Thursday, December 31, 2009

10 Best Books of the Decade

I’ll let the book covers speak for themselves, for the time being… and then, of course, offer up some modest analysis. Note that your definition of modest, or indeed the general understanding of what that word means or ought to mean, is not necessarily mine (!).

10. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett

9. White Teeth, Zadie Smith

8. Netherland, Joseph O’Neill

7. Empire Falls, Richard Russo

6. The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa

5. The Road, Cormac McCarthy

4. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen

3. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson

2. Austerlitz, W. G. Sebald

1. Atonement, Ian McEwan

[Via http://lelitterateur.wordpress.com]

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