There are 149 books in the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2008 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 1 to 30.
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1. The Host
Weeks on the list: 30
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by: Stephenie Meyer Release date: Apr 26, 2010 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Aliens control the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.
2. The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle
Weeks on the list: 27
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by: David Wroblewski Release date: Jun 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A young mute who can communicate with dogs his family raises takes refuge with three of them in the Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father.
3. The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Weeks on the list: 20
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by: Mary Ann Shaffer , Annie Barrows Release date: Jul 29, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
After World War II, a journalist seeks out Guernsey residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.
4. Love The One You’re With
Weeks on the list: 14
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by: Emily Giffin Release date: May 13, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A woman’s happy marriage is shaken when she encounters an old boyfriend.
5. Chasing Harry Winston
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Lauren Weisberger Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Three glamorous friends, New York women nearing 30, vow to change their lives.
6. The Art Of Racing In The Rain
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Garth Stein Release date: Mar 17, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.
7. The Lucky One
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Nicholas Sparks Release date: Sep 30, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
8. Sail
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: James Patterson , Howard Roughan Release date: Jun 09, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A sailing vacation turns into a disaster when someone attempts to destroy a family.
9. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Stieg Larsson Release date: Sep 16, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress 40 years earlier; the first volume in the Millennium trilogy.
10. Fearless Fourteen
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Janet Evanovich Release date: Jun 17, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli become involved when his cousin’s bank robbery goes bad.
11. The Beach House
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Jane Green Release date: Jun 17, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
When a widow on Nantucket learns she may lose her house, she turns it into a bed-and-breakfast. Originally published in 2008.
12. The Last Patriot
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Brad Thor Release date: Jul 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, searches for an ancient secret that could defeat Islamic militants.
13. The Brass Verdict
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Michael Connelly Release date: Oct 14, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller (the Lincoln lawyer) team up to find a killer.
14. Extreme Measures
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Vince Flynn Release date: Oct 21, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Mitch Rapp teams up with a C.I.A. colleague to fight a terrorist cell — and the politicians who would rein them in.
15. Odd Hours
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Dean R Koontz Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, confronts evil forces in a California coastal town.
16. Tribute
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Nora Roberts Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A former child star returns to Virginia to rehabilitate the farm owned by her grandmother, an actress who died mysteriously.
17. The Secret Servant
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Daniel Silva Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and an occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, uncovers a Russian arms sales plot.
18. The Bourne Sanction
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Eric Van Lustbader Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne pursues the leader of a Muslim terrorist group.
19. One Fifth Avenue
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: C, ace Bushnell Release date: May 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The worlds of gossip, theater and hedge funds have one address in common.
20. The Gate House
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Nelson DeMille Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
In a sequel to “The Gold Coast” (1990) a tax attorney and his ex-wife explore a reconciliation.
21. Sundays At Tiffany’S
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: James Patterson , Gabrielle Charbonnet Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A woman finds an unexpected love.
22. The Lace Reader
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Brunonia Barry Release date: Jul 29, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Secrets of a family of Salem women who foresee the future.
23. The Book Of Lies
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Brad Meltzer Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The murder of the father of Superman’s creator, Jerry Siegel, is linked to the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
24. American Wife
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Curtis Sittenfeld Release date: Feb 10, 2009 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A pretty librarian marries the alcoholic son of a wealthy political family who somehow becomes president.
25. The Other Queen
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Philippa Gregory Release date: Sep 16, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in captivity under Queen Elizabeth.
26. Heat Lightning
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: John S, ford Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Virgil Flowers investigates murder cases linked by a lemon in the mouth of each victim.
27. A Cedar Cove Christmas
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Debbie Macomber Release date: Oct 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A pregnant woman shows up in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve and goes into labor in a room above a stable.
28. Divine Justice
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: David Baldacci Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Members of Washington’s Camel Club rally to save their leader, who is hiding out in the town of Divine, Va.
29. Nothing To Lose
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Lee Child Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Jack Reacher exposes the secrets of a Colorado town.
30. Plague Ship
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Clive Cussler , Jack Du Brul Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must determine what happened on a cruise ship full of dead bodies.
Last updated on December 8, 2021
