The Economist's 10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction & Memoir)

a list by Peter Steinberg, avid reader
filed under Best of... and Fiction

The Economist always seems to do things juuuust a bit differently. In this case, they don't have a list of the 10 best novels of the year -- they lump fiction and memoir together into one category. (Curiously, they have a separate section for "Biography." How Memior doesn't fit in with Biography is beyond me.)

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Yiddish_Policemens_Union');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0007149824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Yiddish_Policemens_Union');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0007149824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

Amazon readers say:

"Expect the unexpected."
"Terrific alternate-history detective novel."
"The end of days in a world that never was."
"That rare thing: good writing."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Yiddish_Policemens_Union');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0007149824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Yiddish_Policemens_Union');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0007149824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 432 page hardcover |$17.79 |247 reviews

This book also appears on:

2007's 3-Star Fiction (and 3 Stars is Very Good)

Every Book by Michael Chabon

Salon.com's Favorite Fiction of 2007

The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Carpentaria');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416593101'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Carpentaria');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416593101'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Carpentaria

by Alexis Wright

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Carpentaria');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416593101'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Carpentaria');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416593101'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 520 page hardcover |$17.16

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/On_Chesil_Beach');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307386171'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/On_Chesil_Beach');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307386171'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">On Chesil Beach

by Ian McEwan

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/On_Chesil_Beach');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307386171'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/On_Chesil_Beach');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307386171'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 224 page paperback |$11.16 |194 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Scandal_of_the_Season');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416540571'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Scandal_of_the_Season');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416540571'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Scandal of the Season

by Sophie Gee

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Scandal_of_the_Season');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416540571'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Scandal_of_the_Season');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416540571'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 384 page paperback |$10.20 |9 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Book_7');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0545010225'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Book_7');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0545010225'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

by J. K. Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPre

Amazon readers say:

"How an epic should end."
"A masterwork reaches its peak."
"A thoroughly satisfying conclusion."
"Could not put the darned thing away."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Book_7');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0545010225'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Book_7');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0545010225'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 784 page hardcover |$20.99 |3,129 reviews

This book also appears on:

The Complete Harry Potter Series

The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)

The New York Times' Notable Children's Books of 2007

Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Fiction)

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Septembers_of_Shiraz');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130400'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Septembers_of_Shiraz');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130400'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Septembers of Shiraz

by Dalia Sofer

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Septembers_of_Shiraz');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130400'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Septembers_of_Shiraz');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130400'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 352 page hardcover |$16.47 |41 reviews

This book also appears on The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)
 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Mister_Pip');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385341075'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Mister_Pip');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385341075'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Mister Pip

by Lloyd Jones

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Mister_Pip');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385341075'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Mister_Pip');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385341075'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 272 page paperback |$9.60 |49 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Other_Country');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B0010ZUGKI'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Other_Country');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B0010ZUGKI'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Other Country

by Stephen Scourfield

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Other_Country');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B0010ZUGKI'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/Other_Country');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B0010ZUGKI'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> paperback |price varies

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Ghost');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416551824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Ghost');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416551824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Ghost

by Robert Harris

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Ghost');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416551824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Ghost');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416551824'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 448 pages |$7.99 |56 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Uncommon_Reader');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427646'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Uncommon_Reader');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427646'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Uncommon Reader

by Alan Bennett

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Uncommon_Reader');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427646'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_10_Best_Books_of_2007_Fiction__Memoir/The_Uncommon_Reader');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427646'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 128 page paperback |$9.60 |72 reviews

 
 

Not finding what you want? Search Amazon:

Share this list:
 

Curious about the Kindle?

The Kindle: a fundamental change in how you read books? Or just another unnecessary gadget? See what our founders think.