27 December 2009

Best Books of the Noughties

Subject to change, oh, about every 15 minutes or so.

Margaret Atwood, THE BLIND ASSASSIN
Michael Chabon, THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Leslie Chang, FACTORY GIRLS
Junot Diaz, THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Jonathan Franzen, THE CORRECTIONS
Francine Du Plessix Gray, THEM: A MEMOIR OF PARENTS
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, RANDOM FAMILY
David Mitchell, CLOUD ATLAS
Rick Perlstein, NIXONLAND
Zadie Smith, WHITE TEETH

2 comments:

Wade Garrett said...

That's a great list. Without stepping on the list I plan to put up on my own blog within the week, I agree with most of your choices, though my own personal list would include Consider the Lobster and Then We Came to the End.

Ellen said...

Oh, definitely do it. I still think mine could be better but it's a good mental exercise.