[The Best Books Of 2007]

January, 2008

Our favorite authors pick their favoritesMargaret Atwood Trespass by Valerie MartinWhat would Henry James write on thesubject of blandly innocent Americans versus darkly experienced Europeans if he were alive today? Martin's gripping and powerful novel of tight-lipped manners and horrific atrocities.Will BlytheTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonA big American novel, line for line as beautiful as a lyric poem, peopled by the grieving, the murderous and the dead.Junot DiazDark Reflections by Samuel Del...