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The Listener Best Books of 2008

Here is a list of The Listener's (New Zealand) best books of the 2008 How many of these have you read?
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Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature (John Mullan)
Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature
John Mullan
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Arabesques (Robert Dessaix)
Arabesques
Robert Dessaix
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As If Running on Air (Jack Lovelock)
As If Running on Air
Jack Lovelock
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At the End of Darwin Road (Fiona Kidman)
At the End of Darwin Road
Fiona Kidman
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The Atlantic Ocean: Essays on Britain and America (Andrew O'Hagan)
The Atlantic Ocean: Essays on Britain and America
Andrew O'Hagan
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The Awa Book of New Zealand Science (Rebecca Priestley)
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science
Rebecca Priestley
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The Behaviour of Moths (Poppy Adams)
The Behaviour of Moths
Poppy Adams
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Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
Ma Jian
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Beyond the Breakwater: Stories 1948-1998 (O.E. Middleton)
Beyond the Breakwater: Stories 1948-1998
O.E. Middleton
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The Bolter (Frances Osborne)
The Bolter
Frances Osborne
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Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China (Simon Winchester)
Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
Simon Winchester
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Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic (C.K. Stead)
Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic
C.K. Stead
13
Breath (Tim Winton)
Breath
Tim Winton
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Cemetery Lake (Paul Cleve)
Cemetery Lake
Paul Cleve
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The Collected Letters, Volume 5 (Katherine Mansfield)
The Collected Letters, Volume 5
Katherine Mansfield
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Collected Poems, 1951-2006 (C. K. Stead)
Collected Poems, 1951-2006
C. K. Stead
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The Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
The Collected Stories
Lorrie Moore
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The Collector of Worlds (Ilija Trojanow)
The Collector of Worlds
Ilija Trojanow
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The Conscience of a Liberal (Paul Krugman)
The Conscience of a Liberal
Paul Krugman
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Devil May Care (Sebastian Faulks)
Devil May Care
Sebastian Faulks
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Diggers, Hatters & Whores: The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes (Stevan Eldred-Grigg)
Diggers, Hatters & Whores: The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes
Stevan Eldred-Grigg
22
Doubtless: New and Selected Poems (Sam Hunt)
Doubtless: New and Selected Poems
Sam Hunt
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The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie
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The End of Atlantic City (David Beach)
The End of Atlantic City
David Beach
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Etiquette for a Dinner Party (Sue Orr)
Etiquette for a Dinner Party
Sue Orr
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Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and the Triad (Joanna Woods)
Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and the Triad
Joanna Woods
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Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
Annie Proulx
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Flat Earth News (Nick Davies)
Flat Earth News
Nick Davies
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Forbidden Cities (Paula Morris)
Forbidden Cities
Paula Morris
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A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz)
A Fraction of the Whole
Steve Toltz
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Getting There (Barbara Anderson)
Getting There
Barbara Anderson
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (Paul Theroux)
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Paul Theroux
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The Girl Who Proposed (Elizabeth Smither)
The Girl Who Proposed
Elizabeth Smither
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
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God of Speed (Luke Davies)
God of Speed
Luke Davies
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Going as Far as I Can: The Ultimate Travel Book (Duncan Fallowell)
Going as Far as I Can: The Ultimate Travel Book
Duncan Fallowell
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Gone Away World
Gone Away World
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A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems About Sex (Stu Bagby)
A Good Handful: Great New Zealand Poems About Sex
Stu Bagby
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
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Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
Marilynne Robinson
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