Best Books of 2007: Editors Top 100

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1 1 of 6 10/01/08 12:10 Hello. Sign in to get personalized recommendations. New customer? Start here. Your Amazon.com Today s Deals Gifts & Wish Lists Gift Cards Your Account Help Books Books Advanced Search Browse Subjects Hot New Releases Bestsellers The New York Times Best Sellers Libros En Español Bargain Books Textbooks Best Books of 2007 Editors Picks: Top 100 Books No one doubted that Khaled Hosseini s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, would get a lot of attention when it came out in May. After all, there were four million copies of the author s previous book, The Kite Runner, on bookshelves across the world. And as soon as early copies started circulating here, we knew that it would live up to every expectation. A story of friendship between two women that complements the tale of two boys in his first book, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a compelling drama of personal and national tragedy weighted equally with despair and grave hope, and we have chosen it as the best book of Save 40% (or more) on our top 100 books of the year below, and see more editors picks and customers favorites in our Best of 2007 Store. Showing 1-28 of 100 Results Page: Next >

2 2 of 6 10/01/08 12:10 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns

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5 5 of 6 10/01/08 12:10 Viking Adult May 17, 2007 List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%) From Publishers Weekly Irish author French expertly walks the line between police procedural and psychological thriller in her debut. When Katy Devlin, a 12-year-old girl from Knocknaree, a Dublin suburb, is found murdered at a local archeological dig, Det. Rob Ryan and his part... Read more 14. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Dinaw Mengestu Riverhead March 1, 2007 List Price: $22.95 Our Price: $15.61 You Save: $7.34 (32%) From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Barely suppressed despair and black wit infuse this beautifully observed debut from Ethiopian migr Mengestu. Set over eight months in a gentrifying Washington, D.C., neighborhood in the 1970s, it captures an uptick in Ethiopian grocery store owner Sepha Stephanos s long-deferred hopes, as Judith, a white academic, fixes... Read more 15. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible A. J. Jacobs Simon & Schuster October 9, 2007 List Price: $25.00 Our Price: $16.50 You Save: $8.50 (34%) Amazon.com Review Amazon Best of the Month, September 2007: Make no mistake: A.J. Jacobs is not a religious man. He describes himself as Jewish "in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant." Yet his latest work, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man s Humble Quest to Follow the... Read more 16. The Great Man: A Novel Kate Christensen Doubleday August 14, 2007 List Price: $23.95 Our Price: $16.29 You Save: $7.66 (32%) From Publishers Weekly This penetratingly observed novel is less about the great man of its title than the women Oscar Feldman, fictional 20th-century New York figurative painter (and an infamous seducer of models as well as a neglectful father), leaned on and left behind: Abiga... Read more 17. Call Me by Your Name: A Novel Andre Aciman Farrar, Straus and Giroux January 23, 2007 List Price: $23.00 Our Price: $15.64 You Save: $7.36 (32%)

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