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2008
January 3 Sue Grafton, Jeff Garigliano, Susan Wicklund, Ron Leshem, Charlotte Mendelson, Eric Weiner, Laurie R. King, Kelly Corrigan, Beth Lisick	January 16 Michael Pollan, Tim Harford, Neil Shubin, Neil Swidey, Tahmima Anam, Shalom Auslander, Neil Strauss, Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin	January 30 David Shields, Victoria Zackheim, Michele Zackheim, John Burnham Schwartz, Kim Sunée, Tim Dorsey, Ethan Clark, April Smith
February 14 Indiespensable, Lydia Millet, Eli Gottlieb, Charlex Baxter, Peter Carey, Samantha Hunt, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Samara O'Shea, Trevor Paglen	February 28 Lauren Groff, Ed Begley Jr., Nick Taylor, Kim Harrison, Bart D. Ehrman, Tracy Chevalier, Peter Barnes, Donald Ray Pollock	March 12 Richard Price, Chris Hedges, Michael Connery, Joshilyn Jackson, Tony Earley, Tim Guest, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, Pope Brock
March 26 Jodi Picoult, Sadie Jones, Gerard Woodward, Scott Huler, Pope Brock, Jeff Gordinier, Sebastian Horsley, A. M. Homes	April 9 Willy Vlautin, Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem, William H. Calvin, Ann Patchett, Siri Hustvedt, Joanne Harris	April 24 Jhumpa Lahiri, Howard Jacobson, Christine Schutt, Kelly McMasters, Martin John Brown, Mario Batali, Marc Acito, John Darnielle
May 8 Barbara Walters, Marisa Silver, Simon Winchester, Elizabeth George, Taras Grescoe, Victor Wooten, Mary Roach, Ed Park	May 21 Aleksandar Hemon, Adam Leith Gollner, Ann Hood, Sheldon Siegel, Carl Honoré, Dan White, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Josh Kilmer-Purcell	June 5 Gil Adamson and David Wroblewski, Rob Walker, Timothy Snyder, Andre Dubus III, Steve Martini, Laura Dave, Stephanie Klein, Kevin Nealon
June 18 James Frey, Jeremy Scahill, David Sirota, John Matteson, Jacqueline Carey, Kerry Cohen, Dirty Words Contributors, Mary F. Pols	July 2 Ethan Canin, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop, Jennifer Haigh, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Edward Dolnick, Jonathan Evison, Hayden Childs, Darin Strauss	July 16 David Benioff, Robert McDowell, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nikolai Grozni, Leni Zumas, Mark Alpert, Stephen and Rebekah Hren, Stephen Trimble
July 31 Elizabeth Royte, William Stolzenburg, Brunonia Barry, Monica Drake, Shan Sa, The Waiter, Jonathan Segura	August 13 David Carr, Kate Brennan, David Ebershoff, John Zogby, Michael Meyer, Elizabeth Peters, Tom Vanderbilt, Judith O'Reilly	August 28 Annie Barrows, Roland Merullo, Carol Cassella, Alafair Burke, Paul Auster, Rachel Kushner, Graeme Thomson, Louis Bayard
September 11 Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, Michael Greenberg, Brendan Short, Roger H. Martin, Diane Hammond, Dave Boling, Craig Mod and Ashley Rawlings, Selden Edwards	September 25 Neal Stephenson, Dexter Filkins, Donald Worster, Francine Prose, Howard Blum, Robert Kuttner, Kenny Shopsin	October 8 Iain Banks, Kathleen Norris, Ron Rash, George C. Herring, Kathleen Kent, Dave Zirin, Thomas Kostigen, Elaine Szewczyk
