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

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

a list by Peter Steinberg, avid reader

I was going to write an introduction that questioned America's need to make "Best of" lists at the end of every year. Then I gave the nature of this very website some thought and realized that I best not cast any stone from my glass-walled website.

With no further ado, I give you the 2007 fiction picks of Time Magazine's editors.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/1_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/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/1_The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489580'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#1: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Amazon readers say: "This is it - the great American novel." "Great story and a history lesson, too!" "Perks up my mind, deepens my understanding." "Seems like everyone is finding out how great this book is..." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/1_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/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/1_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 Salon.com's Favorite Fiction of 2007 Some Favorite Books of Gotham Gal The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/2_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/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/2_Then_We_Came_to_the_End');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316016381'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#2: Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/2_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/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/2_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: Salon.com's Favorite Fiction of 2007 The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/3_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489505'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/3_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489505'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#3: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/3_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489505'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/3_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594489505'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 372 page hardcover \|$15.57 \|1,279 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/4_Out_Stealing_Horses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1555974708'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/4_Out_Stealing_Horses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1555974708'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#4: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/4_Out_Stealing_Horses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1555974708'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/4_Out_Stealing_Horses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1555974708'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 250 page hardcover \|$17.25 \|61 reviews This book also appears on The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/5_Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374279128'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/5_Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374279128'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#5: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/5_Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374279128'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/5_Tree_of_Smoke');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374279128'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 624 page hardcover \|$17.82 \|73 reviews This book also appears on: 2007's 3-Star Fiction (and 3 Stars is Very Good) The National Book Award for Fiction The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/6_House_of_Meetings');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400044553'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/6_House_of_Meetings');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400044553'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#6: House of Meetings by Martin Amis onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/6_House_of_Meetings');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400044553'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/6_House_of_Meetings');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400044553'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 256 page hardcover \|$15.64 \|26 reviews This book also appears on The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/7_No_One_Belongs_Here_More_Than_You');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299396'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/7_No_One_Belongs_Here_More_Than_You');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299396'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#7: No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/7_No_One_Belongs_Here_More_Than_You');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299396'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/7_No_One_Belongs_Here_More_Than_You');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299396'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 224 page hardcover \|$15.64 \|41 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/8_Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0545010225'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/8_Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0545010225'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#8: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPre Amazon readers say: "Excellent conclusion to an excellent series." "Could not put the darned thing away." "Far, far exceeded my high expectations." "A masterwork reaches its peak." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/8_Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows');" 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/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/8_Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows');" 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 Economist's 10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction & Memoir) The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction) The New York Times' Notable Children's Books of 2007


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/9_Like_Youd_Understand_Anyway');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307265218'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/9_Like_Youd_Understand_Anyway');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307265218'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#9: Like You'd Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/9_Like_Youd_Understand_Anyway');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307265218'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/9_Like_Youd_Understand_Anyway');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0307265218'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 224 page hardcover \|$15.64 \|9 reviews This book also appears on The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/10_The_PostBirthday_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061187844'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/10_The_PostBirthday_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061187844'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">#10: The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/10_The_PostBirthday_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061187844'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Time_Magazines_Top_10_Books_of_2007_Fiction/10_The_PostBirthday_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061187844'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 528 page hardcover \|$17.13 \|53 reviews

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