Compilation of 2009 Best Books Lists - Fiction

Lists 2009 fiction books and a compilation of each book's year-end list honors.

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 3.5/83

Amazon #2: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #3: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Booker Winner

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

TIME Magazine #1 Best Book of 2009

National Book Critics Circle Finalist

Atlantic Best Books of 2009 Runner Up (22)

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)

Economist Best of 2009 (10)

Boston Globe Best of 2009 (12)

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

King County Library System Best of 2009 (13)

Washington Post Best Fiction of 2009 (5)

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)


Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips 4/55

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

National Book Award Finalist

Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

Michiko Kakutani's Top 10 Books of 2009

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

National Book Critics Circle Finalist

Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore 3.5/104

Amazon #5: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #12: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009

Michiko Kakutani's Top 10 Books of 2009

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Washington Post Best Fiction of 2009 (5)

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist


In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin 4.5/77

Publisher’s Weekly Top 10

National Book Award Finalist
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
TIME Magazine #7 Best Book of 2009
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Economist Best of 2009 (10)
Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

LA Times Book Prize Finalist: First Fiction


Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 4/74

Amazon #1: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #1: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

National Book Award Winner

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)


Tinkers by Paul Harding 4/11 0 holds/11 copies

Amazon #6: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #44: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

Library Journal 31 Best of 2009
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009
New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)

LA Times Book Prize Finalist: First Fiction


Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower 4/37

Amazon #25: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Michiko Kakutani's Top 10 Books of 2009

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

TIME Magazine #5 Best Book of 2009

Millions Best Fiction of the Millennium Longlist

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

New York Magazine 10 Best Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

LA Times Book Prize Finalist: First Fiction


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Await Your Reply: A Novel by Dan Chaon 4/91

Amazon #66: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 10

Janet Maslin's Top 10 Books of 2009

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Salon Best Books of 2009 (5)

Millions Best Fiction of the Millennium Longlist

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)
Kirkus Reviews Best of 2009
ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)


Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
3.5/54

Publisher’s Weekly Top 10

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
TIME Magazine #6 Best Book of 2009
Economist Best of 2009 (10)
New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)
Millions Best Fiction of the Millennium Longlist

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009



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Too Much Happiness: Stories by Alice Munro

Amazon #30: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009

Atlantic Best Books of 2009 Runner Up (22)

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Economist Best of 2009 (10)

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

Boston Globe Best of 2009 (12)

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

King County Library System Best of 2009 (13)

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

Kirkus Reviews Best of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Booklist Top of the List 2009: Fiction


The Anthologist By NICHOLSON BAKER

Amazon #98: Top 100 Editor’s Picks
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)
Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)


The Year of the Flood: A Novel Margaret Atwood

Amazon #38: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

Kirkus Reviews Best of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)


Spooner by Pete Dexter 4/46

Amazon #7: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #34: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)



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American Rust By PHILIPP MEYER
Amazon #83: Top 100 Editor’s Picks
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Economist Best of 2009 (10)
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)
Washington Post Best Fiction of 2009 (5)

LA Times Book Prize Finalist: First Fiction


Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead 3.5/66

Amazon #8: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #15: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist



Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It By MAILE MELOY
Amazon #24: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)


A Short History of Women By KATE WALBERT
Amazon #45: Top 100 Editor’s Picks
Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

LA Times Book Prize Finalist: Fiction


The Little Stranger By SARAH WATERS
Booker Finalist
Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Salon Best Books of 2009 (5)


The Vagrants: A Novel by Yiyun Li

Amazon #53: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)


Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 4.5/183

Amazon #10: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #16: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Once the Shore by Paul Yoon

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

Amazon #37: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Salon Best Books of 2009 (5)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)


Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel By JEANNETTE WALLS
Amazon #87: Top 100 Editor’s Picks
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Barnes & Noble Best Fiction of 2009 (10)


Asterios Polyp by DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI

Amazon #56: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 10 Comics

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


The City & The City by China Mieville 4/81

Amazon #8: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Publisher’s Weekly Top 5 SF/Fantasy

