The NYT's Top 100

The New York Times lists its 100 Most Notable Books of the Year. Murakami, Nadeem Aslam, Marquez, Mantel, Ishiguro, Rushdie, E L Doctorow, Zadie Smith, McEwan... and several surprises. The Babu reckons he's read most of the fiction list, which is a terribly depressing thought--makes him feel solidly Middlebrow Bourgeois.