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Salon Book Awards

The look books: From glamour-pusses to global warming, criminal mug shots to art stars, Salon's seasonal guide to coffee-table books has something to enchant just about everyone.; Dec 14, 2007
Their favorite things: Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.; Compiled by Megan Doll and Eryn Loeb Dec 13, 2007
Salon Book Awards 2007: From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.; By Laura Miller Dec 12, 2007
Best nonfiction of 2006: Forget the political treatises. This year, the nonfiction books that captivated us most told stories: Of food, of family, of secrets.; By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey Dec 14, 2006
"What Is the What": A scary interaction in America makes Valentino long to be back in a Sudanese refugee camp.; By Dave Eggers Dec 13, 2006
Best fiction of 2006: This year, stories from five extraordinary writers about Africa, 9/11's aftermath and the Civil War captivated us the most.; By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey Dec 13, 2006
Best debuts of 2006: The creator of a wisecracking high-school sleuth and a moving graphic memoirist wowed us this year with outstanding first books.; By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey Dec 12, 2006
Our favorite books: From a gripping novel about terrorism to the memoir of a cross-country stripteaser, we pick the best -- that is, the most pleasurable -- reading experiences of 2001.; By Laura Miller Jan 9, 2002
Salon Book Awards: Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end.; By Laura Miller and Maria Russo Dec 18, 2000
Salon Book Awards: Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999; By Laura Miller and Craig Seligman Dec 16, 1999
Plainsong: Plainsong; By Kent Haruf Dec 16, 1999
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War; By Mark Bowden Dec 16, 1999
Original Bliss: Original Bliss; By A.L. Kennedy Dec 16, 1999
Cryptonomicon: Cryptonomicon; By Neal Stephenson Dec 16, 1999
Motherless Brooklyn: Motherless Brooklyn; By Jonathan Lethem Dec 16, 1999
Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption: Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption; By Lisa Belkin Dec 16, 1999
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette: Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette; By Judith Thurman Dec 16, 1999
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley: Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley; By Peter Guralnick Dec 16, 1999
Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World: Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World; By Mark Fritz Dec 16, 1999
Books of the Year: How we picked them. Why we fell in love.; By Laura Miller and Dwight Garner Dec 9, 1996

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