5/09/2008

NBCC Good Reads 3: Fiction Also Rans

Here are some other top vote getters* in fiction for the NBCC Good Reads spring list, recommendations by NBCC members, former awards winners and finalists:

Charles Bock, BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, Random House.

Geraldine Brooks, PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, Viking

Jerome Charyn, JOHNNY ONE-EYE, Norton.

Jonathan Coe, THE RAIN BEFORE IT FALLS, Knopf

Rivka Galchen, ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES, Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Dagoberto Gilb, THE FLOWERS, Grove

Samantha Hunt, THE INVENTION OF EVERYTHING ELSE, Houghton

James Meek, WE ARE NOW BEGINNING OUR DESCENT, Canongate U.S.

Lydia Millet, HOW THE DEAD DREAM, Counterpoint

Jiang Rong, WOLF TOTEM, Penguin Press

Bernhard Schlink, HOMECOMING, Pantheon

Elizabeth Strout, OLIVE KITTERIDGE, Random House

Tobias Wolff, OUR STORY BEGINS, Knopf


*all ties; list in alphabetical order

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Blogger Melissa said...

I just started to get into Fiction "good reads" and one that tops my list so far is Landmark Status . A great fiction/comedy/mystery. Thanks for the additional books I can now add to my list.

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