Booklists: suggested reading

 

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Gone 2008

 

Names of and selected titles by some of the notable writers who died in 2008

 

Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted. author list

Author	Title	Date	Category	Stars	ISBN
Britton, Andrew	The American	Mar-06	Thrillers	LJ	9780758213334
Buckley, William F.	A Very Private Plot: A Blackford Oakes Novel	Jan-94	Espionage	Kirkus	9780688127954
Buckley, William F.	Nuremberg: The Reckoning	Jun-02	Historical Fiction	Kirkus, LJ	9780151006793
Clarke, Arthur C.	Firstborn	Dec-07	Speculative Fiction	Booklist, LJ	9780345491572
Clarke, Arthur C.	The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke	Jan-01	Short Stories	Booklist, LJ	9780312878214
Clarke, Arthur C.	The Light of Other Days	Mar-00	Speculative Fiction	Kirkus	9780312871994
Crichton, Michael	Jurassic Park	Nov-90	Thrillers	Kirkus, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, SLJ Best Books	9780394588162
Crichton, Michael	Prey	Nov-02	Thrillers	Booklist, PW, Booklist Editors Choice	9780066214122
Crichton, Michael	Rising Sun	Mar-92	Thrillers	Kirkus	9780394589428
Crichton, Michael	The Lost World: A Novel	Sep-95	Thrillers	Kirkus	9780679419464
Crichton, Michael	Timeline	Nov-99	Speculative Fiction	PW, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Booklist Editors Choice	9780679444817
Crumley, James	Bordersnakes	Nov-96	Mystery	Booklist, NYT Notable	9780892965731
Crumley, James	The Final Country	Oct-01	Mystery	PW	9780892966660
Crumley, James	The Mexican Tree Duck	Sep-93	Thrillers	PW	9780892963911
Crumley, James	The Right Madness	May-05	Mystery	PW	9780670034062
Disch, Thomas M.	The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World	May-98	Literary Criticism	Booklist, NYT Notable	9780684824055
Disch, Thomas M.	The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten	Jul-08	Speculative Fiction	PW	9781892391773
Garrett, George	Bad Man Blues: A Portable George Garrett	Oct-98	Literary Fiction	PW	9780870744396
Garrett, George	Entered from the Sun	Aug-90	Historical Fiction	Kirkus	9780385190954
Garrett, George	The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You	Apr-96	Historical Fiction	Booklist	9780151575541
Garrett, George P. (edt)	That's What I Like	Apr-93	Stories	PW	9780872498631
Hall, Oakley	Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades: A Mystery Novel	Nov-98	Historical Fiction	Booklist, Kirkus	9780520215559
Hall, Oakley	Love and War in California	Apr-07	Historical Fiction	Kirkus	9780312357627
Hassler, Jon	Dear James	May-93	Fiction	PW	9780345377074
Hassler, Jon	Rookery Blues	Aug-95	Fiction	Kirkus	9780345393562
Hassler, Jon	The Dean's List: A Novel	May-97	Fiction	Kirkus, PW	9780345416377
Hillerman, Tony	Finding Moon	Oct-95	Fiction	Booklist	9780060177720
Hillerman, Tony	Hunting Badger	Nov-99	Mystery	PW	9780060192891
Hillerman, Tony	Sacred Clowns	Oct-93	Mystery	Booklist, Kirkus, PW	9780060167677
Hillerman, Tony	Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir	Oct-01	Bio	LJ	9780060194451
Hillerman, Tony	Skeleton Man	Dec-04	Mystery	Booklist, PW	9780060563448
Hillerman, Tony	The Fallen Man	Dec-96	Mystery	Kirkus, PW	9780060177737
Hillerman, Tony	The First Eagle	Sep-98	Mystery	Kirkus	9780060175818
Hillerman, Tony	The Sinister Pig	May-03	Mystery	Booklist, PW	9780060194437
Hillerman, Tony	The Wailing Wind	Jun-02	Mystery	Booklist, Kirkus, PW	9780060194444
Marlowe, Stephen	The Death and Life of Miguel De Cervantes: A Novel	Oct-96	Fiction	Booklist	9781559703581
Marlowe, Stephen	The Lighthouse at the End of the World: A Tale of Edgar Allan Poe	Oct-95	Fiction	PW	9780525940494
Russert, Tim	Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life	Apr-04	Bio	PW	9781401352080
Seaman, Barbara	The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth	Jul-03	Health	Booklist, Booklist Editors Choice	9780786868537
Seaman, Barbara	The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause	Jul-08	Health	PW	9780743276788
Terkel, Studs	Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It	Sep-95	History	Kirkus	9781565842847
Terkel, Studs	Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times	Oct-03	History	LJ	9781565848375
Terkel, Studs	The Spectator: Talk About Movies and Plays With Those Who Made Them	Sep-99	Bio	Booklist	9781565845534
Terkel, Studs	Touch and Go: A Memoir	Nov-07	Bio	Booklist, Kirkus, PW	9781595580436
Terkel, Studs	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith	Nov-01	Social Science	Booklist, LJ, PW, Booklist Editors Choice	9781565846920
Torrington, Jeff	Swing Hammer Swing!	Jun-94	Fiction	Booklist, PW	9780151874279
Truman, Margaret	Murder at the Pentagon	May-92	Mystery	Kirkus	9780394576046
Van De Wetering, Janwillem	Just a Corpse at Twilight	Oct-94	Mystery	PW	9781569470169
Van De Wetering, Janwillem	The Perfidious Parrot	Oct-97	Mystery	PW	9781569471029
Vega, Ed	No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again	Oct-03	Literary Fiction	Kirkus	9780374223113
Wallace, David Foster	A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments	Feb-97	Fiction	PW	9780316919890
Wallace, David Foster	Brief Interviews With Hideous Men	May-99	Stories	PW	9780316925419
Wallace, David Foster	Consider the Lobster And Other Essays	Dec-05	Essays	Kirkus	9780316156110
Wallace, David Foster	Everything and More: A Compact History	Oct-03	Science	Booklist, PW	9780393003383
Wallace, David Foster	Infinite Jest: A Novel	Feb-96	Literary Fiction	Kirkus, NYT Notable	9780316920049
Wallace, David Foster	Oblivion	Jun-04	Stories	Kirkus	9780316919814
Wharton, William	Ever After: A Father's True Story	Jun-95	Bio	Kirkus	9781557042231
Whitney, Phyllis A.	The Ebony Swan	Jun-92	Romantic Suspense	Kirkus	9780385424431
Whitney, Phyllis A.	The Singing Stones	Feb-90	Romantic Suspense	Kirkus	9780385412216
Yunque, Edgardo Vega	Blood Fugues	Oct-05	Fiction	Booklist	9780060742775