The 10 Best Books of 2008 The New York Times Review

Fiction

1. DANGEROUS LAUGHTER: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser
2. A MERCY by Tony Morrison
3. NETHERLAND by Joseph O'Neill
4. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
5. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH by Jhumpa Lahiri

Nonfiction

1. THE DARK SIDE: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jone Mayer
2. THE FOREVER WAR by Dexter Filkins
3. NOTHING TO BE FRIGTHENED OF by Julian Barnes
4. THE REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
5. THE WORLD IS WHAT IT IS: The Autorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French