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We asked followers of @Bookies to name the best book they read in 2008. We've collected the responses and list them below. Don't see your favorite read of 2008? Share your recommendation with other Bookies by it in adding a comment.
Thanks for those who suggested additional books through the comments. We've updated our list by adding these at the bottom.
Happy Reading!
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
The Father by Sharon Olds
Johnny Got his Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Likeness by Tana French
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce
Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson
Wild Indigo by Sandi Ault
Black Out by Lisa Unger
Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
March by Geraldine Brooks
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessi
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
The Orphan's Tale by Catherynne Valente
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The Ha-Ha by David King
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Question of the Day
How do you keep track of your reading wish list? Zillions of pieces of paper, in a spread sheet, on your blog?
Bookies use a number of systems to keep track of their reading wish lists. The winner is Good Reads, followed closely by Amazon. But there doesn't seem to be a consensus -- individuality rules!
Here are the tallies*
16 Good Reads
14 Amazon (wish list or cart)
11 Bookshelf or book pile at home
10 File or database on computer
7 Zillions of pieces of paper or sticky notes
5 Blog
4 Shelfari
4 Journal or notebook
4 Library Thing
4 PDA or phone
3 No system
2 Evernote
2 In one's head
1 Facebook
1 Wishpot
1 PBS
1 World Cat
1 E-mail
1 Google Notebook
1 Public library site
*Note that some people mentioned more than one method, so the total doesn't reflect the number of individual responses.
If you missed the Q of the day, leave a comment and tell us how you keep track of your reading wish list.
Calling all book lovers!
The @Bookies blog has been created to be a fantastic resource for books. The executive board of the @Bookies all met online at Twitter and found one thing we had in common- books. We want to invite anyone who loves books to be a part of this community. Chat with us live on Twitter at @bookies. Keep up with the community happenings and find other great book bloggers here on the blog
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We're excited to be here. We're excited you're here. Together, we'll build a GREAT community for book lovers.