The Best?

By --Deb on

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It’s a week or two later than you’d expect, and it may be almost a trite question, but … what were your favorite books from 2008?

(It’s an oldie but a goodie question for a reason, after all … because, who can’t use good book suggestions from time to time?)

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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158 responses

  1. bethany canfield

    YAY!! I loved some books last year, here is the list:
    http://exlibrisbb.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008.html
    I also have a list of all the books I read there with links to my reviews….ahh…it was a great year!

  2. gautami tripathy

    As it was already done, hence easy to link it here:

    2008 Top reads

    And now the link for all the books I reviewed:

    2008 review post

  3. Kat

    Happy New Year! I didn’t do last week’s question, but here is mine for today. 🙂

  4. trish

    If people leave me a comment with their faves, I’ll collect all the responses and post a comprehensive list.

    http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-best-booking-through-thursday/

  5. Kat

    Ack, sorry. Wrong URL. Here is my answer for this week, with the right link. 😀

  6. Marny

    Here are mine.

  7. Carrie

    Here is mine!

    http://www.readingtoknow.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-and-repost-if.html

  8. Maree

    I’ve already done a best-of post, so here it is 🙂
    http://justaddbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/just-add-books-yearender.html

  9. Sandra

    Great question, I hadn’t done a specific post on that so now I had to. Here’s mine:

    http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  10. BooksPlease

    I’d already done two bests of lists – a general one at http://www.booksplease.org/2008/12/23/best-books-of-2008/ and a best of crime fiction at http://www.booksplease.org/2008/12/31/best-crime-fiction-2008/

  11. Amy @ My Friend Amy

    Here it is: http://www.myfriendamysblog.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-2008-top-reads.html

  12. Violet

    Mine’s up too, here 🙂

  13. Maria

    I did a post on this last week, so here’s the link to that post.

  14. Julia

    Happy Thursday Everyone (Deb) ! I hope you have a good day!

    Here Mine!

  15. Kim

    Happy Thursday! We are almost to the weekend…Hooray!
    Mine is up….
    http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/01/favorites.html

  16. Melody

    Happy Thursday!
    Here’s mine. 🙂

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  18. Robert Burdock

    2008 was a year of two halves for me. During the first half my reading was entirely focused on completing my degree, but during the 2nd half the onus was very much on novels and fiction. I’ve got to admit to not reading that many books published during 2008, preferring to concentrate on ‘timeless classics’ and ‘best reads’ so I’ve adapted the question slightly to answer it as “the best books I read during 2008”. I hope that’s OK:

    http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-favourite-books-from-2008/

  19. Dot

    Here’s mine- I couldn’t decide on just one I’m afraid!!

    http://dot-scribbles.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

    Happy New Year everyone!

  20. fleurfisher

    I read some great books last year so here is my top twelve!

  21. Janet

    My top-7 list is here:

    http://www.acrossthepage.net/?p=1051

    Thanks for asking.

  22. tuesday

    I reaaally enjoyed answering this week’s prompt:

    The Good, the Mediocre, the Cherry on Top

  23. Kaylee.

    I like this weeks prompt!

    http://www.kayleesbookshelf.blogspot.com

  24. Beth F

    Mine’s up now — here.

  25. Shonda

    Here is this week’s post:

    http://memybookandthecouch.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_08.html

  26. fuzzyface

    Wow, so many good choices! My to be read pile has just gotten much longer! Here’s my list:

    http://quambrevetempus.wordpress.com/

  27. Kristen (bookclubclassics)

    Here’s my list!! Looking forward to checking out others’ too!

    http://bookclubclassics.com/Blog/16-books-glad-read-year/

  28. Kathy

    Here is my list
    Click here

  29. hopeistheword

    My second week to participate–here it is: http://hopeistheword.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-2/

  30. Planet Books

    Here’s my list! I’m glad this was the question for the week so I had to get my list completed and posted.

    http://planetbooks.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/btt-the-best/

  31. Paula

    My list is up this morning!

    http://bassetknitter.blogspot.com/2009/01/books-and-stuff.html

    and Happy New Year Everyone!

  32. Susan Helene Gottfried

    Ahh, I, too, did this last weekend. This is the second, more germane part:

    http://blog.westofmars.com/2009/01/04/susans-book-talk-2008-roundup-part-2/

  33. Mo

    I had to modify my answer a bit this week, ’cause I just posted my favorites from 08 YESTERDAY….but, I played, and my answers are here

    Happy Reading to you all!!

