?source=rss 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. Compiled by Megan Doll and Eryn Loeb Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/13/book_week_picks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/13/book_week_picks/index.html?source=rss Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year. By Laura Miller Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/12/best_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/12/best_books/index.html?source=rss 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 and Hillary Frey Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/14/nonfiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/14/nonfiction/index.html?source=rss Forget the political treatises. This year, the nonfiction books that captivated us most told stories: Of food, of family, of secrets. By Dave Eggers Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/13/valentino_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/13/valentino_excerpt/index.html?source=rss A scary interaction in America makes Valentino long to be back in a Sudanese refugee camp. By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/13/best_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/13/best_fiction/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/12/debut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/12/debut/index.html?source=rss The creator of a wisecracking high-school sleuth and a moving graphic memoirist wowed us this year with outstanding first books. By Laura Miller Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/01/09/bestbooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/01/09/bestbooks/index.html?source=rss 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 and Maria Russo Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/18/bookawards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/18/bookawards/index.html?source=rss Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end. By Laura Miller and Craig Seligman Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/awards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/awards/index.html?source=rss Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999 By Kent Haruf Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/haruf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/haruf/index.html?source=rss Plainsong By Mark Bowden Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/bowden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/bowden/index.html?source=rss Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War By A.L. Kennedy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/kennedy/index.html?source=rss Original Bliss By Neal Stephenson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/stephenson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/stephenson/index.html?source=rss Cryptonomicon By Jonathan Lethem Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/lethem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/lethem/index.html?source=rss Motherless Brooklyn By Lisa Belkin Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/belkin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/belkin/index.html?source=rss Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption By Judith Thurman Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/thurman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/thurman/index.html?source=rss Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette By Peter Guralnick Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/guralnick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/guralnick/index.html?source=rss Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley By Mark Fritz Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/fritz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/16/fritz/index.html?source=rss Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World By Laura Miller and Dwight Garner Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1996/12/09/awards961209/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1996/12/09/awards961209/index.html?source=rss How we picked them. Why we fell in love.