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What the Reviewers Liked in 2009
The fiction titles listed immediately below each received starred reviews in all four of these review journals: Booklist, Kirkus, Library Journal, and Publishers’ Weekly. Click on the link to find the book and see a summary in our catalog.
Dark Horse
by Craig Johnson (mystery)
Mathilda Savitch
by Victor Lodato (first novel)
Stone’s Fall
by Iain Pears (historical fiction/mystery)
Liars Anonymous
by Louise Ure (mystery/suspense)
This next group of books received starred reviews in three of the four journals listed above.
Between the Assassinations
by Aravind Adiga (stories)
Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood (science fiction/dystopias)
Sworn to Silence
by Linda Castillo (mystery/suspense)
Gone Tomorrow
by Lee Child (suspense)
Scarecrow
by Michael Connelly (mystery)
Homer and Langley
by E. L. Doctorow (biographical fiction)
Sunnyside
by Glen David Gold
Spade and Archer
by Joe Gores (mystery/noir)
Starvation Lake
by Bryan Gruley (mystery)
Love and Obstacles
by Aleksandar Hemon (stories)
Last Child
by John Hart (mystery)
Death Wore White
by Jim Kelly (mystery)
New World Monkeys
by Nancy Mauro (first novel)
The City and the City
by China Mieville (fantasy/mystery)
John the Revelator
by Peter Murphy (first novel)
Londongrad
by Reggie Nadelson (mystery)
Nemesis
by Jo Nesbo (suspense)
Nothing Right
by Antonya Nelson (short stories)
Renegades
by T. Jefferson Parker (mystery/suspense)
Rule Against Murder
by Louise Penny (mystery)
Inherent Vice
by Thomas Pynchon (noir/experimental)
Dog On It
by Spencer Quinn (mystery/humorous)
Doghead
by Morten Ramsland
Shadow and Light
by Jonathan Rabb (historical fiction/mystery)
Tourist
by Olen Steinhauer (suspense)
Do Not Deny Me
by Jean Thompson (stories)
Love and Summer
by William Trevor (love story)
Weight of Heaven
by Thrity Umrigar
My Father’s Tears
by John Updike (short stories)
Sag Harbor
by Colson Whitehead
Brothers
by Yu Hua
Coral Thief
by Rebecca Stott
What the Reviwers Liked 2008 (
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Last updated: March 18, 2010