100 Notable Books of 2007 (Published 2007)The Book Review has selected this list from books reviewed since the Holiday Books issue of Dec. 3, 2006. Fiction & Poetry THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER. By Tom Perrotta. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) In this new novel by the author of “Little Children,” a sex-ed teacher faces off against a church bent on ridding her town of “moral decay.” AFTER DARK. By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin. (Knopf, $22.95
