Best Books of 2008 04/24/2009: 2008 LA TIMES Book Prize for Fiction Winner and Finalists 04/20/2009: Olive Kitteridge Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 03/12/2009: Bolano's '2666' Wins the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 02/25/2009: 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winners and Finalists 01/25/2009: ALA Notable Books Fiction 2009 | Nonfiction 01/12/2009: 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Finalists | Nonfiction Finalists 12/15/2008: Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2008 12/12/2008: TIME Magazine Best Fiction of 2008 | Nonfiction 12/08/2008: Salon Best Books of 2008 12/07/2008: LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2008 12/07/2008: Boston Globe Best Fiction of 2008 12/07/2008: Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2008 12/04/2008: Economist Best Books of 2008 12/03/2008: The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2008 Fiction | Nonfiction 12/01/2008: Christian Science Monitor Best nonfiction of 2008 11/27/2008: Janet Maslin's 10 Favorite Books of 2008 11/27/2008: Michiko Kakutani's 10 Favorite Books of 2008 11/26/2008: The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2008 11/22/2008: Kansas City Star Noteworthy Books of 2008 11/19/2008: Shadow Country Wins the 2008 National Book Award for Fiction 11/11/2008: Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2008 11/04/2008: Amazon.com Best Books of 2008 11/03/2008: Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2008 10/15/2008: 2008 National Book Award for Fiction Finalists | Nonfiction Finalists 10/14/2008: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga wins the 2008 Man Booker Prize 10/09/2008: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature 09/09/2008: 2008 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Best Fiction of 2008 1. 2666 by Roberto Bolano 122 reviews (2008) (912p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 2. Lush Life by Richard Price 215 reviews (2008) (464p) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 3. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 162 reviews (2008) (272p) (PF) (NYTimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 4. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri 221 reviews (2008) (352p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 5. Home by Marilynne Robinson 104 reviews (2008) (336p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (LATimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=7 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=2 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Best Nonfiction of 2008 1. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins 143 reviews (2008) (384p) (NBCCA Non) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) (ALA Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 2. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer 151 reviews (2008) (400p) (NBCCA Non) (NBA Non) (NYTimes Non) (ALA Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 3. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed 85 reviews (2008) (800p) (PP His) (NBCCA Bio) (NBA Non) (ALA Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 4. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust 95 reviews (2008) (368p) (PP His) (NBCCA Non) (NBA Non) (NYTimes Non) (ALA Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page 5. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder 230 reviews (2008) (976p) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't understand the data above? View the key.