Books for 2008

Discover the best books of 2008 with our curated list of top titles across genres. Find must-read fiction, non-fiction, and award-winning releases from this iconic year.

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Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told …
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2006

by Otto Penzler

Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada.
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The Color of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody …
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and …
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Drop Shot

by Harlan Coben

Sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the death of a tennis player.
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Fade Away

by Harlan Coben

The disappearance of basketball player Greg Downing, his onetime athletic rival both on and off the court, from his upscale suburban New Jersey home throws …
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

by Bill Bryson

From one of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body, a vivid, …
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The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells

Wells's genre-defining novel of time travel When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering …
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The War of the Worlds

by H. G. Wells

An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.
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Wolves Eat Dogs

by Martin Cruz Smith

A Moscow detective is sent to Chernobyl for a frightening case in the most spectacular entry yet in Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko series. In …