TIME Magazine Best Nonfiction Books of 2009

The TIME Magazine Best Nonfiction Books of 2009 are listed below. The star rating and number of reviews are from Amazon.com. In parentheses after the star rating and number of reviews are the number of pages in the book and any other awards that the book was a finalist for. Award names in red indicate the the book was the winner of that award. Click the buy from Amazon.com link to be taken to the Amazon.com website where you can purchase the book from the premier online bookseller.

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TIME Magazine Best Nonfiction Books of 2009

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes 132 reviews (2009) (576p) (NBCCA Non) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) (ALA Non) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor 130 reviews (2009) (608p) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr 163 reviews (2009) (400p) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith 19 reviews (2009) (320p) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed 293 reviews (2009) (576p) (PP His) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis 127 reviews (2009) (352p) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon 56 reviews (2009) (320p) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder 240 reviews (2009) (304p) (NBCCA Non) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love and Death in the Kitchen by Jason Sheehan 15 reviews (2009) (368p) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

John Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey 43 reviews (2009) (784p) (PP Bio) (NBCCA Bio) (TIME Non) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page