2008-2012 Notable Books for Adults

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This is a list of ALA Notable Books for Adults from 2008-2012. The 2013 and 2014 Notable Books each have their own lists on LibraryThing.
Membres
10 membres participants
1
El Sindicat de policies jueus
de Michael Chabon
10,252 membres
417 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
2
A la platja de Chesil
de Ian McEwan
8,337 membres
364 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
isiri, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963
3
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
de David Mitchell
5,803 membres
308 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
aulsmith, isiri, sturlington
4
The Sisters Brothers
de Patrick deWitt
4,165 membres
307 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
5
L'Habitació
de Emma Donoghue
14,039 membres
967 ressenyes
4
4 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington ,
6
Olive Kitteridge
de Elizabeth Strout
9,681 membres
606 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
isiri, sturlington, edparks
7
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
de Rebecca Skloot
14,186 membres
729 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
8
The Art of Fielding
de Chad Harbach
4,098 membres
246 ressenyes
4
3 Members
isiri, sturlington, edparks
9
The Tiger's Wife
de Téa Obreht
5,226 membres
331 ressenyes
½ 3.5
4 Members
sturlington, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
10
El Sentit d'un final
de Julian Barnes
8,071 membres
527 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
isiri, sturlington, kara.shamy
11
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
de Tom Franklin
2,391 membres
251 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, edparks
12
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
de Siddhartha Mukherjee
4,868 membres
195 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
isiri, sturlington, ahef1963
13
L'Home que explicava històries
de Rabih Alameddine
862 membres
36 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, edparks, kara.shamy
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
14
The Lonely Polygamist
de Brady Udall
1,383 membres
107 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, edparks
15
Que el món no pari de rodar
de Colum McCann
5,832 membres
308 ressenyes
4
3 Members
isiri, sturlington, edparks
16
La llebre amb ulls d'ambre
de Edmund De Waal
3,556 membres
154 ressenyes
4
3 Members
isiri, sturlington, gypsysmom
17
Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,295 membres
233 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
18
Columbine
de Dave Cullen
3,639 membres
204 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
dara85, sturlington
19
Stitches: A Memoir
de David Small
1,946 membres
173 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
20
L'any del diluvi
de Margaret Atwood
7,142 membres
360 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
21
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
de David Grann
4,765 membres
251 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Lost Memory of Skin
de Russell Banks
778 membres
43 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
23
The World Without Us
de Alan Weisman
5,839 membres
186 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
24
Una Benedicció
de Toni Morrison
3,429 membres
140 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
25
Brooklyn
de Colm Tóibín
5,076 membres
289 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
26
Zeitoun
de Dave Eggers
4,133 membres
178 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
dara85, sturlington
27
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
de Barbara Demick
3,120 membres
174 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
28
Away
de Amy Bloom
2,044 membres
126 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
29
The Surrendered
de Chang-Rae Lee
758 membres
55 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
30
A Visit from the Goon Squad
de Jennifer Egan
8,383 membres
507 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
isiri, edparks, ahef1963,sturlington
Explicacions
31
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
de Brock Clarke
1,571 membres
89 ressenyes
3
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
32
Llibertat
de Jonathan Franzen
9,376 membres
405 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
33
City of Thieves
de David Benioff
5,229 membres
312 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
34
Tinkers
de Paul Harding
3,571 membres
225 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
35
Spooner
de Pete Dexter
533 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
36
Amb el cor a la mà
de Chris Cleave
8,270 membres
517 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
37
Finn
de Jon Clinch
770 membres
46 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
38
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
de Michael Pollan
7,406 membres
200 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
39
Thinking, Fast and Slow
de Daniel Kahneman
11,197 membres
222 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
isiri, sturlington
40
Out Stealing Horses
de Per Petterson
4,225 membres
244 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
41
Mister Pip
de Lloyd Jones
3,440 membres
178 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
42
Skippy Dies
de Paul Murray
2,182 membres
123 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
isiri, sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
43
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
de Natalie Angier
1,655 membres
44 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
isiri, sturlington
44
The Vagrants
de Yiyun Li
827 membres
41 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
45
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,961 membres
177 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
46
The Cat's Table
de Michael Ondaatje
2,377 membres
131 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
47
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
de John Vaillant
1,208 membres
65 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
48
The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
de Tess Uriza Holthe
74 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
49
Atmospheric Disturbances
de Rivka Galchen
867 membres
47 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
