2008 - the year in books

Remember wordle? Well, here's a wordle of the books I read in 2008.

Here are all the titles in the picture (authors not included in the Wordle):

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by J Dwyer & K Flynn
A Dog About Town
by J.F. Englert
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen
And Then We Came to The End
by Joshua Ferris
Antartica on a Plate
by Alexa Thomson
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff
Big Boned (A Heather Wells Mystery)
by Meg Cabot
Bliss: A Novel
by O.Z. Livanlis
Body of Lies
by David Ignatius
Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo
Change of Heart
by Jodi Picoult
Duma Key
by Stephen King
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
Enemy Women
by Paulette Jiles
Girls of Riyadh: A Novel
by Rajaa Alsanea
Good Dog, Stay
by Anna Quindlen
Heartsick
by Chelsea Cain
High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
by Michael Kodas
If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
by Janine Latus
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story
by Lang Lang
Lost on Planet China
by J Maarten Troost
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog
by John Grogan
Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
by Kim Barnouin & Rory Freedman
Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
by Ann Hood
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
Straight Man
by Richard Russo
The Appeal
by John Grisham
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
The Condition
by Jennifer Haigh
The Fiction Class
by Susan Breen
The Fisher Boy
by Stephen Anable
The Girls: A Novel
by Lori Lansens
The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
The Magician's Assistant
by Ann Patchett
The Rough Guide to Blogging
by Jonathan Yang
The Senator's Wife
by Sue Miller
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
The Wednesday Sisters
by Meg Clayton Waite
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
by Nic Sheff
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer

I read a lot of really good books over the past year. It's really hard to just be cut and dry and pick the one to be the best without taking into account fiction versus non-fiction, genre, etc. So I am picking three from fiction titles and three from non fiction titles. So without further ado my picks for the top three fiction titles of the year were:

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
2. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
3. Bridge of Sighs

My top three non-fiction titles were:

1. Lost on Planet China
2. Journey of a Thousand Miles
3. Marley & Me

And now for my overall awards - drum roll please .....

My overall favorite book of the year pick goes to The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
My favorite new (to me) author is ..... Richard Russo.

Happy Reading everyone!