Tuesday December 29, 2009 at 11:38

20 BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2009 (in the order I enjoyed them)


The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Until I Find You by John Irving
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage by Kurt Vonnegut
This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America’s Best Women Writers
On Writing by Stephen King
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
Bed by Tao Lin
The Better of McSweeney’s, Volume 1 edited by Dave Eggers
Making a Living Without a Job by Barbara Winter
Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin
Previous “best book” coverage on SARAHSPY:
— Dozen Best Books I Read This Year (So Far)
— Top 10 books I read in 2008
— My notable books of 2007 — Part One: non-fiction/memoirs
— My notable books of 2007 — Part Two: fiction
— My notable books of 2007 — Part Three: best & worst fiction

20 BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2009 (in the order I enjoyed them)

  1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  2. Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
  3. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
  4. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
  6. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
  7. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
  8. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
  9. Until I Find You by John Irving
  10. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
  11. Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage by Kurt Vonnegut
  12. This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America’s Best Women Writers
  13. On Writing by Stephen King
  14. Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
  15. Bed by Tao Lin
  16. The Better of McSweeney’s, Volume 1 edited by Dave Eggers
  17. Making a Living Without a Job by Barbara Winter
  18. Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
  19. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
  20. Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin

Previous “best book” coverage on SARAHSPY:
Dozen Best Books I Read This Year (So Far)
Top 10 books I read in 2008
My notable books of 2007 — Part One: non-fiction/memoirs
My notable books of 2007 — Part Two: fiction
My notable books of 2007 — Part Three: best & worst fiction

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