Showing posts with label Best of 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of 2009. Show all posts

Friday, December 18, 2009

Top Ten Books of 2009

Here are my top 10 picks for 2009:

  1. Acid Row by Minnette Walters
  2. Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
  3. Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors
  4. Whiteout by Ken Follett
  5. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  6. The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
  7. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  8. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
  9. Yellow Medicine by Anthony Neil Smith
  10. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Best Debut - Yellow Medicine by Anthony Neil Smith

Best Series - Charlie Parker books by John Connolly

Best Classic - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Best Book to Lose Yourself In - The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Best Nonfiction - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Biggest Disappointment - Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain

Best Suspense Book - Whiteout by Ken Follett

Best Historical Fiction - Stealing Athena by Karen Essex

Best Vacation Book - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Genre I really got into this year after a very long, disappointing hiatus: mystery/thriller/suspense. Every one I had read for a long time was such a disappointment that I stopped reading them, but I read quite a few this year that introduced me to new authors, new series, and got me reading and enjoying the genre again.