RAO’s Cumulative List of Lists of the Year’s Best Books
January 15, 2009
RAO’s Cumulative List of Lists of the Year’s Best Books
Here’s a repost of lists of best books of the year from various sources. We’ve added a few new ones in the past couple of weeks. Did we miss
anything? Please let us know.
Amazon’s Best Books of 2008 and also here
The Atlantic’s Books of the Year
Barnes & Noble Best of 2008
AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2008
Best Books We’ve Read This Year - by Stephen King, Amy Sedaris, others
Bookmarks Magazine Best Books of 2008
The Boston Globe’s Seasons Readings
Boston Globe Vampires, Obama and Oprah: Hits of 2008
Business Week’s Best Business Books of 2008
Chicago Sun-Times Favorite Books of 2008
Christian Science Monitor’s Best Novels of 2008
Christian Science Monitor’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2008
The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Best Books of 2008
Crime Authors’ 3 Favorite Books of 2008, Part 1
Crime Authors’ 3 Favorite Books of 2008, Part 2
Crime Authors’ 3 Favorite Books of 2008, Part 3
Entertainment Weekly’s Best and Worst of 2008
The Guardian’s Ten Best Books of 2008
Harvard Book Store’s Holiday Hundred
Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2008
The Independent Best Books of 2008
Independent Bookstores 2008 Bestsellers
International Herald Tribune’s Best Books of 2008
January Magazine’s Best Crime Fiction 2008, Part I
January Magazine’s Best Crime Fiction 2008, Part II
Michiko Kakutani’s Best Books of 2008
Kansas City Star’s Noteworthy Books of 2008
Stephen King’s 10 Best Books of 2008
LA Times Favorite Books 2008
LA Times Best Science Fiction of 2008
LA Times Best Short Stories
Library Journal Best Books of 2008
London Times Books of the Year
Janet Maslin’s Favorites of 2008
The Millions: a Year in Reading
NPR’s 10 Best Cookbooks of 2008
NPR’s Best Gift Books of 2008
NPR’s Booksellers Picks for Your Holiday List
NPR’s Complete Holiday Book Recommendations 2008
NPR’s Top Ten Mystery Books of 2008
Nancy Pearl’s Best Books of 2008
New Orleans Times-Picayune’s 2008 Top Ten in Books
New York Magazine’s The Year in Books
NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2008
NY Times 10 Best Books of 2008
NY Times Notable Crime Fiction of 2008
NY Times Best Travel Books of 2008
NY Times Best Visual Books of 2008
NY Times Best Cookbooks of 2008
NY Times Best Gardening Books of 2008
NY Times Notable Children’s Books of 2008
Penguin Authors What to Get, What to Give
PW’s Best Books of 2008
PW’s Staff Picks of 2008
RAO’s Great General Fiction of 2008
RAO’s Great Mysteries of 2008
RAO’s Great Romances of 2008
RAO’s Great Speculative Fiction of 2008
RAO’s Great Thrillers of 2008
Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Nominees for 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2008 Books: Fiction
Salon Book Awards 2008
San Francisco Chronicle’s Holiday Books
School Library Journal’s Best Books 2008
Seattle Times Best Books of 2008
Shelf-Awareness Picks of the Year, Part One
Slate’s Best Books of 2008
Spoken Word Grammy Award Nominees
Time’s Best Book of 2008
Top Ten Hockey Books of 2008
Top Ten Texas Books of the Year
USA Today’s Stunning Science Books for Holiday Giving
USA Today’s Holiday Guide Gift Books
USA Today’s Top Ten Books of 2008
The Village Voice Best Books of 2008
Wall Street Journal’s Shelf of Standouts 2008
Washington Post’s Best Books of 2008
Sarah Weinman’s Best Crime Books of 2008
YALSA Teens Top Ten of 2008
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