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Some of our favorite authors weigh in on the best reads of 2008.
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 11:40 AM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Some of our favorite authors weigh in on the best reads of 2008.
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 11:40 AM UTCOur picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year.
Monday, Dec 8, 2008 11:29 AM UTC 29Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007 11:16 AM UTC 10From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007 11:24 AM UTC 37Forget the political treatises. This year, the nonfiction books that captivated us most told stories: Of food, of family, of secrets.
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 12:00 PM UTCA scary interaction in America makes Valentino long to be back in a Sudanese refugee camp.
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 1:00 PM UTCThis year, stories from five extraordinary writers about Africa, 9/11's aftermath and the Civil War captivated us the most.
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 10:00 AM UTCThe creator of a wisecracking high-school sleuth and a moving graphic memoirist wowed us this year with outstanding first books.
Tuesday, Dec 12, 2006 1:01 PM UTCFrom 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.
Wednesday, Jan 9, 2002 8:26 PM UTCTen books from 2000 we wished would never end.
Monday, Dec 18, 2000 11:04 PM UTCTen titles that kept us up all night in 1999
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCOriginal Bliss
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCPlainsong
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCMotherless Brooklyn
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCCryptonomicon
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCLost on Earth: Nomads of the New World
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCCareless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCSecrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCShow Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCPage 1 of 2 in Salon Book Awards