Books 2008

27. Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet by India Knight and Neris Thompson

26. The March by E.L. Doctorow

25. Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style by Christie Matheson

24. The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany

23. The Chameleon’s Shadow by Minette Walters

22. Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka

21. A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous

20. Watching the English by Kate Fox

19. No one belongs here more than you by Miranda July

18. A Quiet Flame by Phillip Kerr

17. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

16. Botswana Time by Will Randall

15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling

14. Witness to AIDS by Edwin Cameron

13. Sizwe’s Test by Jonny Steinberg

12. War Child by Juliet Lac

11. Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson

10. Burned Alive by Souad

9. May You Be The Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among The Women of India by Elisabeth Bumiller

8. March by Geraldine Brooks

7. My Life in France by Julia Child

6. Straight Man by Richard Russo

5. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

4. The Delivery Room by Sylvia Brownrigg

3. Friend of my Youth by Alice Munro

2. The Gathering by Anne Enright

1. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie