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The Best Gadgets of 2008

Time magazine's Best Gadgets of 2008 at Amazon.com

The editors of Time have chosen the Top 10 of Everything for 2008, and among their influential choices for the best gadgets of the year are cameras, a TV, headphones, and our very own Amazon Kindle.

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The Best Books of 2008

What election? What financial meltdown? The books we loved best in 2008 told us instead about chaste vampires, intuitive canines, demon-haunted former presidents, and, in The Northern Clemency, our choice for the best book of the year, Sheffield, England, in 1974. You'll find all of our editors' picks and customers' favorites in dozens of categories (including the best book covers and videos) in our Best of 2008 Store: