Ah, December. The time of year when San Franciscans lose their minds as the temperature dips below 50 degrees, the egg nog is flowing, and the sound of “The Little Drummer Boy” tests the limits of everyone’s Christmas spirit.
It’s also the time for year-end retrospectives, and so this week I thought we’d give kudos to the authors whose books came out in 2009. (Note that this is a question about which book was your favorite that was published in 2009, not necessarily the favorite book you read in 2009.)
So: what do you think was the best book published in 2009?
Kim Batchelor says
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver and The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
It's cold here and back to normal after five days of no heat or hot water.
Rhonda says
The only books published in 2009 that I can think of right now that I read were Lost Symbol, Pygmy and Catching Fire. Of the three, only Lost Symbol wouldn't make my list. Haha. That book really disappointed me, and I usually love reading Dan Brown's books.
Susan J. Berger says
What I did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Frostbitten by Kelly Armstrong
I really at least 3 or 4 books a week. I have been blogging on great first lines children s books on our blog spot https://thepenandinkblog.blogspot.com
some of them sre from this years books of the NY times best seller lists. Check it out. Some of them have been mentioned in these comments
AchingHope says
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins! I loved that book! And I was super excited because my sister works at Borders and got an early ARC edition. I read it in like, one day. It was Amazing.
Christine says
But there were so many good ones that came out this year! How do you pick your favorite? Here are my top 4.
The Girl Who Played with Fire.
The Last Olympian
Her Fearful Symmetry
Under the Dome
Gina27 says
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Freakin' awesome!
Anonymous says
Although I purchased alot of 2009 books I'm usually a year behind in my reading. So of the few 2009 books I read I liked:
– Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
– Wedlock by Wendy Moore
– Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
Anonymous says
Rooftops of Tehran – hands down best book