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Publisher's Weekly Best of 2009

TITLE AUTHOR SUBJECT
PW Top 10
Cheever: A Life Blake Bailey B-Cheever
Await Your Reply Dan Chaon Fiction
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon Neil Sheehan 355.0092
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Daniyal Mueenuddin 823.9200
Big Machine Victor LaValle Fiction
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science Richard Holmes 509.4109
Stitches David Small B-Small
Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford 331
Jeff in Venice, Death In Varanasi Geoff Dyer Non-fiction
Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon David Grann 918.11
Fiction
The Scarecrow Michael Connelly Mystery; Los Angeles (CA)
The Fate of Katherine Carr Thomas H. Cook Mystery; Psychological fiction.
Spooner Pete Dexter Psychological fiction.
Dark Places Gilliam Flynn Suspense; Kansas City (Mo.)
The Man in the Wooden Hat Jane Gardam Marriage; Hong Kong (China)
Ravens George Dawes Green Psychological fiction; Suspense
Tinkers Paul Harding Dementia; Psychological fiction
The Believers Zoë Heller Psychological fiction
The Vagrants Yiyun Li Historical Fiction; 20th Century China
How to Sell Clancy Martin Bildungsromans; Business Ethics
New World Monkeys Nancy Mauro Small cities; Roadkill
The Last War Ana Menendez fiction
Nemesis Jo Nesbø Suspense fiction; Mystery
Lark and Termite Jayne Anne Phillips Domestic fiction; West Virginia
The Cry of the Sloth Sam Savage Psychological fiction; Revenge
Drood Dan Simmons Historical Fiction; Mystery
Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese Ethiopia; Bronx (New York, NY)
The Little Stranger Sarah Waters Horror; Warwickshire (England)
Sag Harbor Colson Whitehead Adolescence; Sag Harbor (NY)
Once the Shore Paul Yoon fiction
Mystery
Bryant and May on the Loose Christopher Fowler Mystery; Police; England
The Wrong Mother Sophie Hannah Psychological fiction; Mystery
The Dark Horse Craig Johnson Mystery Fiction; Wyoming
The Silent Hour Michael Koryta Suspense fiction
Londongrad Reggie Nadelson Mystery; London (England)
The Lord of Death Eliot Pattison Mystery; Tibet (China)
The Cloud Pavilion Laura Joh Rowland Historical fiction; Japan
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi fiction
Lovecraft Unbound Edited by Ellen Datlow fiction
The Devil's Alphabet Daryl Gregory fiction
The City & the City China Miéville Mystery; Murder investigation
Boneshaker Cherie Priest Horror; Zombies
Nonfiction
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater Frank Bruni B-Bruni
Land of the Lost Souls: My Life on the Streets Cadillac Man Non-fiction
Columbine Dave Cullen 371.782
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich 155.232
The Good Soldiers David Finkel 956.70443
Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti Non-fiction
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City Greg Grandin 307.768
Food for Thought, Thought for Food Richard Hamilton and Vincent Todoli Non-fiction
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home Rhoda Janzen B-Janzen
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer 968.97
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream David Levering Lewis 364.106
True Compass: A Memoir Steve Lopez B-Kennedy
Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder 305.8967
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman Jon Krakauer 958.1047
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn 362.83
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gerald Martin 863.64 GAR
Green Metropolis David Owen Non-fiction
Larry's Kidney: Being the True Story of How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant - and Save His Life Daniel Asa Rose Non-fiction
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays Zadie Smith 824.914
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to victory in Afghanistan Doug Stanton 958.1047
Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 Sam Stephenson 770.92
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Terry Teachout 781.65
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 Gordon S. Wood 973.4
Lifestyle
Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy Lidia Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali 641.5945
Momofuku David Chang and Peter Meehan 641.595
Ad Hoc at Home Thomas Keller Non-fiction
Child Care Today: Getting It Right for Everyone Penelope Leach 649.1
Gourmet Today Ruth Reichl 641.59
Graphic Novels
Parker: The Hunter Darwyn Cooke and Richard Stark Non-fiction
Driven by Lemons Josh Cotter Non-fiction
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou Non-fiction
The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders Emmanuel Guibert and Didier Lefevre Non-fiction
Asterios Polyp David Mazzucchelli 741.5973
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe Bryan Lee O'Malley Non-fiction
Footnotes in Gaza Joe Sacco Non-fiction
A Drifting Life Yoshihiro Tatsumi Non-fiction
You'll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man Carol Tyler Non-fiction
Pluto Naoki Urasawa Non-fiction
Religion
Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir Susan E. Isaacs Non-fiction
The Case for God Karen Armstrong 211
The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Our Pain Scott Cairns Non-fiction
Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality Barbara Bradley Hagerty 215
The Future of Faith Harvey Cox 270.83
Have a Little Faith Mitch Albom 296.7
In Due Season: A Man's Life Paul Wilkes Non-fiction
Judas: A Biography Susan Gubar B-Judas
Muslims in America: A Short History Edward E. Curtis IV 305.697
Rashi Elie Wiesel Non-fiction
Mass Market
Captive of Sin Anna Campbell Fiction
Soulless Gail Carriger Fiction
A Dark Love Margaret Carroll Fiction
Child of Fire Harry Connolly Fiction
Hunt at the Well of Eternity Gabriel Hunt, as told to James Reasoner Fiction
Poetry
TITLE AUTHOR
Chronic D.A. Powell
Museum of Accidents Rachel Zucker
The Bitter Withy Donald Revell
The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy Translated from the Greek by Daniel Mendelsohn
Upgraded to Serious Heather McHugh

Updated December 8, 2009
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