The New York Times has released its notable books of 2008.  In today’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette Kane Webb compiles a best books list from folks all across Arkansas.

I’ll get into this in more detail in December, but thus far the best nonfiction book I read this year was “Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood” by Mark Harris.  The best fiction book I read was “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. “Indignation” by Philip Roth, “The Other” by David Guterson and “Yesterday’s Weather” by Anne Enright are also quite good.  If you’re looking for an interesting essay collection track down a copy of  “Falling Through Space” by Ellen Gilchrist.