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Cannonball Read 2009/2010: The Best of the Best

These are the absolute best fifteen books out of the hundred I read.  It took me a day and a half (and four tries) to make this list.  These are must-reads.  No particular order.

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
• World War Z (Max Brooks)
• The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
• Shades of Grey (Jasper Fforde)
• Oh Pure and Radiant Heart (Lydia Millet)
• Lunar Park (Bret Easton Ellis)
• Downtown Owl (Chuck Klosterman)
• The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
• The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
• The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
• The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
• The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
• God is Dead (Ron Currie, Jr.)
• Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry (Leanne Shapton)
• The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)