2009 Books


1.    The Wild Things by Dave Eggers  - ★★★

2.    I Am Legend by Richard Matheson - ★★★☆

3.    Time and Again by Jack Finney - ★★★★

4.    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - ★★★★☆

5.    Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli - ★★★★

6.    The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran - ★★★★

7.    The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - ★★★★☆

8.    Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher - ★★★☆

9.    Gentleman of the Road by Michael Chabon - ★★☆

10.    Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn - ★★★★

11.    On a Whim by Robin Jones Gunn - ★★★☆

12.    The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - ★★☆

13.    The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - ★★☆

14.    Casino Royale by Ian Fleming - ★★★☆

15.    Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels: Book 4) by Jasper Fforde - ★★★★

16.    The World According to Garp by John Irving - ★★★☆

17.    84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff - ★★★★★

18.    Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - ★★★☆

19.    That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo - ★★★

20.    Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom - ★★★★

21.    Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - ★★★

22.    Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - ★★★★★

23.    Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay - ★★★☆

24.    Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella - ★★

25.    Loving Frank by Nancy Horan - ★★★★

26.    Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson - ★★★★

27.    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - ★★★★☆

28.    All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve - ★

29.    My Life in France by Julia Child - ★★★★☆

30.    The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees - ★★★☆

31.    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith - ★★★

32.    Wit: A Play by Margaret Edson - ★★★★

33.    Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - ★★★★☆

34.    "F" is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton - ★★★★

35.    The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell - ★★★★

36.    Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield - ★★★★

37.    Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn - ★★★☆

38.    Crazy Love by Francis Chan - ★★★

39.    Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - ★★★★

40.    Close Range : Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx - ★★

41.    Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - ★★★★

42.    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer - ★★★★☆

43.    Bartlett's Words for the Wedding by Brett Fletcher Lauer - ★★★☆

44.    Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo - ★★★☆

45.    Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson - ★★★

46.    The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo - ★★★★

47.    Brave Men by Ernie Pyle - ★★★★☆

48.    The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - ★★★★

49.    The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket - ★★★

50.    Revolutionary Road Richard by Yates - ★★★★☆

51.    The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury - ★★★★☆

52.    Peculiar Treasures by Robin Jones Gunn - ★★★

53.    Here is New York by E.B. White - ★★★★★

54.    Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire - ★★★★

55.    A Mercy by Toni Morrison - ★★

56.    Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton - ★★★☆

57.    Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt - ★★★★

58.    Sacred Marriage by Gary L. Thomas - ★★★☆

59.    The Soloist by Steve Lopez - ★★★★☆

60.    Peter and the Star Catchers by Dave & Ridley Pearson Barry - ★★★☆

61.    The Ride of Our Lives by Mike Leonard - ★★

62.    Treasure Box by Orson Scott Card - ★

63.    Eggs by Jerry Spinelli - ★★☆

64.    The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - ★★★★★

65.    Babyville by Jane Green - ☆

66.    Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian - ★★☆

67.    Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - ★★★★☆

68.    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark - ★★★☆

69.    Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery - ★★★★

70.    Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson - ★★★★☆

71.    Bowl of Cherries by Millard Kaufman - ★★★

72.    Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - ★★★☆

73.    The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next Novels: Book 3) by Jasper Fforde - ★★★★

74.    Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson - ★★★★

75.    The Beach House by Jane Green - ★★★★

76.    Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - ★★☆

77.    The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - ★★★★☆

78.    White Noise by Don DeLillo - ★★

79.    Dewey by Vicki Myron - ★★★

80.    A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel - ★★★☆

81.    The Call of the Wild by Jack London - ★★★

82.    Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud - ★★★☆

83.    "E" is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - ★★★☆

84.    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - ★★★★★

85.    Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser - ★★★☆

86.    Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields - ★★★☆

87.    Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ★★★★

88.    Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson - ★★★★

89.    The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - ★★★☆

90.    Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay - ★★★

91.    Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ★★★★

92.    The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan - ★★★★

93.    Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella - ★★★★

94.    Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery - ★★★☆

95.    Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum - ★★★

96.    The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling - ★★★★

97.    Anti-Bride Etiquette Guide by Carolyn Gerin - ★★★☆

98.    Hadassah by Tommy Tenney - ★★★☆

99.    A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar - ★★★☆

100.    Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - ★★☆

101.    Apples of Gold by Betty Huizenga - ★★★☆

102.    On Beauty by Zadie Smith - ★★★★☆

103.    Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - ★★★★

104.    Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer - ★★★★★

105.    New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - ★★★☆

106.    Old School by Tobias Wolff - ★★★☆

107.    When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris - ★★★★

108.    Looking for Alaska by John Green - ★★★★☆

109.    The Brothers K by David James Duncan - ★★★★★

110.    The Muse Asylum by David Czuchlewski - ★★★★☆

111.    The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie - ★★★★

112.    The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket - ★★☆

113.    Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - ★★★★☆

114.    Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - ★★★★

115.    Babylon Revisited: And Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald - ★★★★

116.    Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire - ★★★☆

117.    Honeymoon by James Patterson - ★★☆

118.    Pure Drivel by Steve Martin - ★★★★

119.    Black Dogs by Ian McEwan - ★★★☆

120.    Unashamed by Francine Rivers - ★★★

121.    The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale - ★★☆

122.    My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult - ★★★★

123.    Teacher Man by Frank McCourt - ★★★★

124.    Sherlock Holmes: A Baker's Street Dozen by Arthur Conan Doyle - ★★★★

125.    Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby - ★★☆

126.    The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - ★★★★★

127.    The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory - ★★★

128.    The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker - ★★★★★

129.    Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - ★★★★

130.    Bee Season by Myla Goldberg - ★★★☆

131.    The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - ★★★★★

132.    Blessings by Anna Quindlen - ★★★★

133.    Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky - ★★★★

134.    Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★

135.    Perelandra by C.S. Lewis - ★★★

136.    Echoes by Maeve Binchy - ★★★



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