Christian Science Monitor’s Best Books: 2007 – Present

The Christian Science Monitor’s best books of 2007 – gleaned from those books which they reviewed over the year.

1. Paula Spencer, by Roddy Doyle
2. Zoli, by Colum McCann
3. In The Country of Men, by Hisham Matar
4. Lost City Radio, by Daniel Alarcon
5. Finn, by Jon Clinch
6. Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris
7. HeyDay, by Kurt Andersen
8. Boomsday, by Christopher Buckley
9. Petropolis, by Anya Ulinich
10. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon
11. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami – read my review
12. Maytrees, by Annie Dillard
13. The Shadow Catcher, by Marianne Wiggins
14. The Septembers of Shiraz, by Dalia Sofer
15. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
16. The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
17. Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
18. Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo – read my review
19. Run, by Ann Patchett

The Christian Science Monitor’s best books of 2008 – gleaned from those books which they reviewed over the year.

1. A Golden Age, by Tahmima Anam
2. The Konkans, by Tony D’Souza
3. The Blue Star, by Tony Earley
4. All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well, by Tod Wodicka
5. So Brave, Young, and Handsome, by Leif Enger
6. The Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski
8. America, America, by Ethan Canin
9. Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill – read my review
10. Telex from Cuba, by Rachel Kushner
11. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows – read my review
12. The Likeness, by Tana French
13. The Black Tower, by Louis Bayard
14. City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza – read my review
15. When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
16. Home, by Marilynne Robinson
17. The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane
18. A Most Wanted Man, by John Le Carré
19. Exit Music, by Ian Rankin
20. Driftless, by David Rhodes
21. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery – read my review
22. Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh – read my review
23. A Mercy, by Toni Morrison
24. Serena, by Ron Rash
25. I See You Everywhere, by Julia Glass

The Christian Science Monitor’s best books of 2009 – gleaned from those books which they reviewed over the year.

1. Lark and Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips
2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett – read my review
3. The Weight of Heaven,by Thrity Umrigar
4. Woodsburner, by John Pipkin
5. The Thing Around Your Neck, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann
7. The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker
8. Love and Summer, by William Trevor
9. A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore
10. Mathilda Savitch, by Victor Lodato
11. The Children’s Book, by A.S. Byatt
12. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel