2009/1/12 Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> > I'm trying to get some recommendations, and further disturb the balance > of the TBR pile on my shelves. What were the best books you read last year? > > Udhay > --
Top 10 Fiction in descending order: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz Beethoven was One-Sixteenth Black – Nadine Gordimer What is the What – Dave Eggers Travels in the Scriptorium – Paul Auster The Gospel according to Jesus Christ – Jose Saramago Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe – Will Self Absurdistan – Gary Shteyngart Engleby – Sebastian Faulks The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Dark Pencil – Christopher Brookmyre Non-Fiction: A Falling Off the Edge – Alex Perry Bring on the Apocalypse – George Monbiot - Ingrid
