Yesterday, I made a list of my top books of 2009, but the problem is that I read a lot of books this year that were really good, but were not actually published this year. So, here’s a list of some of my favorite books I read this year from 2008 or earlier:
Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key by Kage Baker
Startled by His Furry Shorts by Louise Rennison
The Ant King and Other Stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Horses Blow Up Dog City & Other Stories by Richard Butner
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life on an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Behind the Curtain by Peter Abrahams
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
Sweet and Low: A Family Story by Rich Cohen
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond
Pig Boy’s Wicked Bird by Doug Crandell
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The January Dancer by Michael Flynn
Adam’s Curse: A Future Without Men by Bryan Sykes
I guess 2009 was a pretty good reading year for me! May your 2010 be filled with happiness and great books!
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Wow. The only one of those that I’ve heard of was The Book Thief. Are most of these adult or young adult books? Just curious.
Hi Angie: I think the majority are adult books, but they’re still good!
Some of the YA ones on the list are Pretty Monsters (an awesome short story collection!), Startled by His Furry Shorts, Chiggers (a graphic novel), Little Brother, Behind the Curtain and Book of a Thousand Days.