The lists begin with the New York Times, none of which I've read!
10 best books of 2009
"after so many years, and so many lists, you might think the task of choosing the 10 Best Books would get easier. If only. The sublime story collections alone created agonies of indecision. So did the superb literary biographies we read--and deeply admired. But in the end the decisions had to be made."
Fiction
* Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy (Riverhead)
* Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday)
* A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (Knopf)
* Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
* A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert (Scribner)
Nonfiction
* The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (Pantheon)
* The Good Soldiers by David Finkel (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG)
* Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr (Harper)
* Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (Penguin)
* Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka (Scribner)
Thursday, December 03, 2009
BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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Thank you for saying you haven't read any of these NYT top tenners, LaBB. I haven't either, and thought I was a sad case of lonely cause everyone else in bookland had. But if you, someone I deeply respect, haven't, than I am filled with good cheer. Happy holidays, and see you on the road in 2010!
Thanks, Shane! I'm actually thinking about TFest this year, if I can work it out. Happy Holidays to you too!
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