2009 book list
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
How to Ditch Your Fairy, Justine Larbalestier
A Proper Education for Girls, Elaine DiRollo
Julian Comstock, Robert Charles Wilson
The Magicians: A Novel, Lev Grossman
Winter’s Tales, Isak Dinesen
Firmin, Sam Savage
Lamb In His Bosom, Caroline Miller
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
The Philosopher’s Diet, Richard Watson
A Bridge of Years, Robert Charles Wilson
Gypsies, Robert Charles Wilson
Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions, Zachary Shore
Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson
Petite Anglaise, Catherine Sanderson
Kitty and the Silver Bullet, Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Takes a Holiday, Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Goes to Washington, Carrie Vaughn
Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Carrie Vaughn
Payback, Margaret Atwood
Lost Genius, Kevin Bazzana
Buddha Boy, Kathe Koja
Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope
The Warden, Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her?, Anthony Trollope
Rabbit At Rest, John Updike
Rabbit Is Rich, John Updike
Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love, Lara Vapnyar
Rabbit Redux, John Updike
Rabbit, Run, John Updike
Voyage in the Dark, Jean Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
When the Light Goes, Larry McMurtry
Happy Families, Carlos Fuentes
Mistress of the Sun, Sandra Gulland
Verbatim, Erin McKean (ed.)
Marley & Me, John Grogan
The Red Scarf, Kate Furnivall
The Mapmaker’s Opera, Bea Gonzalez
The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Diggers, Terry Pratchett
Falconer, John Cheever
Truckers, Terry Pratchett
Vermeer’s Hat, Timothy Brook
That Old Ace in the Hole, Annie Proulx
Without Conscience, Robert D. Hare
A Patchwork Planet, Anne Tyler
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Accordion Crimes, E. Annie Proulx
The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx
Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard, Erin McGraw
The Young Explorer, Horatio Alger
Royal Charles, Antonia Fraser
Dragons Wild, Robert Asprin
Green Mansions, William H. Hudson
The Child from the Sea, Elizabeth Goudge
Towers in the Mist, Elizabeth Goudge
Nudge, Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein
Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
How to Ditch Your Fairy, Justine Larbalestier
A Proper Education for Girls, Elaine DiRollo
Julian Comstock, Robert Charles Wilson
The Magicians: A Novel, Lev Grossman
Winter’s Tales, Isak Dinesen
Firmin, Sam Savage
Lamb In His Bosom, Caroline Miller
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
The Philosopher’s Diet, Richard Watson
A Bridge of Years, Robert Charles Wilson
Gypsies, Robert Charles Wilson
Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions, Zachary Shore
Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson
Petite Anglaise, Catherine Sanderson
Kitty and the Silver Bullet, Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Takes a Holiday, Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Goes to Washington, Carrie Vaughn
Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Carrie Vaughn
Payback, Margaret Atwood
Lost Genius, Kevin Bazzana
Buddha Boy, Kathe Koja
Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope
The Warden, Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her?, Anthony Trollope
Rabbit At Rest, John Updike
Rabbit Is Rich, John Updike
Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love, Lara Vapnyar
Rabbit Redux, John Updike
Rabbit, Run, John Updike
Voyage in the Dark, Jean Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
When the Light Goes, Larry McMurtry
Happy Families, Carlos Fuentes
Mistress of the Sun, Sandra Gulland
Verbatim, Erin McKean (ed.)
Marley & Me, John Grogan
The Red Scarf, Kate Furnivall
The Mapmaker’s Opera, Bea Gonzalez
The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Diggers, Terry Pratchett
Falconer, John Cheever
Truckers, Terry Pratchett
Vermeer’s Hat, Timothy Brook
That Old Ace in the Hole, Annie Proulx
Without Conscience, Robert D. Hare
A Patchwork Planet, Anne Tyler
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Accordion Crimes, E. Annie Proulx
The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx
Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard, Erin McGraw
The Young Explorer, Horatio Alger
Royal Charles, Antonia Fraser
Dragons Wild, Robert Asprin
Green Mansions, William H. Hudson
The Child from the Sea, Elizabeth Goudge
Towers in the Mist, Elizabeth Goudge
Nudge, Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein
smalltownlady said,
March 28, 2009 at 8:40 am
A Patchwork Planet.
The story I always wanted to write comes alive. Characters with all of humanity’s flaws play out a story of compassion for the infirm. We live among them.; in some cases we are them. I will read more of this author’s works.