Here we go with the list thing

• The New York Times kicks off annual listmania with their best-of lists.

This year's culprits in fiction: Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas, Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano, Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris and Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson.

What... no Rowling? At least she made the 100 Notable list. I don't think she's gotten quite enough exposure yet.