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Financial Times Best Books 2008

Here is a list of the Financial Times' best books of the year 2008. How many of these have you read?
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17 (Bill Drummond)
17
1
Bill Drummond
The Age of Wonder (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder
2
Richard Holmes
The American Future: A History (Simon Schama)
The American Future: A History
3
Simon Schama
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
4
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
5
The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came to London in 1948 (Janie Hamilton)
The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came to London in 1948
6
Janie Hamilton
The Bad Girl (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Bad Girl
7
Mario Vargas Llosa
Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
8
Ma Jian
The Believers
The Believers
9
Between the Monster and the Saint (Richard Holloway)
Between the Monster and the Saint
10
Richard Holloway
A Billion Lives (Jan Egeland)
A Billion Lives
11
Jan Egeland
The Black Death (John Hatcher)
The Black Death
12
John Hatcher
Blonde Roots (Bernardine Evaristo)
Blonde Roots
13
Bernardine Evaristo
Blood Matters: A Journey Along the Genetic Frontier (Masha Gessen)
Blood Matters: A Journey Along the Genetic Frontier
14
Masha Gessen
Blue Flame (K.M. Grant)
Blue Flame
15
K.M. Grant
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
16
Junot Díaz
Capello: Portrait of a Winner (Gabriele Marcotti)
Capello: Portrait of a Winner
17
Gabriele Marcotti
The Carbon Diaries (Saci Loyd)
The Carbon Diaries
18
Saci Loyd
Carpentaria (Alexis Wright)
Carpentaria
19
Alexis Wright
A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Mohammed Hanif)
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
20
Mohammed Hanif
Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics (Jennifer Sey)
Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics
21
Jennifer Sey
Child 44 (Tom Rob Smith)
Child 44
22
Tom Rob Smith
China Witness (Xinran)
China Witness
23
Xinran
The Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
The Collected Stories
24
Lorrie Moore
Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness (Tim Robinson)
Connemara: The Last Pool of Darkness
25
Tim Robinson
Conversations With Woody Allen (Eric Lax)
Conversations With Woody Allen
26
Eric Lax
Crocodiles & Obelisks (Jamie McKendrick)
Crocodiles & Obelisks
27
Jamie McKendrick
Descent Into Chaos (Ahmed Rashid)
Descent Into Chaos
28
Ahmed Rashid
Devil May Care (Sebastian Faulks)
Devil May Care
29
Sebastian Faulks
The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus (David Abulafia)
The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus
30
David Abulafia
Divine Magnetic Lands: A Journey in America (Timothy O'grady)
Divine Magnetic Lands: A Journey in America
31
Timothy O'grady
Empires of the Indus (Alice Albinia)
Empires of the Indus
32
Alice Albinia
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
The Enchantress of Florence
33
Salman Rushdie
Ever, Dirk (Dirk Bogarde)
Ever, Dirk
34
Dirk Bogarde
Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard (Richard Brody)
Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
35
Richard Brody
Everything Is Connected (Daniel Barenboim)
Everything Is Connected
36
Daniel Barenboim
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry (Marcus Du Sautoy)
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry
37
Marcus Du Sautoy
A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz)
A Fraction of the Whole
38
Steve Toltz
A Freewheelin' Time (Suze Rotolo)
A Freewheelin' Time
39
Suze Rotolo
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (Paul Theroux)
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
40
Paul Theroux
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