Saturday, December 11, 2004

The Ten Best Books of 2004

As chosen by the New York Times.

Fiction:

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Master by Colm Toibin
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Runaway by Alice Munro
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
War Trash by Ha Jin

Nonfiction:

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

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