Top Ten Books of 2009
OK, so I couldn't pick just ten! Shoot me. I read 270 books (see my complete list here) in 2009 and most of them were great to amazing so it is virtually impossible to narrow a list down to my top ten favourite books. Sooo ... my official Top Ten Books Read in 2009 list contains 14 titles. These are in the order I recommend them.
14. The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
13. Far North by Marcel Theroux
12. Wake by Lisa McMann
11. American Rust by Philipp Meyer
10. Free Agent by Jeremy Duns
9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
8. Hell's Horizon by D.B. Shan
7. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
6. Angels of Destruction by Keith Donohue
5. The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas
4. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
3. The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Emmanuel Guibert & Didier Lefevre
2. Drood by Dan Simmons
1. The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
14. The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
13. Far North by Marcel Theroux
12. Wake by Lisa McMann
11. American Rust by Philipp Meyer
10. Free Agent by Jeremy Duns
9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
8. Hell's Horizon by D.B. Shan
7. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
6. Angels of Destruction by Keith Donohue
5. The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas
4. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
3. The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Emmanuel Guibert & Didier Lefevre
2. Drood by Dan Simmons
1. The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Don't worry- I couldn't stop at 10 either, and ended up picking 17! Happy New Year and 2010 to you!
ReplyDeleteIt can be hard to narrow a favorites list down. I think 14 is a good number--you can count yourself as a bit of a non-conformist. :-)
ReplyDeleteI will finally be reading American Rust this next year. I signed up for a blog tour so I couldn't put it off any longer. LOL
I really want to read Cutting for Stone and hope to get to The Day the Falls Stood Still this coming year. Oh, and Drood (I got a copy for Christmas. Yippee!)!
Wow!!!!! 270 books and The Day the Falls Stood Still makes the top ten (okay, 14). A high, high compliment.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these but I plan to read The Day the Falls Stood Still this year.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year!
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
I've made anote of Fred Vargas. He's a new author to me and I like European crime novels. Also interested in that Keith Donohue one as I really enjoyed The Stolen Child.
ReplyDeleteGuess what Cath? and I didn't know this for the longest time either ... Fred is a she!!!! It's short for Frederique!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read The Stolen Child yet, but I'm going to try and get to it soon.
LOL, Nicola! Yes... I just went to look here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/v/fred-vargas/
... and found myself looking at a pic of a woman instead of a man. Soooo funny. But I was pleased to discover that my library has The Chalk Circle Man. It's out at the moment but will grab it when it comes back in.
lol I did a top 50... I might narrow it down to a ten as the week goes, but we will have to see.
ReplyDeleteI agree, a top 50 certainly would have been a lot easier to come up with! I;ll have to go over and check 'em out, see how many I recognize.
ReplyDeleteI've read none of these! I've read a short story by Slade which I liked, so I'd consider his novel. I read Simmons' The Terror and really didn't like it, so I don't think I'll be trying Drood. Can't wait to read Far North!
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