October 22 Art Spiegelman, Aviad Kleinberg, Simon Hopkinson, Gregory Maguire, David Taylor, David Francis, Naomi Wolf	November 6 Chip Kidd, Nina Burleigh, Robert Clark, Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel, David Liss, Mark Oliver Everett, Dark Horse, Top Shelf	November 20 John Hodgman, Jon Meacham, Lin Jensen, Matt Bondurant, Wally Lamb, Alex Perry, Dame Darcy, Kerry Miller
December 1 Annie Leibovitz, Tilar Mazzeo, Alan Cheuse, Jasper Rees, Keith Lee Morris, Mac Montandon, Kerry Miller, Nelson George

2007
January 10 Colum McCann, Joanna Scott, Eric Dezenhall, Anthony Swofford, Howard Hampton, 2007 Puddly Awards	January 25 Paul Auster, Julia Scheeres, Ellis Avery, Abby Ellin, Richard A. Clarke, Eric Blehm	February 7 Chris Hedges, Gary Krist, Marc Weingarten, William Dietrich, Joe Hill, Amy Stewart
February 22 Ishmael Beah, Steve Berry, Sally Herigstad, Chip and Dan Heath, Jay Griffiths	March 7 Joshua Ferris, Bill McKibben, Dennis Cass, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, John Sellers, Elizabeth Dewberry	March 22 George Saunders, Kevin Young, Alison McGhee, Terri Jentz, James Scurlock, Monica Drake, Steven Hall, Aryn Kyle
April 5 Lionel Shriver, Masha Hamilton, Mohsin Hamid, Myriam Gurba, Jim Butcher, Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, Leslie Bennetts	April 18 John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry, David Shipley, J. Peder Zane, Harlan Coben, Neil McMahon, Lizzie Post, Martha McPhee	May 2 Barbara Kingsolver, Alisa Smith, Josh Goldfaden, Daniel Wilson, Michelle Goldberg, Nathan Englander, Tim Gunn and Kate Moloney
May 16 Christopher Hitchens, Sarah Thyre, Mary Otis, Richard Flanagan, Willyl Vlautin, Larry Doyle, Barry Eisler	May 30 Sherman Alexie, Trevor Corson, Lee Child, Shira Boss, Marshall Karp, Samara O'Shea	June 13 Miranda July, Paulina Porizkova, Nicole Mones, Barry Yourgrau, Lauren Kessler, Jacqueline Carey, Tony Wheeler, Jennifer Belle
June 28 Khaled Hosseini, Diana Abu-Jaber, Andrea Portes, Sunshine O'Donnell, Pete Jordan, Richard Morgan, Matt Love, Laura Lippman	July 11 Anne Fadiman, Kristin Hersh, Sarah Susanka, Sean Kingsley, Victoria Zackheim, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Kessler, Karen Abbott	July 25 Frank Deford, Christine Kenneally, Justin Taylor, Gerd Gigerenzer, Kate Blackwell, Ian Jackman, Shannon Wheeler
August 8 Alan Weisman, Matt Ruff, Jonathan Selwood, Nancy Horan, Kimberlee Auerbach, Michelle Wildgen, Joe Andoe	August 22 William Gibson, Wesley Stace, Elyn Saks, Thrity Umrigar, Amy Bloom, Laura Moriarty, Michael Marshall	September 5 Junot Díaz, Jesse Ball, David Bornstein, Jason Mark, Ann Packer, Kate Christensen, George Saunders, M. J. Rose
September 19 Diane Ackerman, Maryanne Wolf, Brock Clarke, D. Michael Lindsay, Greil Marcus, Jeff Parker, Naomi Wolf, Stephanie Bond	October 3 Jonathan Kozol, Devra Davis, Dahr Jamail, Joshua Henkin, Frank Schaeffer, Ken Foster, Troy Jollimore, Chelsea Cain	October 17 Tom Perrotta, Richard Russo, Ann Patchett, Frances Moore Lappé, Dean Cycon, Rudolph Delson, Ben Templesmith
