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66 Heyday
by Kurt Andersen

80 Christine Falls
by Benjamin Black

75 The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon

77 Finn
by Jon Clinch

71 The Pesthouse
by Jim Crace

82 Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris

63 You Don't Love Me Yet
by Jonathan Lethem

63 A Far Country
by Daniel Mason

79 Remainder
by Tom McCarthy

67 Ten Days in the Hills
by Jane Smiley

67 The Children of Hurin
by J.R.R. Tolkien

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84 A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah

85 Alexis de Tocqueville
by Hugh Brogan

79 How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman

58 The Mistress's Daughter
by A. M. Homes

83 Einstein
by Walter Isaacson

85 Edith Wharton
by Hermione Lee

77 Nixon and Mao
by Margaret MacMillan

62 Teenage
by Jon Savage

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The Pesthouse 71by Jim Crace

Whitbread-winner Crace ("Quarantine") imagines a future post-apocalyptic America in which society has collapsed and its inhabitants scratch out a meager living by any primitive means necessary. The only reasonable hope for survival is a difficult trip east through the environmentally devastated land and passage by ship to Europe.

More New Fiction Reviews:

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon	75
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien	67
A Far Country by Daniel Mason	63
Remainder by Tom McCarthy	79
You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem	63
Heyday by Kurt Andersen	66
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris	82
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black	80
Finn by Jon Clinch	77
Exit A by Anthony Swofford	40
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar	89
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman	66
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster	49
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley	67

Teenage 62by Jon Savage

Savage, acclaimed historian of the English punk movement ("England's Dreaming"), traces the roots of the teenager as an icon. Delving into film, music, literature, diaries, fashion, and art, Savage documents youth culture's development as a commodity and an industry from the turn of the last century through 1945.

More New Nonfiction Reviews:

Einstein by Walter Isaacson	83
Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee	85
Alexis de Tocqueville by Hugh Brogan	85
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah	84
The Mistress's Daughter by A. M. Homes	58
How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman	79
Wish I Could Be There by Allen Shawn	80
US Guys by Charlie LeDuff	60
Nixon and Mao by Margaret MacMillan	77
The Bill from My Father by Bernard Cooper	82
The Bloodless Revolution by Tristram Stuart	75
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali	77
The Human Touch by Michael Frayn	75
The Devil's Guide to Hollywood by Joe Eszterhas	41

2006 High Scores

1	Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky	95
2	The Road by Cormac McCarthy	90
3	The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos	90
4	Hollywood Station by Joseph Wambaugh	89
5	The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis	88
6	The People's Act Of Love by James Meek	88
7	The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright	88
8	Heat by Bill Buford	86
9	The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud	85
10	After This by Alice McDermott	85
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All-Time High Scores

1	Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky	95
2	Arc Of Justice by Kevin Boyle	94
3	A Tale Of Love And Darkness by Amos Oz	94
4	Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley	93
5	Armageddon by Max Hastings	93
6	Epileptic by David B.	92
7	Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough	92
8	The Road by Cormac McCarthy	90
9	The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos	90
10	The Circus In Winter by Cathy Day	90
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