the best book of 2008

What is the best book you've read in 2008?

So far, Canti by Leopardi.

I have to say The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

As of now... I would say The Shahnameh by Ferdowsi.

I'm gonna go with Famous Last Words by Timothy Findley.

Analects of Confucius is the optimal,noteworthy and make you have a compulsion to read again.

I have two,
Bleak house
The brothers Karamazov

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
or Northanger Abbey

or maybe The White Mare or The Know-It-All

Really, this is one of the most difficult questions to answer. If you had asked for worst book, now...that would be a different story. ;)

For me it was The Road. That book still keeps me awake at night.

For me it was The Road. That book still keeps me awake at night.

Then you should truly read Blood Meridian... and Child of God

Then you should truly read Blood Meridian... and Child of God[/QUOTE]

Thanks I will give them a try :)

Meša Selimović - The Dervish and the Death.

Anna Karenina.

Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostevsky
Journey to The End of The Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Humm...i would have thought this thread would have been for our opinions on the best book that was published in 2008 as opposed to what we read...
...but nevermind!
North and south by Gaskell
Norweigian Wood by Murakami for books in general.
Snow White Turtle Doves for book published 2008.

Not sure, actually:
I quite liked The English Patient and The Good Soldier, but I can never remember what year I've read a book.

So far?

I'd have to decide between Fight Club and Christine.

I know. I haven't read a classic book in a while.

Armageddon in Retrospect, a collection of Kurt Vonnegut short stories published after his death

Brave New World is getting very good. That might be a contender.