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)



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The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

Amazon #88: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Booker Finalist

Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

Atlantic Top 5 Books of 2009

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)
Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)
Salon Best Books of 2009 (5)
Millions Best Fiction of the Millennium Longlist

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Love and Summer by William Trevor

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009 (12)

Economist Best of 2009 (10)

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

Boston Globe Best of 2009 (12)

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

King County Library System Best of 2009 (13)



The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis

Amazon #56: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Atlantic Best Books of 2009 Runner Up (22)

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

New York Magazine 10 Best Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper 4.5/98

Amazon #4: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #14: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)


Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 4/100

Amazon #3: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #4: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009
Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)
New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)


The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Amazon #19: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009

Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009

Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009

Lowboy: A Novel John Wray

Amazon #64: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

New York Magazine 10 Best Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard by J. G. Ballard

Amazon #89: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Boston Globe Best of 2009 (12)

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon

Amazon #94: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist


This Song is For You by Arthur Philips
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Amazon #41: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)


How to Sell by Clancy Martin
Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)


The Believers, by Zoë Heller

Publisher’s Weekly Top 20 Fiction

New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009



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IT’S BEGINNING TO HURT: Stories By James Lasdun
Library Journal 31 Best of 2009
Atlantic Top 5 Books of 2009
LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)


The Glass Room By Simon Mawer
Booker Finalist
Economist Best of 2009 (10)
Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
Economist Best of 2009 (10)
Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)
Christian Science Monitor Best books of 2009
LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)


Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Hudson Booksellers 10 Best Fiction Books of 2009
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)
Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)
ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)

Love in Infant Monkeys: Stories by Lydia Millet
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Salon Best Books of 2009 (5)
LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

All the Living by C.E. Morgan
Library Journal 31 Best of 2009

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel by Jess Walter
TIME Magazine #2 Best Book of 2009
LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)


Wanting by Richard Flanagan
Library Journal 31 Best of 2009
New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)
Kirkus Reviews Best of 2009

American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell

National Book Award Finalist

National Book Critics Circle Finalist

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

Far North by Marcel Theroux
National Book Award Finalist

Blame  by Michelle Huneven
National Book Critics Circle Finalist
LA Times Book Prize Finalist: First Fiction

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

National Book Critics Circle Finalist


other amazon

The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Amazon #9: Top 10 Literature & Fiction

Amazon #40: Top 100 Editor’s Picks


The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson

Amazon #7: Top 100 Editor’s Picks


Blood's A Rover by James Ellroy

Amazon #4: Top 10 Mystery & Thrillers

Amazon #47: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

 

Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

Amazon #50: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)

Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

 

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Amazon #54: Top 100 Editor’s Picks


Nobody Move: A Novel Denis Johnson

Amazon #93: Top 100 Editor’s Picks

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009



other new york times


The Museum of Innocence By ORHAN PAMUK
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
LA Times Favorite Fiction of 2009 (25)
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)
Washington Post Best Fiction of 2009 (5)
Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

My Father’s Tears: And Other Stories By JOHN UPDIKE
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Financial Times Best of 2009 (27)
King County Library System Best of 2009 (13)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009

Seattle Times Best Books of 2009 (16)

Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Best Books of 2009
New Yorker Best Books of 2009 (22)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Generosity: An Enhancement By RICHARD POWERS
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)
King County Library System Best of 2009 (13)
Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)
ALA Notable Books 2010 (12)

Don’t Cry: Stories By MARY GAITSKILL
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Follow Me By JOANNA SCOTT
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

How it Ended: New and Collected Stories By JAY McINERNEY
Janet Maslin's Top 10 Books of 2009
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Booklist Editor's Choice 2009 (25)

Invisible By PAUL AUSTER
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Love and Obstacles: Stories By ALEKSANDAR HEMON
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Kansas City Star Best Books of 2009 (37)

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009


Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall By KAZUO ISHIGURO
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

Nothing Right: Short Stories By ANTONYA NELSON

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009

San Francisco Chronicle 100 Best Books of 2009