Publishers Weekly – Best Books of 2008 – Fiction

Fiction
- When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown)
- 2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolaño, trans. from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Hold Tight by Harlan Coben (Dutton)
- The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
- Master of the Delta by Thomas H. Cook (Harcourt)
- The Konkans by Tony D’Souza (Harcourt)
- The Plague of Doves: A Novel by Louise Erdrich (Harper)
- The Likeness: A Novel by Tana French (Viking)
- Sea of Poppies: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Ritual: A Novel by Mo Hayder (Atlantic Monthly)
- The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon (Riverhead)
- Day: A novel by A.L. Kennedy (Knopf)
- My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru (Dutton)
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf)
- Sway: A Novel by Zachary Lazar (Little, Brown)
- The Boat by Nam Le (Knopf)
- The Given Day: A Novel by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)
- Flesh House (Logan McRae) by Stuart MacBride (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
- How the Dead Dream: A Novel by Lydia Millet (Counterpoint)
- Netherland: A Novel by Joseph O’Neill (Pantheon)
- Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock (Doubleday)
- Lush Life: A Novel by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Serena: A Novel by Ron Rash (Ecco)
- Breath: A Novel by Tim Winton (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel by David Wroblewski (Ecco)

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