Salon.com's Favorite Fiction of 2007 (Best Book Recommendations)

Salon.com's Favorite Fiction of 2007

a list by Peter Steinberg, avid reader

Salon.com, the New Yorker of the 21st Century, picks their favorite books every year. Here are their fiction selections for 2007.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489580'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489580'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Amazon readers say: "Seems like everyone is finding out how great this book is..." "A highly engaging, tragic yet humorous book." "One of those reads you don't forget." "It has been years since an author made me laugh so hard." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489580'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489580'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 352 page hardcover \|$14.97 \|134 reviews This book also appears on: 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction Some Favorite Books of Gotham Gal The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction) Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Sacred_Games');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130362'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Sacred_Games');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130362'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Sacred_Games');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130362'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Sacred_Games');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061130362'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 992 page paperback \|$11.53 \|57 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Then_We_Came_to_the_End');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316016381'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Then_We_Came_to_the_End');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316016381'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Then_We_Came_to_the_End');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316016381'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Then_We_Came_to_the_End');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316016381'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 400 page hardcover \|$18.81 \|180 reviews This book also appears on: The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction) Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427743'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427743'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson Amazon says: Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson's masterpiece, a visionary, panoramic story of seven years in an impossible war. It moves between the story of William "Skip" Sands, a soldier engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong, and Bill and James Houston, two young men who drift out of the Arizona desert and into all the chaos of Vietnam. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427743'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312427743'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 720 page paperback \|$12.48 \|73 reviews This book also appears on The New York Times' 5 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/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/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/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: "A challenging, beautiful, & intimate read... one that a book addict longs for, but too rarely finds." "The end of days in a world that never was." "Read it for the joy of language." "That rare thing: good writing." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/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/Saloncoms_Favorite_Fiction_of_2007/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 The Economist's 10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction & Memoir) The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)