Books 2008

TitleAuthorShortlisted
The Secret ScriptureSebastian Barry
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Costa Book Award for Novel winner
The White TigerAravind Adiga
Booker Prize for Fiction winner
De Niro's GameRawi Hage
International Dublin Literary Award winner
The Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael Chabon
Hugo Award for Best Novel winner
Shadow CountryPeter Matthiessen
National Book Award for Fiction winner
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyAnnette Gordon-Reed
National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Díaz
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
The Road HomeRose Tremain
Women's Prize for Fiction winner
O Rastro do JaguarMurilo Carvalho
Prémio LeYa winner
O filho eternoCristóvão Tezza
Prêmio Oceanos winner
O Filho EternoCristovão Tezza
Prêmio Jabuti Romance Literário winner
Sea of PoppiesAmitav Ghosh
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The Clothes on Their BacksLinda Grant
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The Northern ClemencyPhilip Hensher
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
A Fraction of the WholeSteve Toltz
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Girl in a Blue DressGaynor Arnold
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
From A to XJohn Berger
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The Lost DogMichelle de Kretser
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
A Case of Exploding MangoesMohammed Hanif
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
NetherlandJoseph O'Neil
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The Enchantress of FlorenceSalman Rushdie
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Child 44Tom Rob Smith
Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The Other HandChris Cleave
Costa Book Award for Novel shortlisted
A Partisan's DaughterLouis de Bernières
Costa Book Award for Novel shortlisted
TraumaPatrick McGrath
Costa Book Award for Novel shortlisted
The Speed of LightJavier Cercas
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
The Sweet & Simple KindYasmine Gooneratne
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
Dreams of SpeakingGail Jones
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
Let It Be MorningSayed Kashua
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
The AttackYasmina Khadra
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
The Woman Who WaitedAndreï Makine
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
WinterwoodPatrick McCabe
International Dublin Literary Award shortlisted
The Last ColonyJohn Scalzi
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Halting StateCharles Stross
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
RollbackRobert J. Sawyer
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
BrasylIan McDonald
Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
The Lazarus ProjectAleksandar Hemon
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Telex from CubaRachel Kushner
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
HomeMarilynne Robinson
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
The EndSalvatore Scibona
National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil WarDrew Gilpin Faust
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American IdealsJane Mayer
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished LivesJim Sheeler
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in OrderJoan Wickersham
National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Shakespeare's KitchenLore Segal
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Tree of SmokeDenis Johnson
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Fault LinesNancy Huston
Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The OutcastSadie Jones
Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted
When We Were BadCharlotte Mendelson
Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Lullabies for Little CriminalsHeather O'Neill
Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted
LotteryPatricia Wood
Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted
O Sol se Põe em São PauloBernardo Teixeira de Carvalho
Prêmio Jabuti Romance Literário shortlisted
AntonioBeatriz Bracher
Prêmio Jabuti Romance Literário shortlisted