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- eric - Dec 28 2007 | books, news, literature, thepugetnews
The New York Times Book Reviewers each select their personal Top 10 for the year. There is lots of good reading to be found here.
Quoted: Janet Maslin, Michiko Kakutani and William Grimes pick their favorite books of 2007.
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