Lists of Bests: Washington Post's Best Books of 2008: Fiction http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61325 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:52:22 GMT en-us 0 50 79 50 0 Alfred and Emily http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3630982 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Lessing</div> America America: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2942358 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ethan Canin</div> Beet: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2902859 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Rosenblatt</div> Beijing Coma: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2980447 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ma Jian</div> Breath: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2981941 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Winton</div> A Case of Exploding Mangoes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3480533 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mohammed Hanif</div> Diary of a Bad Year http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5369792 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5369792"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21pw0t0T77L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.M. Coetzee</div> The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3341411 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Enlightenment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944735 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3944735"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BfVtOLUKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maureen Freely</div> Fanon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2964027 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2964027"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01wm5UQk4EL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Edgar Wideman</div> A Father's Law (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3362509 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3362509"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11tOvHbqBjL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Wright</div> The Flying Troutmans: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4464297 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4464297"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dMXc5BHpL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miriam Toews</div> The German Bride: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3470571 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3470571"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Ln5dqiYKL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanna Hershon</div> Goldengrove: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3622033 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francine Prose</div> The Good Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3460416 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3460416"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/112MkyR7hOL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hannah Tinti</div> The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3038990 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Ann Shaffer</div> His Illegal Self http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2843965 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Carey</div> Home: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3614716 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marilynne Robinson</div> The House on Fortune Street: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3360079 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margot Livesey</div> Indignation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3753685 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Konkans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2678602 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony D'Souza</div> Life Class: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2858208 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2858208"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11l9fDodPCL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> Love Marriage: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3957658 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3957658"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21UlamqfO%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by V.V. Ganeshananthan</div> Lush Life: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2881520 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Price</div> Man in the Dark: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3719030 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The Northern Clemency http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4949479 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Hensher</div> Olive Kitteridge: Fiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4857389 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4857389"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vmAJkZWzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Strout</div> The Pig Did It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3506360 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3506360"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01g9jiSyjbL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Caldwell</div> The Plague of Doves: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3169990 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Erdrich</div> Pravda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5506114 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Docx</div> Serena: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5386756 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Rash</div> So Brave, Young and Handsome: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3012267 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leif Enger</div> Someone Knows My Name: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4842729 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4842729"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JMzDBIQ6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Hill</div> Songs for the Missing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3615676 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stewart O'Nan</div> The Soul Thief (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4071441 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Baxter</div> The Story of a Marriage: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2937687 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Sean Greer</div> The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5044446 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5044446"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JSL2LCmvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Wroblewski</div> Trauma http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2899207 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Mcgrath</div> We Are Now Beginning Our Descent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5506119 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5506119"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BqMGYgPYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Meek</div> What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire?: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3627126 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3627126"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Vw4KlLhVL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonio Lobo Antunes</div> When we were romans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5058323 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Matthew Kneale</div> Windy City: A Novel of Politics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3828066 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3828066"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519Wcprv0%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Simon</div> The Orphan in the Tower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542211 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Bayard</div> The Cellist of Sarajevo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3489650 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Galloway</div> The China Lover http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4044054 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Buruma</div> Daphne: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3125541 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Justine Picardie</div> Day: A novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2868403 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.L. Kennedy</div> Fall of Frost: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3866462 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3866462"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515sJEXEfVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Hall</div> The Invention of Everything Else http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3506444 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3506444"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01IUx3CyYAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samantha Hunt</div> Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5506127 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5506127"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sumXjIe5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerome Charyn</div>