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The Independent Best Books 2008

Here is a list of the Independent's (UK) best books of the year 2008. How many of these have you read?
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Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles (Richard Dowden)
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
1
Richard Dowden
The Age of Wonder (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder
2
Richard Holmes
Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography (Rodge Glass)
Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography
3
Rodge Glass
Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys (Neil Oliver)
Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys
4
Neil Oliver
The Atmospheric Railway (Shena MacKay)
The Atmospheric Railway
5
Shena MacKay
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth (Frances Wilson)
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
6
Frances Wilson
The Beacon (Susan Hill)
The Beacon
7
Susan Hill
The Believers
The Believers
8
The Boat (Nam Le)
The Boat
9
Nam Le
Born Survivor (Bear Grylls)
Born Survivor
10
Bear Grylls
Breakdowns (Art Spiegelman)
Breakdowns
11
Art Spiegelman
Breakfast Lunch Tea (Rose Carrarini)
Breakfast Lunch Tea
12
Rose Carrarini
Churchill's Wizards: A Genius for Deception 1914-1945 (Nicholas Rankin)
Churchill's Wizards: A Genius for Deception 1914-1945
13
Nicholas Rankin
The Clothes on Their Backs (Linda Grant)
The Clothes on Their Backs
14
Linda Grant
Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes (Ferdinand Mount)
Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes
15
Ferdinand Mount
The Collected Poems, 1956-1998 (Zbigniew Herbert)
The Collected Poems, 1956-1998
16
Zbigniew Herbert
The Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
The Collected Stories
17
Lorrie Moore
The Complete Short Stories (Agnes Owens)
The Complete Short Stories
18
Agnes Owens
The Complete Tales of Dulditch (Mary Mann)
The Complete Tales of Dulditch
19
Mary Mann
Criminal (Caspar Walsh)
Criminal
20
Caspar Walsh
Dog Years (Mark Doty)
Dog Years
21
Mark Doty
Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction (Rowan Williams)
Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction
22
Rowan Williams
Double Cross
Double Cross
23
Dreaming Iris (John De Falbe)
Dreaming Iris
24
John De Falbe
Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
25
Annie Proulx
Florence Nightingale (Mark Bostridge)
Florence Nightingale
26
Mark Bostridge
Good to Be God (Tibor Fischer)
Good to Be God
27
Tibor Fischer
The Great Western Beach (Emma Smith)
The Great Western Beach
28
Emma Smith
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
29
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Happiest Man in the World (Alec Wilkinson)
The Happiest Man in the World
30
Alec Wilkinson
A History of Histories (John Burrow)
A History of Histories
31
John Burrow
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
32
Marilynne Robinson
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
33
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
34
I Am a Strange Loop (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
I Am a Strange Loop
35
Douglas R. Hofstadter
The Imposter (Damon Galgut)
The Imposter
36
Damon Galgut
The Kit Kat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation (Ophelia Field)
The Kit Kat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation
37
Ophelia Field
The Lighted Rooms (Richard Mason)
The Lighted Rooms
38
Richard Mason
Lush Life (Richard Price)
Lush Life
39
Richard Price
Machine (Peter Adolphsen)
Machine
40
Peter Adolphsen
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