Books are beautiful objects, and to me there's nothing more alluring than one produced with all the stops pulled out: on uniquely gorgeous paper and practically ready for the museum glass case. They carry a stiff price tag, but these limited editions will only become more valuable with age. I did put in a few that I published through Welcome Books -- I love my projects and I just have to sing about them sometimes.
Laurence Hughes: 10 Best Books That Are Years (PHOTOS, POLL)
Instead of focusing on books that were published this year, how about focusing on years that have been published as books?
Anis Shivani: The Best Books of the Decade
Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."
The 10 Best Books of 2009 - The New York Times
The best books of the '00s | Best Of The Decade | The A.V. Club
EW picks Daniyal Mueenuddin and Dave Eggers' titles as the best books of 2009 ...