  34. JonJon

    To all, happy BTT!
    Feel free to visit mine at http://jonjon-journeys.blogspot.com

  35. Scobberlotch

    Here’s mine!

    http://scobberlotch.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-favorite-books.html

  36. JLS Hall

    I’ve been meaning to do a post about this. Thanks for the nudge! Here’s my list:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  37. Yvonne

    Here’s mine…

    http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_08.html

  38. ~Kylee in CT

    I wasn’t sure if you meant books that were released in 2008 or just read in 2008. I answered it both ways.

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  40. CoversGirl

    I’d been meaning to write a post like this. My list is up here.

  41. Sarah

    Here’s my list:
    http://smallworldreads.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-year-of-reading.html

  42. Bluestocking

    Here is mine

    The Best?

  43. Jan

    This is fun. I’m interested to see what other people’s favorites are. Here are mine:
    http://readingetc.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/favorite-books-2008/

  44. Christine

    My picks:

    http://shereadsbooks.org/2009/best-books-of-2008/

    Come tell me what yours are!

  45. Barbara H.

    My faves are here:

    http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-the-best/

    Happy Thursday!

  46. The Social Frog

    Mine Is Up 🙂
    http://thesocialfrog.com/?p=967

  47. Erin

    Mine are here:
    http://erin-reads.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best-books-of.html

  48. Megan

    I concocted all of my favorite reads into my “reading honors,” so I’ll link that here! I think I came up with a reasonably diverse set of books . . .

    http://writemeg.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/write-megs-2008-reading-honors/

  49. Jill

    Here’s my list:

    http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  50. marmiteandtea

    Narrowed it down to 10 🙂

    http://notenoughbookshelves.blogspot.com/2009/01/btt-best.html

  51. Shannon

    I answered in this in my year-end wrap-up: http://readmorebooks.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/2008-year-in-books/

  52. Ivy

    I picked one for fiction and one for non-fiction http://kehinde.com/blog/?p=772

  53. Olga

    Morning! Here is my response — http://punnery.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursdays_08.html

  54. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog

    Presenting The Book Lady’s first, possibly annual, definitely less-than-official Book Awards.

  55. Cass

    Here is my answer.

  56. karen (morsie)

    My post is up!

  57. Runa

    My post is here

    (Books read, not published, in ’08)

  58. Devourer of Books

    I’m glad this was the topic, I’ve been needing to do a year-end post and hadn’t yet.
    Here’s mine!

  59. yooperchick

    http://ilovemybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  60. Wendy

    Great Question! Here’s my response:
    http://mindingspot.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  61. S. Krishna

    Here‘s mine!

  62. mizb17

    I listed my Top 10s of 2008, with a brief blurb about each!
    http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/btt-best-of-08/

    MizB

  63. softdrink

    Happy Thursday!

    http://fizzybeverage.blogspot.com/2009/01/best.html

  64. SFP

    My favorites are listed here:

    http://pagesturned.blogspot.com/2008/12/favorite-books-and-reading-stats.html

  65. Wanda

    Happy New Year, everyone! Here are my best books from last year: http://aseasontoread.blogspot.com/2009/01/best-of-2008.html

  66. trishtheconqueror

    This is my first BTT post. My favorites are posted: http://savingmoneyideas.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-the-best/
    Thanks!

  67. Lisa

    Great question I have been meaning to address. My BTT

  68. elizabethwillse

    I know this list isn’t complete, by any means.

    http://elizabethwillse.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/the-best-books-of-2008/

  69. Julie

    Here’s mine!
    http://shinyshiny.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/favoritebooks2008/
    I had three 😉

  70. Sherrie

    Hi!
    My list of my best books for 2008 is posted. If you want to take a look, just pop on over any time. Have a great week!!

    Sherrie

  71. Sherrie

    Hi!
    Me again. Forgot to put my link in! Here it is:

    http://sherriesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  72. Lisa

    Here’s my response!

    http://southerngal-lisa.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  73. Jessica Slone

    Happy Thursday everyone!

    My answer!

