The New York Times released its Ten Best Books of 2009. I have not read any of them. (Although I do have Kate Walbert's A Short History of Women checked out from the library.)
For my top 10 list of 2009, I have to consider all the books I read this year. If I counted only 2009 releases, there would only be 1 or 2 on the list. But here's my list, in order (#1 is my fave of the year). What's on your list?
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (friendship, Victorian, magic)
- The Host (body snatcher, not Twilight, love)
- The Girl who Played with Fire (trafficking, justice, Sweden)
- Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9) (southern, vampire, blondes)
- From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8) (see #4)
- The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (Jesus, charity, poverty)
- Whatever it Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America (schools, cities, equality)
- What Happened to Anna K? (not Tolstoy, New York, modern)
- NurtureShock (parenting, science, chatty)
- Intuition (postdocs, cancer, truth)
Update: Inspired by Sasha Frere-Jones' best shows of 2009, I added three word descriptors to my book list.
1 comment:
This is a fabulous book. So unputdownable I got into trouble in real life.
Nice to hear about reading groups in other parts of the world, though I guess they started in America. I'm in a English one.
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