October 31 Oliver Sacks, Molly Gloss, Poe Ballantine, Michael Chabon, Alan Lightman, Ha Jin, Lauren Weedman, Frank Warren	November 15 Steven Pinker, Daniel Walker Howe, Yannick Murphy, Daniel Lord Smail, Steve Erickson, Cesar Millan, David Levy	November 28 Judith Jones, Dean Koontz, Esther Perel, Nina Burleigh, Elizabeth Little, George R. R. Martin, Miriam Peskowitz and Andrea Buchanan, Christopher Moore
December 12 Deborah Madison, Alex Prud'homme, Elena Forbes, Anthony Lappe, Dan Goldman, Taylor Clark, Kyle Mills, Chuck Thompson, Robert Mack

2006
January 11 Frank McCourt, Dara Horn, 2006 Puddly Awards, Docurama T-shirt	January 25 Marilynne Robinson, David Masiel, Carole Radziwill, Justin Tussing	February 8 Ross King, Danielle Trussoni, John Hodgman, Elizabeth Gilbert
February 22 Julian Barnes, Jonathan Ames, Jen Trynin, Elizabeth Kolbert	March 8 Melissa Bank, Tim Flannery, Jon Fasman, Mark Kurlansky, Bill Gaston	March 22 Daniel Gilbert, Julia Alvarez, Christopher Moore, Sebastian Junger
April 5 Sarah Waters, Lori Leibovich, David James Duncan, June Casagrande	April 19 Jonathan Safran Foer, Daniel Handler, Timothy Noah, Elinor Lipman, Susan Straight	May 3 Amy Hempel, Laura Foster, Paul Neilan, Robert St. John
May 17 Sebastian Junger, Jim Lynch, A. M. Homes, Debbie Stoller, Heather McGowan	May 31 Michael Pollan, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Eddie Campbell and Mark Siegel, Ivan Doig	June 14 Gary Shteyngart, Charles D'Ambrosio, Emmanuel Guibert, Grady Klein, Eric Spitznagel, Rachel Sherman
June 28 Alison Bechdel adn Craig Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, Jay Weinstein, Shannon's Picks	July 12 Helen Thomas, Wendy Jaffe, Julia Glass, Clare Sambrook, Laura Dave	July 26 Sara Gruen, Jason Roberts, Shelley Jackson, David Long, Jason Fagone
August 10 Scott Smith, Gordon Dahlquist, Tom Lutz, Ayun Halliday	August 24 Lee Montgomery, Julian Rubinstein, Mini Grey, Charles Euchner, Jennifer Gilmore	September 6 Denise Mina, Daniel Levitin, Mark Haddon, Wendy Spero, Björn Türoque
September 20 Sally Schneider, Jonathan Lear, Shari Caudron, David Kamp, Michael Cox, Michael Wex	October 5 Richard Powers, Jane Hamilton, Matthew Skelton, Laura Stack, Laura Foster	October 18 Michael Lewis, Erik Larson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Daniel Kalder, Emily Maguire
November 1 Melissa Fay Greene, Geoffrey Nunberg, Stephen Goodwin, Rae Meadows	November 15 Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, David Treuer, Maureen Ogle	November 29 Kate Atkinson, Daniel Kalla, Janis Cooke Newman, Carl Shuker
December 12 Philip Gourevitch, Alicia C. Shepard, Carolyn Turgeon, Tsia Carson, Jonny Geller	December 28 Steven Johnson, Sigrid Nunez, Will Beall, Kevin Brockmeier, Roxanne Coady, Roland Kelts

2005
January 12 Dave King, The Ha-Ha, Stephen Elliott, New Favorites	January 26 Andrew Sean Greer, Simon Singh, Jared Diamond	February 9 Malcolm Gladwell, Erik Barmack, Paul Loeb
February 23 Pam Houston, Maura Conlon-McIvor, Puddly Award Winners	March 9 Ian Rankin, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Robert Thurman, Nina Simonds	March 23 Geraldine Brooks, Colleen Kinder, Kevin Sampsell, Christopher Rice
April 6 John Irving, Rare Grateful Dead, Anne Lamott, Seth Greenland, Jennifer Traig	April 20 Jim Wallis, Peter Fenton, Meg Wolitzer, Green Press Initiative	May 4 Jonathan Eig, Barry Yourgrau, Travels of a T-Shirt, Audio Book Sale
May 18 Wesley Stace, Jim Fergus, Donald Hall, Black Lizard Classics	June 1 Sarah Vowell, Steve Almond, Steven Church, Michael Finkel	June 15 David McCullough, Nicole Krauss, Masha Hamilton, Leslie Berlin
June 29 Nick Hornby, Lee Child, Dave Bidini, Jody Gehrman	July 13 Michael Cunningham, Kevin Smokler, Martha O'Connor	July 27 Elizabeth Kostova, Kathryn Harrison, Steve Leveen, OSCON
August 17 Neil Gaiman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Terry McDermott, Mary Relindes Ellis	August 24 Pat Walsh, Josh Emmons, Rob Brezsny	September 7 Aimee Bender, Siri Hustvedt, Christopher Sorrentino
September 21 Bret Easton Ellis, Jennifer Miller, Chris Crutcher	October 5 Barbara Ehrenreich, Salman Rushdie, Laila Lalami, Julie Powell, James Frey	October 19 Zadie Smith, Myla Goldberg, Nathaniel Fick, Springer Yellow Sale
November 2 Mary Roach, George Saunders, Julia Briggs, Leora Skolkin-Smith	November 16 Carl Hiaasen, Po Bronson, Alan Lee, 2005 Holiday Catalog	November 30 Dava Sobel, Greil Marcus, Susan Orlean
December 7 Anya von Bremzen, Dan Price, Championship Vinyl, Peter Manseau	December 14 Paul Beatty, Uzodinma Iweala, Barry Yourgrau, Elliot Perlman, Max Barry	December 28 Barbara Boxer, Laurie Notaro, Marjorie Kowalski Cole, Toni Morrison, David Wolman

2004
January 13 Michael Palin, Edward P. Jones, Staff Top 5s	January 27 Billy Collins, Garrison Keillor, Caroline Leavitt, David France	February 11 Haven Kimmel, 2004 Puddly Award winners, Jordan Stump
February 24 Po Bronson, Sarabeth Purcell, the Wish List	March 9 Gregory Maguire, Mark Obmascik, Remarkable Reads	March 24 Karen Armstrong, Sam Kashner, David Moats
April 6 Brian Greene, Ridley Pearson, Richard Yancey	April 21 Ian McEwan, Rachel Cohen, Seuss souvenirs	May 5 Christopher Kimball, The Buddha Whale, Elmore Leonard
May 18 Robert Sullivan, Ann Patchett, The Last Unpublished Blues Archive	June 2 Alexander McCall Smith, Hannah Tinti, Summer Cookbooks	June 15 Colm Toibin, Audrey Niffenegger, Bloomsday
June 30 Laurie Notaro, Carl Lennertz, Michael Mandelbaum	July 14 Alexandra Fuller, M. J. Rose, Essay Contest	July 28 Robert Kurson, Shadow Divers, Election 2004
August 11 Jonathan Ames, Wake Up, Sir!, Back to School	August 24 Walter Mosley, Little Scarlet, 14 Favorites	September 8 Linda Greenlaw, All Fishermen Are Liars, Jean Nathan
September 21 Marjane Satrapi, New Yorker cartoons, INK Q&A	October 6 Arthur Phillips, The Egyptologist, 14 Favorites, A. J. Jacobs	October 19 Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers, Seuss Bottles
November 1 Liza Ward, Outside Valentine, Andrew F. Smith	November 17 First Fiction Panel, Holiday Catalog, Susan Orlean	December 1 Miriam Toews, Anthony Bourdain, Julian Rubinstein
December 8 Richard Dawkins, Will Christopher Baer, Rare Book Sale	December 14 Christopher Moore, Stephen Mitchell, Employee Top Five Picks	December 21 Virtual Credit and Powell's Cards, Little Children, LA Weekly
December 30 The Modern Lover, Carole Cadwalladr, The Broker

2003
January 7 David Skover, Nicola Barker, Staff Favorites of 2002	January 21 Nick Hornby, James McBride, Laura Caldwell	February 5 Mariel Hemingway, David Almond, Michel Faber