  74. Lynda

    My top reads:
    http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thirsday-812009.html

  75. krin

    Here’s my post:

    http://krinek.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-182009.html

  76. Alice Teh

    Happy BTT! And here’s mine (I almost forgot to post this although it’s up at my blog):

    http://www.aliceteh.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  77. Erotic Horizon

    Happy Thuesday. Here’s my list

    http://jhayboy.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  78. Lindsey@A Kindred Spirits Thoughts

    Mine is up! 🙂

    http://kindredthought.blogspot.com/2009/01/literary-update-sunday-salon-on-my.html

  79. Veggiemomof2

    I’m up!

  80. jessecreations

    http://jessecreations.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/the-best-of-2008/

    Here are mine!

  81. bookfan

    You can see my favorites here .

  82. Susan

    Can’t wait to see what everyone else loved!

    http://susanlovesbooks.blogspot.com/

  83. Kel

    Mine is up!

    http://awomaninlawschool.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday.html

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  85. carolsnotebook

    My favorites are up.
    http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-5/

  86. Monica

    Oh Good! I already made my post for today *first* thing this morning, before the question came out! Luckily, it does answer today’s question.

    Here are my favorite reads from 2008:

    http://monicaisblogging.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/books-books-books/

    Happy Thursday Everyone!

  87. sherry

    It was a good year!

    Here’s my top ten of 2008:
    http://niteswimming.blogspot.com/2009/01/best-of-2008.html

  88. Joy

    mine is up!

    http://thefishgate.blogspot.com/2009/01/best.html

  89. gigidiaz

    I hope to find some good book suggestions here today! Here are mine!

    http://gigidiaz.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-2/

  90. Carol

    My post is up. Happy BTT

  91. Matthew

    I posted my Year in Review post on New year’s Eve. I pick the Best Fiction of 2008, Best Backlist Fiction, and more.

    Happy BTT everyone! 🙂

  92. Mish

    On New Year’s Eve, I did a post that fits this. Here’s the link: http://stageandcanvas.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/a-bibliophiles-year-in-review/

    Happy reading!

  93. Alison

    Here’s my list: http://pilethemon.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-8-january.html

  94. mervih

    Here’s my list which I did a bit earlier:
    http://mervih.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/the-best/

  95. Mary Beth (Cats, Books, Life is Good)

    Twilight was by far the best book I read last year. Here’s my link
    http://marybeth494.blogspot.com/2009/01/favorite-books-of-2008.html

  96. Bonnie

    My post is
    HERE.

  97. Sarah

    I didn’t know whether it was books that you read in 2008 or were published in 2008, so I did books published in 2008 because the other one would have been too hard to answer!

    http://bookwormsarah.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thurday-best.html

  98. Robin of mytwoblessings

    Mine is up now

    http://mytwoblessings.blogspot.com/2009/01/best.html

  99. Mog

    Mine is here, http://zetor-mogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_08.html

  100. Shauna

    Finally got my post finished. You can find it here at Reading and Ruminations.

  101. Nise'

    My 08 favorites are here.

  102. Meghan

    Here’s my list. I’m afraid it’s a repost, but I don’t have time to think of something more creative right now!

  103. incoherent

    Mine is at http://www.bringbackthegreen.net/2009/01/2008-best-book.html

  104. incoherent

    Okay wait the URL might not have been propagated yet so you can check out my answer here: http://bringbackthegreen.blogspot.com/

  105. Chelle

    Here’s my list: http://chellemck.blogspot.com/

  106. Chelle

    Sorry, here’s the link to the direct post:

    http://chellemck.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-1809.html

  107. drey

    Here’s my 2008 fav. Yes, there was only one stand-out. More would’ve involved digging thru my brain – when did I read that one? Or that? Or that? You see the dilemma… =P Anyway, my BTT post is here.

  108. D Dubs

    I went through my list of all the books I read and came up with my top 11. You can read them in the link below. Thanks!

    http://www.ddubsreads.com/DDubsReads/Blog/Entries/2009/1/8_BTT%3A_The_Best.html

  109. confuzzledbooks

    http://confuzzledbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday_08.html

  110. Lisa Quing

    http://mirkwoodreflections.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  111. Jenn

    I must be psychic. I posted my favorite books from 08 yesterday 🙂

    http://seejennread.livejournal.com/18279.html

  112. Ophelia

    Finally got my BTT up! I wrote up two lists: one for my favorite fiction and another for my favorite non-fiction.

