The Notable Books Challenge

I have finally come up with my list of Notables to read for 2008. I didn't finish my selections from 2007 so I hope I can do better this year.

I will definitely be reading these:

• The Worst Hard Time - Timothy Egan (ALA)
• The Archivist's Story - Travis Holland ( PW)
• The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean (ALA)
• The Septembers of Shiraz- Dalia Sofer (CSM, NYT)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid (NYT and PW)
• In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar (NYT)

And I would like to read these if I have time:

• Brother, I'm Dying-Edwidge Danticat (NYT and NBCC)
• The Gathering -Anne Enright (NYT)
• The Space Between Us - Thrity Umrigar (Kiriyama)
• The Ministry of Special Cases- Nathan Englander (NYT)
• Fieldwork - Mischa Berlinski (PW)
• What the Dead Know - Laura Lippman (PW)