Books we love
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
Salon Book Awards
Entertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Salon Book Awards 2008
Our picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year.
Monday, Dec 8, 2008 11:29 AM UTC 29Entertainment Fiction, Salon Book Awards
Their favorite things
Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
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Salon Book Awards 2007
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.
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007 11:24 AM UTC 37Entertainment Fiction, CIA, Salon Book Awards
Best nonfiction of 2006
Forget 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 UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Laura Miller
“What Is the What”
A scary interaction in America makes Valentino long to be back in a Sudanese refugee camp.
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 1:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Best fiction of 2006
This 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 UTCEntertainment Fiction, Salon Book Awards
Best debuts of 2006
The 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 UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Laura Miller
Our favorite books
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.
Wednesday, Jan 9, 2002 8:26 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Salon Book Awards
Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end.
Monday, Dec 18, 2000 11:04 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Laura Miller
Salon Book Awards
Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Laura Miller, Salon Book Awards
Original Bliss
Original Bliss
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Plainsong
Plainsong
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards
Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World
Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
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Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Salon Book Awards, Books
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