2008 books to read (tip of the iceberg, recommendations welcome):

The Last Colony (Scalzi)
Middlesex (Eugenides)
Pushed (Block)
The Middle Place (Corrigan)
The Power of Story (Loehr)
Twighlight of the Superheroes (Eisenberg)
Daniel Isn’t Talking (Leimbach)
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Kidder)
Gilead (Robinson)
The Nine (Toobin)
Bel Canto (Patchett)