Listmania!
my favorite recent novels for holiday giving
By an Amazon.com customer
The Sea (Man Booker Prize)The Sea (Man Booker Prize) by John Banville
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $1.93
superb recent Man booker Prize winner
Edges: O Israel, O PalestineEdges: O Israel, O Palestine by Leora Skolkin-Smith
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $6.99
beautifully written, powerful new novel
The March: A NovelThe March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $0.01
E. L. Doctorow's best book
Willful Creatures: StoriesWillful Creatures: Stories by Aimee Bender
Buy used from: $1.89
Playful and moving prose
The Year of Magical ThinkingThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $0.01
Didion's exquisite memoir
A Tale of Love and DarknessA Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
Buy new: $27.20 / Used from: $1.99
Amoz Oz's fine new work
ParadiseParadise by A.L. Kennedy
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $0.01
Compelling, very fine
The Story of a Life: A MemoirThe Story of a Life: A Memoir by Aharon Appelfeld
Buy used from: $1.99
one of the world's greatest but relatively unknown writers
Pig Tales: A Novel of Lust and Transformation (New Press International Fiction)Pig Tales: A Novel of Lust and Transformation (New Press International Fiction) by Marie Darrieussecq
Buy new: $9.86 / Used from: $0.02
Interesting and sexy
Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $1.61
Worth a read