Here’s a list of my favorite books of 2008. These weren’t necessarily books published in 2008, but were books that I read this year and enjoyed.
Non Fiction
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable – Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2007)
- Pop! Why Bubbles are Great for the Economy – Daniel Gross (2007)
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed – Jared Diamond (2005)
- Gang Leader for a Day: A Rouge Sociologist Takes to the Streets – Sudhir Venkatesh (2008)
- How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization – Franklin Foer (2005)
Fiction
- Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes (1966)
- The Winter of our Discontent – John Steinbeck (1961)
- Bel Canto – Ann Patchett (2005)
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1 Summer Book Reviews // Jul 2, 2009 at 3:39 pm
[...] to his first book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which narrowly missed out on being one of my favorite books of 2008. In Defense of Food is interesting because Pollan attacks the idea that we can eat food based on [...]
2 Alex // Aug 4, 2009 at 11:49 pm
You read Bel Canto years ago. Update this list and start reading more fiction.
3 August Book Reviews // Sep 4, 2009 at 10:32 am
[...] to soccer. This book is similar to Franklin Foer’s How Soccer Explains the World, one of my favorite books from last year. Kuper travels around the world attending soccer matches right after the fall of the Berlin Wall. [...]
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