The Book List: 2009

2009 Book List (by rating – all books clickable to commentary):

1. Generosity – An Enhancement ~ Richard Powers ~ ♦♦♦♦♦
2. Shadow Country ~ Peter Matthiessen ~ ♦♦♦♦½
3. Let The Great World Spin ~ Colum McCann ~ ♦♦♦♦½
4. Wolf  Hall ~ Hillary Mantel – ♦♦♦♦½
5. Motherless Brooklyn ~ Jonathan Lethem ~ ♦♦♦♦½
6. Disquiet ~ Julia Leigh ~ ♦♦♦♦½
7. Augustus ~ John Williams ~ ♦♦♦♦½
8. Summertime ~ J. M. Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦♦½
9. Stoner ~ John Williams ~ ♦♦♦♦½
10. The Broken Word ~ Adam Foulds ~ ♦♦♦♦½
11. Invisible ~ Paul Auster ~ ♦♦♦♦½
12. Norwegian Wood ~ Haruki Murakami ~ ♦♦♦♦½
13. Bridge of Sighs ~ Richard Russo ~ ♦♦♦♦
14. Darling Jim ~ Christian Moerk ~ ♦♦♦♦
15. When We Were Romans ~ Matthew Kneale ~ ♦♦♦♦
16. The Monstrumologist ~ Rick Yancey ~ ♦♦♦♦
17. Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen ~ Larry McMurtry ~ ♦♦♦♦
18. How to Paint A Dead Man ~ Sarah Hall – ♦♦♦♦
19. Inherent Vice ~ Thomas Pynchon ~ ♦♦♦♦
20. Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life ~ J. M. Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦♦
21. Nobody Move ~ Denis Johnson ~ ♦♦♦♦
22. The Law of Dreams ~ Peter Behrens ~ ♦♦♦♦
23. Zeitoun ~ Dave Eggers ~ ♦♦♦♦
24. Florida Frenzy ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦♦
25. Wanting ~ Richard Flanagan ~ ♦♦♦♦
26. Ablutions ~ Patrick deWitt ~ ♦♦♦♦
27. The Impostor ~ Damon Galgut ~ ♦♦♦♦
28. Drood ~ Dan Simmons ~ ♦♦♦♦
29. The Little Stranger ~ Sarah Waters ~ ♦♦♦♦
30. Land of Marvels ~ Barry Unsworth ~ ♦♦♦♦
31. Brooklyn ~ Colm Toibin ~ ♦♦♦♦
32. Love and Summer ~ William Trevor ~ ♦♦♦♦
33. Kieron Smith, boy ~ James Kelman ~ ♦♦♦½
34. Youth ~ J.  M.  Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦½
35. The Quickening Maze ~ Adam Foulds ~ ♦♦♦½
36. Last Days ~ Brian Evenson ~ ♦♦♦½
37. The Calling ~ Inger Ash Wolfe ~  ♦♦♦½
38. Naked In Garden Hills ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦½
39. Sag Harbor ~ Colson Whitehead ~ ♦♦♦½
40. Man Gone Down ~ Michael Thomas ~ ♦♦♦½
41. The Song Is You ~ Arthur Phillips ~ ♦♦♦½
42. The Good Thief ~ Hannah Tinti ~ ♦♦♦
43. A Feast Of Snakes ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦
44. Affiinity ~ Sarah Waters ~ ♦♦♦
45. The Wilderness ~ Samantha Harvey ~ ♦♦♦
46. Red April ~ Santiago Roncagliolo ~ ♦♦♦
47. Water for Elephants ~ Sara Greun ~ ♦♦♦
48. See How Much I Love You ~ Luis Leante ~ ♦♦♦
49. People of the Book ~ Geraldine Brooks ~ ♦♦♦
50. Me Cheeta ~ James Lever ~ ♦♦♦
51. This Thing Don’t Lead To Heaven ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦
52. The Rain Before It Falls ~ Jonathan Coe ~ ♦♦♦
53. Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays ~ ♦♦♦
54. Vacation ~ Deb Olin Unferth ~ ♦♦♦
55. Chronic City ~ Jonathan Lethem ~ ♦♦½
56. American Rust ~ Philipp Meyer ~ ♦♦½
57. Time Will Darken It ~ William Maxwell ~ ♦♦½
58. Karate Is A Thing Of The Spirit ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦
59. Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain ~ Kirsten Menger-Anderson ~ ♦½
60. The Pattern in the Carpet ~ Margaret Drabble ~ ♦½
61. Books ~ Larry McMurtry ~ ♦½