I am moving the book discussion here, so that it's not lost.
My choices:
Best book I read this year: Possession by AS Byatt.
Unless it was: True Grit by Charles Portis.
Favorite book: Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.
Book I like to recommend to people because it is awesome: The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
Josie's:
Best book I read this year: The Tigers Wife by Téa Obreht
Unless it was: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Favorite Book: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Book I like to recommend to people because it is awesome: The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler
Marty contributes:
I just finished a Frank Norris jag
McTeague
The Octupus
The Pit
Your turn.