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The Spectator's Best Books of 2008

Here is a list of The Spectator's (UK) best books of the year 2008. How many of these have you read?
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The Age of Wonder (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder
1
Richard Holmes
America America (Ethan Canin)
America America
2
Ethan Canin
Arlington Park (Rachel Cusk)
Arlington Park
3
Rachel Cusk
Armageddon in Retrospect (Kurt Vonnegut)
Armageddon in Retrospect
4
Kurt Vonnegut
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
5
Away (Amy Bloom)
Away
6
Amy Bloom
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth (Frances Wilson)
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
7
Frances Wilson
The Believers
The Believers
8
Bloomsbury Ballerina (Judith MacKrell)
Bloomsbury Ballerina
9
Judith MacKrell
The Bolter (Frances Osborne)
The Bolter
10
Frances Osborne
Breath (Tim Winton)
Breath
11
Tim Winton
Can Any Mother Help Me? (Jenna Bailey)
Can Any Mother Help Me?
12
Jenna Bailey
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster (James Knox)
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster
13
James Knox
Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy (William Oddie)
Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy
14
William Oddie
Chicago (Alaa Al Aswany)
Chicago
15
Alaa Al Aswany
Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes (Ferdinand Mount)
Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes
16
Ferdinand Mount
Diaries, 1942-1954 (James Lees-Milne)
Diaries, 1942-1954
17
James Lees-Milne
The Dress of the People: Everyday Fashion in Eighteenth-Century England (John Styles)
The Dress of the People: Everyday Fashion in Eighteenth-Century England
18
John Styles
Empires of the Sea (Roger Crowley)
Empires of the Sea
19
Roger Crowley
Faith in a Hard Ground (G.E.M. Anscombe)
Faith in a Hard Ground
20
G.E.M. Anscombe
Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
21
Annie Proulx
Florence Nightingale (Mark Bostridge)
Florence Nightingale
22
Mark Bostridge
God's Own Country (Ross Raisin)
God's Own Country
23
Ross Raisin
A Good Day for a Dog (Carlo Gebler)
A Good Day for a Dog
24
Carlo Gebler
A Great and Terrible King (Marc Morris)
A Great and Terrible King
25
Marc Morris
Grub Street Irregular (Jeremy Lewis)
Grub Street Irregular
26
Jeremy Lewis
Halfway to Venus: A One-Armed Journey (Sarah Anderson)
Halfway to Venus: A One-Armed Journey
27
Sarah Anderson
Happiness and Holiness (Thomas Traherne)
Happiness and Holiness
28
Thomas Traherne
A History of Political Trials: From Charles I to Saddam Hussein (John Laughland)
A History of Political Trials: From Charles I to Saddam Hussein
29
John Laughland
Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe (Mark Mazower)
Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe
30
Mark Mazower
House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family (Paul Fisher)
House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family
31
Paul Fisher
Human Love (Andreï Makine)
Human Love
32
Andreï Makine
Indignation (Philip Roth)
Indignation
33
Philip Roth
Jesus of Nazareth (Pope Benedict XVI)
Jesus of Nazareth
34
Pope Benedict XVI
The Last Divine Office (Geoffrey Moorhouse)
The Last Divine Office
35
Geoffrey Moorhouse
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Lazarus Project
36
Aleksandar Hemon
Let's See: Writings on Art From the New Yorker (Peter Schjeldahl)
Let's See: Writings on Art From the New Yorker
37
Peter Schjeldahl
The Library at Night (Alberto Manguel)
The Library at Night
38
Alberto Manguel
The Life of a Long-Distance Writer (Richard Bradford)
The Life of a Long-Distance Writer
39
Richard Bradford
Lip (Catherine Smith)
Lip
40
Catherine Smith
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