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The Listener Best Books of 2008

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Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature (John Mullan)
Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature
1
John Mullan
Arabesques (Robert Dessaix)
Arabesques
2
Robert Dessaix
As If Running on Air (Jack Lovelock)
As If Running on Air
3
Jack Lovelock
At the End of Darwin Road (Fiona Kidman)
At the End of Darwin Road
4
Fiona Kidman
The Atlantic Ocean: Essays on Britain and America (Andrew O'Hagan)
The Atlantic Ocean: Essays on Britain and America
5
Andrew O'Hagan
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science (Rebecca Priestley)
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science
6
Rebecca Priestley
The Behaviour of Moths (Poppy Adams)
The Behaviour of Moths
7
Poppy Adams
Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
8
Ma Jian
Beyond the Breakwater: Stories 1948-1998 (O.E. Middleton)
Beyond the Breakwater: Stories 1948-1998
9
O.E. Middleton
The Bolter (Frances Osborne)
The Bolter
10
Frances Osborne
Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China (Simon Winchester)
Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
11
Simon Winchester
Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic (C.K. Stead)
Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic
12
C.K. Stead
Breath (Tim Winton)
Breath
13
Tim Winton
Cemetery Lake (Paul Cleve)
Cemetery Lake
14
Paul Cleve
The Collected Letters, Volume 5 (Katherine Mansfield)
The Collected Letters, Volume 5
15
Katherine Mansfield
Collected Poems, 1951-2006 (C. K. Stead)
Collected Poems, 1951-2006
16
C. K. Stead
The Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
The Collected Stories
17
Lorrie Moore
The Collector of Worlds (Ilija Trojanow)
The Collector of Worlds
18
Ilija Trojanow
The Conscience of a Liberal (Paul Krugman)
The Conscience of a Liberal
19
Paul Krugman
Devil May Care (Sebastian Faulks)
Devil May Care
20
Sebastian Faulks
Diggers, Hatters & Whores: The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes (Stevan Eldred-Grigg)
Diggers, Hatters & Whores: The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes
21
Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Doubtless: New and Selected Poems (Sam Hunt)
Doubtless: New and Selected Poems
22
Sam Hunt
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
The Enchantress of Florence
23
Salman Rushdie
The End of Atlantic City (David Beach)
The End of Atlantic City
24
David Beach
Etiquette for a Dinner Party (Sue Orr)
Etiquette for a Dinner Party
25
Sue Orr
Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and the Triad (Joanna Woods)
Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and the Triad
26
Joanna Woods
Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
27
Annie Proulx
Flat Earth News (Nick Davies)
Flat Earth News
28
Nick Davies
Forbidden Cities (Paula Morris)
Forbidden Cities
29
Paula Morris
A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz)
A Fraction of the Whole
30
Steve Toltz
Getting There (Barbara Anderson)
Getting There
31
Barbara Anderson
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (Paul Theroux)
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
32
Paul Theroux
The Girl Who Proposed (Elizabeth Smither)
The Girl Who Proposed
33
Elizabeth Smither
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
34
Stieg Larsson
God of Speed (Luke Davies)
God of Speed
35
Luke Davies
Going as Far as I Can: The Ultimate Travel Book (Duncan Fallowell)
Going as Far as I Can: The Ultimate Travel Book
36
Duncan Fallowell
Gone Away World
Gone Away World
37
A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems About Sex (Stu Bagby)
A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems About Sex
38
Stu Bagby
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
39
Mary Ann Shaffer
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
40
Marilynne Robinson
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