New York Times (NYT) Most Notable - 2007

Fiction & Poetry

THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER, by Tom Perrotta

AFTER DARK, by Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin.

THE BAD GIRL, by Mario Vargas Llosa. Translated by Edith Grossman

BEARING THE BODY, by Ehud Havazelet

THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS, by Dinaw Mengestu

BRIDGE OF SIGHS, by Richard Russo

THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, by Junot Díaz

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, by André Aciman

CHEATING AT CANASTA, by William Trevor

THE COLLECTED POEMS, 1956-1998, by Zbigniew Herbert. Translated by Alissa Valles.

DANCING TO “ALMENDRA.” By Mayra Montero. Translated by Edith Grossman.

EXIT GHOST, by Philip Roth.

FALLING MAN, by Don DeLillo

FELLOW TRAVELERS, by Thomas Mallon

A FREE LIFE, by Ha Jin

THE GATHERING, by Anne Enright.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, by J. K. Rowling

HOUSE LIGHTS, by Leah Hager Cohen

HOUSE OF MEETINGS, by Martin Amis

IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN, by Hisham Matar

THE INDIAN CLERK, by David Leavitt

KNOTS, by Nuruddin Farah

LATER, AT THE BAR: A Novel in Stories, by Rebecca Barry

LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME, by Vendela Veda

LIKE YOU’D UNDERSTAND, ANYWAY: Stories, by Jim Shepard

MAN GONE DOWN, by Michael Thomas

MATRIMONY, by Joshua Henkin

THE MAYTREES, by Annie Dillard

THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES, by Nathan Englander

MOTHERS AND SONS: Stories, by Colm Toibin

NEXT LIFE, by Rae Armantrout

ON CHESIL BEACH, by Ian McEwan

OUT STEALING HORSES, by Per Petterson. Translated by Anne Born.

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, by Mohsin Hamid

REMAINDER, by Tom McCarthy

THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES, by Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.

SELECTED POEMS, by Derek Walcott. Edited by Edward Baugh.

THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ, by Dalia Sofer

SHORTCOMINGS, by Adrian Tomine

SUNSTROKE: And Other Stories, by Tessa Hadley.

THEN WE CAME TO THE END, by Joshua Ferris

THROW LIKE A GIRL: Stories, by Jean Thompson

TIME AND MATERIALS: Poems, 1997-2005, by Robert Hass

TREE OF SMOKE, by Denis Johnson

TWENTY GRAND: And Other Tales of Love and Money, by Rebecca Curtis

VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE: Stories, by Lydia Davis

THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK: Stories, by Alice Munro

WHAT IS THE WHAT. The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: A Novel, by Dave Eggers

WINTERTON BLUE, by Trezza Azzopardi

THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION, by Michael Chabon

Nonfiction

AGENT ZIGZAG: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal, by Ben Macintyre

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: A Life, by Hugh Brogan

ALICE: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, From White House Princess to Washington Power Broker, by Stacy A. Cordery.

AMERICAN CREATION: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic, by Joseph J. Ellis

THE ARGUMENT: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics, by Matt Bai

ARSENALS OF FOLLY: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race, by Richard Rhodes

THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER: Who Killed the Bishop? By Francisco Goldman

BROTHER, I’M DYING, by Edwidge Danticat

CIRCLING MY MOTHER, by Mary Gordon

CLEOPATRA’S NOSE: 39 Varieties of Desire, by Judith Thurman

CULTURAL AMNESIA: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts, by Clive James

THE DAY OF BATTLE: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. Volume Two of the Liberation Trilogy, by Rick Atkinson

THE DIANA CHRONICLES, by Tina Brown

THE DISCOVERY OF FRANCE: A Historical Geography From the Revolution to the First World War, by Graham Robb

DOWN THE NILE: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff, by Rosemary Mahoney

DRIVEN OUT: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans, by Jean Pfaelzer

DUE CONSIDERATIONS: Essays and Criticism, by John Updike

EASTER EVERYWHERE: A Memoir, by Darcey Steinke

EDITH WHARTON, by Hermione Lee

THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam, by Tom Bissell

THE FLORIST’S DAUGHTER, by Patricia Hampl

FORESKIN’S LAMENT: A Memoir, by Shalom Auslander

GOMORRAH: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System, by Roberto Saviano

THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT: With a Little Help From Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty, by Wilfrid Sheed

HOW DOCTORS THINK, by Jerome Groopman

HOW TO READ THE BIBLE: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now, by James L. Kugel

HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN’T READ, by Pierre Bayard.Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman.

IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

THE INVISIBLE CURE: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS, by Helen Epstein

LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA, by Tim Weiner

LENI: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, by Steven Bach

LEONARD WOOLF: A Biography, by Victoria Glendinning

A LIFE OF PICASSO: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932, by John Richardson

LITTLE HEATHENS: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression, by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

LONG WAY GONE: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah.

THE NINE: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin

THE ORDEAL OF ELIZABETH MARSH: A Woman in World History, by Linda Colley

PORTRAIT OF A PRIESTESS: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece, by Joan Breton Connelly

RALPH ELLISON: A Biography, by Arnold Rampersad”

THE REST IS NOISE: Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross

SCHULZ AND PEANUTS: A Biography, by David Michaelis

SERVICE INCLUDED: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter, by Phoebe Damrosch

SOLDIER’S HEART: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point, by Elizabeth D. Samet

STANLEY: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer, by Tim Jeal

THE STILLBORN GOD: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West, by Mark Lilla

THOMAS HARDY, by Claire Tomalin

TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton, by Sara Wheeler

TWO LIVES: Gertrude and Alice, by Janet Malcolm

THE WHISPERERS: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia, by Orlando Figes

THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945, by Saul Friedländer