For the vast majority of books that I mention here, there is apparently very little interest. But each year a few titles rise above the rest. Here are the recommended titles that drew the most interest in 2008, based on click-throughs:

I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World

... strangely hinting at a world about which little is known ...

The New School of Information Security

Why is information security so dysfunctional?

Anathem

I had the idea that there would be people who voluntarily stay inside those walls, as a way of getting away from the distractions of everyday life, of doing something in a serious way that took a long time.

Security Data Visualization: Graphical Techniques for Network Analysis

Time is of the essence.

The Culture of the New Capitalism

It takes 10,000 hours of practice to become a skilled carpenter or musician - but what makes a true master?

Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment

Teaches you how.

Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

Threats lurk unseen.

Outliers: The Story of Success

An amazingly hopeful and uplifting idea.

Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Atlanta is just as hosed as Munich, but Richard Florida has a new book.

The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It

Bailouts must be targeted at low-income victims.

Indexed

The large and small truths of modern life.

Spend 'Til the End: The Revolutionary Guide to Raising Your Living Standard--Today and When You Retire

Most people are scrimping and saving during the years when they could be spending and enjoying their money.