Great Regulars: The year brought a wealth of interesting,

entertaining and provocative books and introduced several writers with promise along with worthy efforts from the old reliables--and some that didn't make the mark.

All this means it's time again to rate the books of the year. We're doing it a little differently for 2008, though. We've sought your input along with the book reviewers of the Post-Gazette.

from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 2008's best books: Yours and ours

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