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.