Just went back through a year’s worth of “Whatcha Readin’” threads to figure out what my top ten books this year were. Drumroll, please:
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[li]The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman[/li][li]Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters[/li][li]Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor[/li][li]Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey[/li][li]Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn[/li][li]Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier[/li][li]Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science by Deborah Cadbury[/li][li]Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson[/li][li]*The Forger’s Spell *by Edward Dolnick [20th-century forger of Vermeers][/li][li]Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin ['08 election][/li][/ol]
These are pretty much in order of enthusiasm. Nos. 3 and 5 were Doper recommendations, for which thanks. #6 is a historical novel that led me to read more about the period and personalities (#7).