February 18 Calvin Trillin, Elizabeth Crane, 2003 Puddly Awards	March 4 Anthony Swofford, Faces in San Francisco	March 18 Erik Larson, Jason Starr, Black Lizard Crime Fiction
April 1 Ruth Ozeki, Matt Ruff, National Poetry Month	April 16 T. C. Boyle, James Frey, Robert Stone	May 1 Roger Angell, Indu Sundaresan, Recently Arrived Used Books service
May 14 Don't Know Much About History, Mark Costello, O'Reilly Open Source convention	May 28 Jacques Pepin, Derek Lundy, Deals for Fathers	June 11 Dennis Lehane, John Burdett, A Round-Heeled Woman
June 25 David Halberstam, lê thi diem thúy, The Writer's Almanac	July 8 Meghan Daum, Tim Sandlin, Garrison Keillor's Poetry Picks	July 22 Mark Haddon, Stephanie Pierson, Zoe Heller
August 5 Heidi Julavits, Hugo Hamilton, Q words with no U	August 20 David Lipsky, Carolyn Parkhurst, the Times Literary Supplement	September 3 Zoe Trope, Peter Stothard, The Believer
September 16 Vendela Vida, Julie Orringer, Nell Freudenberger	October 1 Charles Baxter, the OED, A Question of Honor	October 14 Jonathan Lethem, Monica Ali, Sara Nelson
October 29 Philip Pullman, Christopher Paolini, Tamora Pierce, Julie Otsuka	November 13 Pete Dexter, Lewis DeSoto, PNBA Holiday Picks	November 19 DBC Pierre, Neal Pollack, Edmund White
December 2 Martin Amis, David Rees, Alexandre Dumas	December 10 Anne Lamott, Ayun Halliday, Mothering magazine	December 22 Erasure, A Leap in the Dark, Elizabeth Costello
December 30 Maxine Hong Kingston, Kristin Ohlson, Trading Up

2002
January 8 Jill Ker Conway, The Academy of American Poets	January 23 Gretel Ehrlich, At the Movies, Dispatches From A Wounded World	February 6 Anthony Bourdain, Black History Month
February 19 Eric Schlosser, 2002 Puddly Awards, David McCullough	March 6 Susan Minot, The Eyre Affair	March 19 Richard Ford, Austerlitz, Steven's Picks
April 3 Judy Blunt	April 16 Bharati Mukherjee, Richard Russo	April 30 Michael Connelly, Jean Auel, Sharon's Picks
May 14 David Rakoff, 2002 Firecracker Awards	May 29 Norton Juster, Kids' Books	June 11 Rick Moody, Reading Groups, Odd Girl Out
June 26 Elizabeth Gilbert, Satirewire.com	July 9 David Means, Powell's Press	July 23 Alice Waters, Kids' Technical Books
August 6 Stephen Carter, Julia Child, Orin's Picks	August 28 Ben Marcus, Brady Udall	September 10 Ethan Hawke, Julia Glass, Jill's Picks
September 24 Alice Sebold, Shawn Levy, Victor Hugo gets panned	October 8 Salman Rushdie, Dave Eggers, Yann Martel	October 22 Tony Horwitz, Glen David Gold, Charles Dickens
November 5 Michel Faber, Aleksandar Hemon	November 19 Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002 Gift Guide	December 3 Jeffrey Masson, Patricia Henley, PNBA Holiday Picks
December 23 Thomas Hine, Umberto Eco, Fup Photo Album

2001		2000
January 9 January 23 February 6 February 20 March 6 March 20 April 3 April 18 April 31 May 15 May 29 June 12 June 26 July 11 July 31 August 14 August 28 September 12 September 25 October 9 October 23 November 6 November 14 November 27 December 5 December 10 December 19		October 17 October 31 November 14 November 26 December 5 December 11

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