Salon Book Award

Given by Salon.com

153 obres 637,431 Llibres 19,937 Ressenyes ½ 3.9
From Salon.com 1996 (the first year of the award_): These are the books we'd wholeheartedly recommend to our friends, books we'd clear our social calendar to finish, books we returned to eagerly mostra'n més even when we could barely focus our eyes on a page. They remind us of why we fell in love with reading and why we keep at it in a world that's simultaneously cluttered with mediocre books and increasingly indifferent to the written word. This, ultimately, was our criterion -- despite the fact that, like most list-makers and award-givers, we felt vague, ambient pressures to make "representative" choices and tip our hats to titles that seemed eminently worthy, if not much fun. As online journalists, we're just a click away from our readers' feedback, a fact which gave us even more impetus to choose what we truly loved, rather than to cover our butts ideologically. mostra'n menys
Categories:
Tots, Ficció (44), No ficció (46), No Category (63)
Years:
Tots, 2011 (10), 2010 (11), 2009 (10), 2008 (9), 2007 (10), 2006 (12), 2005 (11), 2004 (10), 2003 (10), 2001 (10), 2000 (10), 1999 (10), 1998 (10), 1997 (10), 1996 (10)
ObraCategoriaAny
La Trama matrimonial de Jeffrey Eugenides
Ficció2011
Pym de Mat Johnson
Ficció2011
State of Wonder de Ann Patchett
Ficció2011
The Tragedy of Arthur de Arthur Phillips
Ficció2011
The Pale King de David Foster Wallace
Ficció2011
Townie de Andre III Dubus
No ficció2011
Love and Capital de Mary Gabriel
No ficció2011
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood de James Gleick
No ficció2011
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman de Robert K. Massie
No ficció2011
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II de Mitchell Zuckoff
No ficció2011
L'Habitació de Emma Donoghue
Ficció2010
A Visit from the Goon Squad de Jennifer Egan
Ficció2010
Llibertat de Jonathan Franzen
Ficció2010
Faithful Place de Tana French
Ficció2010
Super Sad True Love Story de Gary Shteyngart
Ficció2010
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them de Elif Batuman
No ficció2010
I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay de John Lanchester
No ficció2010
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine de Michael Lewis
No ficció2010
Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines de Scott Peterson
No ficció2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks de Rebecca Skloot
No ficció2010
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration de Isabel Wilkerson
No ficció2010
The Children's Book de A. S. Byatt
Ficció2009
Await Your Reply de Dan Chaon
Ficció2009
Chronic City de Jonathan Lethem
Ficció2009
Love in Infant Monkeys: Stories de Lydia Millet
Ficció2009
The Little Stranger de Sarah Waters
Ficció2009
Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir de Diana Athill
No ficció2009
Columbine de Dave Cullen
No ficció2009
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science de Richard Holmes
No ficció2009
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee de Chloe Hooper
No ficció2009
A New Literary History of America de Greil Marcus
No ficció2009
2666 de Roberto Bolaño
2008
A Person of Interest de Susan Choi
2008
The Likeness de Tana French
2008
Atmospheric Disturbances de Rivka Galchen
2008
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood de Mark Harris
2008
The Northern Clemency de Philip Hensher
2008
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective de Kate Summerscale
2008
Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are de Rob Walker
2008
The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order de Joan Wickersham
2008
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam (Vintage Departures) de Tom Bissell
2007
El Sindicat de policies jueus de Michael Chabon
2007
Sacred Games de Vikram Chandra
2007
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao de Junot Díaz
2007
Then We Came to the End de Joshua Ferris
2007
The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved de Judith Freeman
2007
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations de Georgina Howell
2007
Tree of Smoke de Denis Johnson
2007
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA de Tim Weiner
2007
The World Without Us de Alan Weisman
2007
Fun Home: un tragicòmic familiar de Alison Bechdel
2006
Sweet and Low: A Family Story de Rich Cohen
2006
Què és el què de Dave Eggers
2006
Twilight of the Superheroes: Stories de Deborah Eisenberg
2006
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel de Ken Kalfus
2006
The Family that Couldn't Sleep de D.T. Max
2006
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million de Daniel Mendelsohn
2006
Special Topics in Calamity Physics de Marisha Pessl
2006
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon de Julie Phillips
2006
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals de Michael Pollan
2006
Wizard of the Crow de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
2006
The Amalgamation Polka de Stephen Wright
2006
Tulia de Nate Blakeslee
2005
Veronica de Mary Gaitskill
2005
Them: A Memoir of Parents de Francine du Plessix Gray
2005
