Top Ten Crime Books of 2007

The following list is from EuroCrime - a nice blog on European Crime fiction, as well as TV and film:

Rounding the Mark - Andrea Camilleri
The Scent of the Night - Andrea Camilleri
The Serbian Dane - Leif Davidsen
The Princess of Burundi - Kjell Eriksson
Calling Out for You! - Karin Fossum
The Chinaman - Friedrich Glauser
The Exception - [...]

South of the Border, West of the Sun, by Haruki Murakami

“A person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair,” says Hajime, the main character in this book. And he sees this damage as two-sided, where the person causing the damage is wounded as well: “Maybe I’ve lost the chance to ever be a decent human being,” he goes on to think.
Haruki Murakami [...]

What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt’s What I Loved is a wonderful novel, beautifully written, but also a very demanding book to read, intellectually as well as emotionally.
Siri Hustvedt is an American, but with Norwegian parents. She lives in New York, and is married to, and have a daughter with, the author Paul Auster. She has a Ph.D. in [...]

Oprah rules the bestseller lists

We all know that Oprah Winfrey is an excellent talk show host. But her influence clearly extends  well beyond her shows. Lady Oprah now rules the American book market. Not as a writer, but as owner of one of America’s most popular book clubs. USA Today Online writes:
Oprah Winfrey’s continuing reign as patron saint of [...]