• A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

• The Assassin’s Song

by M.G. Vassanji

• Late Nights On Air

by Elizabeth Hay
~(2007 Gillard Prize Winner)

• The Gathering

by Anne Enright
~(2007 Man Booker Prize Winner)

• The Children Of Húrin

by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Yiddish Policemen’s Union

by Michael Chabon

• The Savage Detectives

by Roberto Bolaño

• Tree Of Smoke

by Denis Johnson

• Water For Elephants

by Sara Gruen

• Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson

and here is my earlier post>

Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2007

SO…......

Any Thoughts or Recommendations????

Some of the most interesting material to come out over the last few months (IMHO). I did cheat a bit here as I have not read every book listed yet.I Am quite familiar with most of the works as this list reflects my general taste. I have gone thorough a few and own a couple more. I plan to pickup and complete the rest very soon. Do share your thoughts on the ones you have read from my picks. Follow the direct link to amazon for more info/reviews if interested

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
-by Steven Pinker

The Assault on Reason
-by Al Gore

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
-by Ishmael Beah

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
-by Naomi Klein

by Walter Isaacson

by Jonathan Haidt

by Elizabeth Gilbert

by Alan Weisman

by Oliver Sacks

by Tim Weiner (2007 The National Book Awards winner)

Any thoughts on the above selections??

What NF titles did you fancy in 2007????

Do check out my my list of Top 10 Fiction Novels of 2007 as well

The following books have the honour of
formerly catching dust on my bookshelf to currently catching dust on my bedside table

A Million Little Pieces (don’t let the ‘O’ label turn you off people!)
On the Road
Flow : The Psychology Of Optimal Experience
Walden
People Of The Lie
and Beauty and the Hermit (Vol 2) ;-)
umm inside joke

->My Consumption List

-Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
-Dante’s divine comedy
-Life of Pi
-A Passage to India( I owe it to myself to finish this…on my own… : ( )

+ a whole lot of psychology stuff