Bookmarks Issue:
33-Mar-Apr-2008
BOOKMARKS, a bimonthly print magazine, summarizes more than 500 book reviews a month from more than 50 major publications. Bookmarks offers the most comprehensive new book reviews anywhere in print. We also look the classics: timeless novels, histories, biographies, and more in each issue. learn more ...
Each year we create the Ultimate List: the compilation of the critics' "Best of" lists to determine the Best of the Best of Lists. Below are the results for 2007 fiction. For each of the critics' lists in the table, we've included those books which were included on more than one list. You may click on the list sources in the table header to view each critic's commentary. Also see our 2007 Best of Nonfiction List.
Best of the Best of 2007 Fiction
| Title | Author | Bookmarks Rating | Total Lists | NYT Book Review | NYT (Kakutani) | NYT (Maslin) | NYT (Grimes) | Observer (UK) | Boston Globe | Washington Post | Christian Science Monitor | KCRW Bookworm (Silverblatt) | Time | NYMag | LA Times | Salon (Miller) | NBCC | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Economist | Newsweek | Village Voice | Slate | Seattle Times (Gwinn) | Seattle Times (Upchurch) | Entertainment Weekly | Esquire | Independent (UK) | SFChronicle | USA Today |
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| The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | Junot Diaz | 11 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| Tree of Smoke | Denis Johnson | 11 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| The Yiddish Policemen's Union | Michael Chabon | 11 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
| Then We Came to the End | Joshua Ferris | 8 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| On Chesil Beach | Ian McEwan | 6 | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Out Stealing Horses | Per Petterson | 6 | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Savage Detectives | Roberto Bolano | 6 | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Falling Man | Don DeLillo | 5 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling | 5 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exit Ghost | Philip Roth | 4 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fieldwork | Mischa Berlinski | 4 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Away | Amy Bloom | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheating at Canasta | William Trevor | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Gathering | Anne Enright | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Ghost | Robert Harris | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Like You'd Understand, Anyway | Jim Shepard | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost City Radio | Daniel Alcaron | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No One Belongs Here More Than You | Miranda July | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What the Dead Know | Laura Lippman | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zeroville | Steve Erickson | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After Dark | Haruki Murakami | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Book of Psalms | Trans. Robert Alter | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridge of Sighs | Richard Russo | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christine Falls | Benjamin Black | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Empress of Weehawken | Irene Dische | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finn | Jon Clinch | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Free Life | Ha Jin | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Meetings | Martin Amis | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Ministry of Special Cases | Nathan Englander | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mister Pip | Lloyd Jones | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Petropolis | Anya Ulinich | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Post-Birthday World | Lionel Shriver | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Run | Ann Patchett | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Shadow Catcher | Marianne Wiggins | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shakespeare's Kitchen | Lore Segal | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Terror | Dan Simmons | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trespass | Valerie Martin | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Uncommon Reader | Alan Bennett | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Varieties of Disturbance: Stories | Lydia Davis | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Welsh Girl | Peter Ho Davies | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winnie and Wolf | A.N. Wilson | 2 | • | • |
