Posted on November 21, 2007 by Steve Pollak
There were quite a few Jewish Literary Review alums who made the New York Times list of "100 Notable Books of the Year."
The Times mentioned several books previously discussed or reviewed on this blog, including Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," Dalia Sofer's "The Septembers of Shiraz," and Philip Roth's "Exit Ghost." Some of the other books that would be familiar to readers of Jewish Literary Review would be Ehud Havazelet's "Bearing The Body," Nathan Englander's "The Ministry of Special Cases," Shalom Auslander's "Foreskin's Lament," James L. Kugel's "How to Read the Bible," and Saul Friedländer's "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945."
One week from today, the Times will release on the Web its list of the "10 Best Books of 2007."
I was surprised not to see Amy Bloom's "Away" on the list. What other books to you think the Times missed?