    Blog entry here: http://opheliasworld.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  113. Frances

    Short and sweet response here:

    http://nonsuchbook.typepad.com/nonsuch_book/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-the-best.html

  114. Amy

    Here are my favorites:

    http://amysreflectionpage.blogspot.com/2009/01/btt-2008-favorites.html

  115. --Deb

    I really should have posted mine earlier! It’s not like I didn’t have this handy post already written…

    http://chappysmom.com/2009/01/01/best-books-of-2008/

  116. Deb

    Mine’s up…a little late today.

    Looking forward to finding many good recommendations this week from all of you!

  117. raidergirl3

    Here we go: http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-trhough-thursday-best.html

    It was hard to narrow it down.

  118. Heather

    Here’s mine: http://heatherlo.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/btt-faves/

  119. Deb

    Forgot to add my link:

    http://www.sugarfused.net/?p=5501

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  121. Jessica

    a little late in the day for me, but here is my list:
    http://mangomissives.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/my-favorite-reads-of-2008/

  122. Alea

    Here’s my answer!

    http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  123. Staci

    Here is my POST

  124. Alyce

    Here’s my post:

    http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-january-8.html

  125. Shannon H.

    http://smoi.simplyshannon.com/2009/01/btt-2008-favorite-books.html

    “Angels and Demons” by Dan Brown
    “Rules of Prey” by John Sandford
    “The Good Guy” by Dean Koontz

  126. allthingsarial

    Here’s mine:

    http://reallymagicalbooks.wordpress.com

  127. Kris

    Mine is up here.

  128. Joseph

    Thank you for the question. After posting my answer, I can now go see what everyone else said!

  129. Lu

    Better late than never 🙂

    http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/btt-a-visit-from-the-book-fairy/#comments

  130. Sara

    Here is mine

    http://Www.quiltingbookworm.blogspot.com

  131. J.C.

    Here’s my post:

    It was a very good reading year.

  132. Carrie K.

    Late, late, late tonight. 🙂 http://booksandmovies.today.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-january-8-2009/

  133. orchidus

    Here is my link: http://orchidus.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/btt-the-best/

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  135. MissMeliss

    Late, but with no less appreciation for this meme:

    My list is here.

  136. dsuzuki

    My answer is here: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-jan-8/.

  137. Special K

    Ah, my top five are posted here (quick #1: Brief, Wondrous…)

  138. jocelyn

    I’ve already done a best-of post, but I decided to elaborate a little about my love for some of the books on my list at http://teenbookreview.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/booking-through-thursday-the-best/.

  139. Nicole

    Just got home from work so I’m very late!

  140. Lynn P

    Here is my link to this week’s question.

    http://ladybug-chronicles.blogspot.com/2009/01/favorite-2008-books-read.html

  141. LoriG

    Better late than never. I am really looking forward to seeing the other best of lists.

    http://eaca.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best-its-week.html

  142. claire

    Mine’s here: http://kissacloud.blogspot.com/2009/01/favourites-from-2008.html

    Now to read all your lists..

  143. monnibo

    This was so difficult to decide!
    http://www.monniblog.com/2009/01/the-best-of-08/

  144. Fate Fortuna

    Bit late… not much though.

    http://fatalisfortuna.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-best.html

  145. Vega

    Eeep, rather late! Here is the roundup for 2008!

  146. Florinda

    Booking Through Thursday on Friday. I’d already done a post on this, but I added a few things for BTT :-).

  147. Josette

    Hi there, here is mine!

  148. mari

    Here is to a great year of reading.

    http://marireads.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-010809.html

  149. Li

    A wee bit late but here’s my response! 🙂

    http://www.rulethewaves.net/wp/?p=132

  150. Elsi

    I posted The Best Books of 2008, including not only the best books I read but also those books that I particularly enjoyed that don’t qualify as “bests”

    To see what was in the running, check out all the books I read in 2008.

  151. Jerrie

    My response. Took me awhile…2008 was a wonderful year for books.
    http://girlsreading.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-havent-done-booking-through-thursday.html

  152. msmazzola

    http://stateofdenmark2.wordpress.com

  153. Rochelle

    Here is my list http://teentangents.blogspot.com/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-on-friday-best.html

  154. Mrs. B.

    http://insatiablereader.blogspot.com/2009/01/btt-best.html

  155. Christine

    http://xinef.livejournal.com/321576.html

  156. Helen

    chiming in a little late…
    http://shadowdancer.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/booking-through-thursday-on-saturday.html

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