Monte's votes on the list Best Books of 2008

Listopia > Monte's votes on the list Best Books of 2008 (39 Books)

2	The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 553,064 ratings Monte rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 119,391 ratings Monte rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon 3.69 avg rating — 4,288 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Netherland by Joseph O'Neill 3.41 avg rating — 18,760 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski 3.66 avg rating — 105,552 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	City of Thieves by David Benioff 4.30 avg rating — 166,153 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 6,104 ratings Monte rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips 3.72 avg rating — 1,040 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Ballistics by Billy Collins 4.08 avg rating — 2,951 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	One Dog Happy by Molly McNett 3.69 avg rating — 55 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz 4.14 avg rating — 24,434 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Better Angel: Stories by Chris Adrian 3.86 avg rating — 745 ratings Monte rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Reserve by Russell Banks 3.03 avg rating — 2,475 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw 4.07 avg rating — 7,229 ratings Monte rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Smile As They Bow by နုနုရည်အင်းဝ 3.58 avg rating — 385 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Open Line by Ellen Hawley (Goodreads Author) 2.61 avg rating — 36 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely 4.12 avg rating — 130,942 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 3.77 avg rating — 202,452 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Second Plane September 11: Terror and Boredom by Martin Amis 3.46 avg rating — 854 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach 3.85 avg rating — 60,181 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb 3.07 avg rating — 707 ratings Monte rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu 3.86 avg rating — 3,698 ratings Monte rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Peace by Richard Bausch (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,097 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz 3.97 avg rating — 9,409 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust 4.04 avg rating — 7,377 ratings Monte rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker by Steven Greenhouse 3.93 avg rating — 237 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Love and Rockets, Vol. 24: The Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernández 4.12 avg rating — 696 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis 3.78 avg rating — 954 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky 3.86 avg rating — 219 ratings Monte rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	A Yes-or-No Answer: Poems by Jane Shore 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Monster Loves His Labyrinth by Charles Simic 3.79 avg rating — 396 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered by Peter S. Wells 3.41 avg rating — 497 ratings Monte rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Leningrad: State of Siege by Michael Jones 4.20 avg rating — 732 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes by Daniel McGinn 3.34 avg rating — 421 ratings Monte rated it 1 star See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban & the Hijacking of Afghanistan by Roy Gutman 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings Monte rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Go with Me by Castle Freeman Jr. 3.38 avg rating — 1,742 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian M. Fagan 3.76 avg rating — 667 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by Andrew J. Bacevich 3.97 avg rating — 2,389 ratings Monte rated it 1 star See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 1,835 ratings Monte rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars