Lists: Top 10 Adult Books of 2009 as Chosen by Editors of Publisher’s Weekly
Yes, it’s true, the end-of-year lists begin rolling out some two months before December 31st. We love lists at ResourceShelf and welcome suggestions and links to include on the site.
This Top 10 list (the first-ever) from Publisher’s Weekly consists of both fiction and non-fiction titles. The books were selected from the 50,000 titles submitted to PW for review in 2009.
Nonfiction
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, by Richard Holmes
Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon, by Neil Sheehan
Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small
Shop Class as Soulcraft, by Matthew Crawford
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann
Fiction
Await Your Reply, by Dan Chaon
Big Machine, by Victor LaValle
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, by Geoff Dyer
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, by Daniyal Mueenuddin
This link will take you to the PW reviews of these titles.
The complete list of the 100 adult best books of the year, broken down by major categories, as well as 30 best children’s books of 2009, will appear in the November 2 issue of PW.
Source: Publisher’s Weekly
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