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke de Peter Guralnick
2005
Times Like These de Rachel Ingalls
2005
Never Let Me Go de Kazuo Ishiguro
2005
Magic for Beginners de Kelly Link
2005
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus de Charles C. Mann
2005
Kafka a la platja de Haruki Murakami
2005
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq de George Packer
2005
Sobre la bellesa de Zadie Smith
2005
Case Histories de Kate Atkinson
2004
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age de Kevin Boyle
2004
Jonathan Strange i el senyor Norrell de Susanna Clarke
2004
Happy Baby de Stephen Elliott
2004
Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale de Gillian Gill
2004
The Line of Beauty de Alan Hollinghurst
2004
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies de Michael W. Kauffman
2004
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival de Dean King
2004
Neu de Orhan Pamuk
2004
The Working Poor: Invisible in America de David K. Shipler
2004
Brick Lane de Monica Ali
2003
Any Human Heart de William Boyd
2003
Drop City de T. C. Boyle
2003
American Woman de Susan Choi
2003
El curiós incident del gos a mitjanit de Mark Haddon
2003
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark de Brian Hall
2003
The Fortress of Solitude de Jonathan Lethem
2003
Property de Valerie Martin
2003
The Bug de Ellen Ullman
2003
La Vella escola de Tobias Wolff
2003
Les correccions de Jonathan Franzen
Ficció2001
Stranger Things Happen: Stories de Kelly Link
Ficció2001
Bel Canto de Ann Patchett
Ficció2001
Austerlitz de W. G. Sebald
Ficció2001
John Henry Days de Colson Whitehead
Ficció2001
Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America de Lily Burana
No ficció2001
Wittgenstein's Poker : The Story of a Ten-minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers de David Edmonds
No ficció2001
Borrowed Finery de Paula Fox
No ficció2001
Seabiscuit: An American Legend de Laura Hillenbrand
No ficció2001
John Adams de David McCullough
No ficció2001
Being Dead de Jim Crace
Ficció2000
The Name of the World de Denis Johnson
Ficció2000
Lying Awake de Mark Salzman
Ficció2000
Abe de Richard Slotkin
Ficció2000
Dents blanques de Zadie Smith
Ficció2000
An American Story de Debra J. Dickerson
No ficció2000
The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams de Nasdijj
No ficció2000
The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 de Diana Preston
No ficció2000
The Social Lives of Dogs de Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
No ficció2000
Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man de Ann Wroe
No ficció2000
Cançó de la plana de Kent Haruf
Ficció1999
Original Bliss: Stories de A. L. Kennedy
Ficció1999
Motherless Brooklyn de Jonathan Lethem
Ficció1999
A Prayer for the Dying de Stewart O'Nan
Ficció1999
Cryptonomicon de Neal Stephenson
Ficció1999
Show Me A Hero de Lisa Belkin
No ficció1999
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War de Mark Bowden
No ficció1999
Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World de Mark Fritz
No ficció1999
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley de Peter Guralnick
No ficció1999
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette de Judith Thurman
No ficció1999
The Voyage of the Narwhal de Andrea Barrett
Ficció1998
Thirst de Ken Kalfus
Ficció1998
Ocells d'Amèrica de Lorrie Moore
Ficció1998
Starting Out in the Evening de Brian Morton
Ficció1998
Assaig sobre la ceguesa de José Saramago
Ficció1998
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda de Philip Gourevitch
No ficció1998
At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life de Francine du Plessix Gray
No ficció1998
A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage de Beth Kephart
No ficció1998
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash de Sylvia Nasar
No ficció1998
El Professor i el boig : un relat d'assassinats, bogeria i la creació de l'Oxford English Dictionary de Simon Winchester
No ficció1998
Alias Grace de Margaret Atwood
Ficció1997
Cold Mountain de Charles Frazier
Ficció1997
Because They Wanted to: Stories de Mary Gaitskill
Ficció1997
El Lector de Bernhard Schlink
Ficció1997
How Proust Can Change Your Life de Alain de Botton
No ficció1997
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down de Anne Fadiman
No ficció1997
La Febre del cim : crònica d'una tragedia a l'Everest de Jon Krakauer
No ficció1997
Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village de Serge Schmemann
No ficció1997
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents de Ellen Ullman
No ficció1997
Mason & Dixon de Thomas Pynchon
1997
The Family Markowitz de Allegra Goodman
Ficció1996
Reader's Block de David Markson
Ficció1996
The Giant's House de Elizabeth McCracken
Ficció1996
The Moor's Last Sigh de Salman Rushdie
Ficció1996
Infinite Jest de David Foster Wallace
Ficció1996
My Dark Places de James Ellroy
No ficció1996
The Shadow Man de Mary Gordon
No ficció1996
The Temple Bombing de Melissa Fay Greene
No ficció1996
The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War de Paul Hendrickson
No ficció1996
Les Cendres d'Angela de Frank McCourt
No ficció1996

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