50
Next
de James Hynes
333 membres
18 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
51
Five Skies
de Ron Carlson
355 membres
25 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
52
Selected Stories
de William Trevor
239 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
53
Una Terra estranya
de Jhumpa Lahiri
5,440 membres
198 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
54
Matterhorn
de Karl Marlantes
2,726 membres
131 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
55
Await Your Reply
de Dan Chaon
1,555 membres
151 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
56
Nashville Chrome
de Rick Bass
94 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
57
The Last Stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
de Nathaniel Philbrick
1,487 membres
35 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
58
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
de Stephen Greenblatt
3,465 membres
137 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
59
Generosity: An Enhancement
de Richard Powers
656 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
60
The Tragedy of Arthur
de Arthur Phillips
604 membres
60 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
61
We the Animals
de Justin Torres
1,163 membres
68 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, edparks
62
Swamplandia!
de Karen Russell
3,521 membres
232 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
63
The Zookeeper's Wife
de Diane Ackermann
4,647 membres
193 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom,dara85
64
Einstein: His Life and Universe
de Walter Isaacson
5,339 membres
92 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
65
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
de Christopher McDougall
4,426 membres
224 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
66
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
de James Gleick
3,274 membres
111 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
67
Washington: A Life
de Ron Chernow
2,959 membres
81 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
68
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
de Candice Millard
2,855 membres
149 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
69
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
de Richard Holmes
2,625 membres
60 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
70
The Plague of Doves
de Louise Erdrich
2,029 membres
91 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
71
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
de Tony Horwitz
1,817 membres
53 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
72
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
de Tom Vanderbilt
1,779 membres
73 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
73
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
de Christopher Hitchens
1,821 membres
34 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
74
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
de Drew Gilpin Faust
1,814 membres
47 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
75
How Doctors Think
de Jerome Groopman
1,614 membres
47 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
76
The Forever War
de Dexter Filkins
1,392 membres
40 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
77
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
de Daniel Okrent
1,379 membres
46 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
78
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
de Annette Gordon-Reed
1,248 membres
31 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
79
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
de Ian Ayres
1,122 membres
29 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
80
The Ministry of Special Cases
de Nathan Englander
1,073 membres
37 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
81
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
de Manning Marable
1,110 membres
29 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
82
The Lotus Eaters
de Tatjana Soli
1,037 membres
90 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
83
The Anthologist
de Nicholson Baker
1,000 membres
57 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
84
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
de Mark Adams
1,041 membres
37 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
85
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
de Jane Mayer
972 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
86
The Good Soldiers
de David Finkel
889 membres
33 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
87
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
de Peter Godwin
867 membres
36 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
88
Citizens of London : the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest hour
de Lynne Olson
793 membres
48 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
89
Travels in Siberia
de Ian Frazier
752 membres
35 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
90
Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
de Janet Reitman
689 membres
32 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
91
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
de Georgina Howell
668 membres
18 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
92
The Memory Palace
de Mira Bartók
644 membres
23 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
93
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
de Mark Harris
602 membres
27 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
94
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
de Steve Coll
576 membres
16 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
95
Provenance: how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art
de Laney Salisbury
567 membres
21 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
96
Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories
de Steven Millhauser
562 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
97
Illuminations
de Aurthur Rimbaud
557 membres
10 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
98
Apollo's Angels : A History of Ballet
de Jennifer Homans
511 membres
12 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
99
Resistance
de Owen Sheers
495 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
100
The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders
de Emmanuel Guibert
492 membres
24 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington