More Lists The NYT has posted their Top Ten books of the year early on the web: Fiction Haruki Murakami, KAFKA ON THE SHORE Zadie Smith, ON BEAUTY Curtis Sittenfeld, PREP Ian McEwan, SATURDAY Mary Gaitskill, VERONICA Nonfiction George Packer, THE ASSASSINS’ GATE: America in Iraq Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, DE KOONING: An American Master Jonathan Harr, THE LOST PAINTING Tony Judt, POSTWAR: A History of Europe Since 1945 Joan Didion, THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING NYT Meanwhile, USA Today recommends books for gift-giving in six categories: Gift books, plane reads, picture books, hidden gems, coffee talk, old faves, […]