Top Ten Books Read in 2008

Rachel's picks (in alphabetical order):

• The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta
• The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz
• Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje
• The Echo Maker, Richard Powers
• The Patron Saint of Liars, Ann Patchett
• Restless, William Boyd
• The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, Candice Millard
• The Road, Cormac McCarthy
• Vera, Stacy Schiff