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Best Fiction
The Help
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
Her Fearful Symmetry
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
Fool
The Magicians (The Magicians #1)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Juliet, Naked
Cutting for Stone
The Little Stranger
South of Broad
The Story Sisters
Pygmy
Let the Great World Spin
This is Where I Leave You
Little Bee
Brooklyn
Drood
The Children's Book
A Reliable Wife
A Gate at the Stairs
The Weight of Silence
That Old Cape Magic
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Await Your Reply
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The School of Essential Ingredients
6511 total votes
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Authors:
Nick Hornby, Chuck Palahniuk, Dan Simmons, Sarah Waters, Robert Goolrick, Alice Hoffman, Colm Tóibín, Kathryn Stockett, Richard Russo, Dan Chaon, Jonathan Tropper, Lisa See, Christopher Moore, Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, Abraham Verghese, Katherine Howe, A.S. Byatt, Tiffany Baker, Jamie Ford, Reif Larsen, Heather Gudenkauf, Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory, Lorrie Moore, Audrey Niffenegger, Erica Bauermeister, Chris Cleave, Alan Bradley, Colum McCann, Lev Grossman
Books:
Nick Hornby, Chuck Palahniuk, Dan Simmons, Sarah Waters, Robert Goolrick, Alice Hoffman, Colm Tóibín, Kathryn Stockett, Richard Russo, Dan Chaon, Jonathan Tropper, Lisa See, Christopher Moore, Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, Abraham Verghese, Katherine Howe, A.S. Byatt, Tiffany Baker, Jamie Ford, Reif Larsen, Heather Gudenkauf, Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory, Lorrie Moore, Audrey Niffenegger, Erica Bauermeister, Chris Cleave, Alan Bradley, Colum McCann, Lev Grossman
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Dec 02, 2009 08:47AM
Sadly, you left off one of my favorites, Precious by Sandra Novak. And we ought to get at least two votes, since I'm finding it hard to choose between two of the choices you did give me!
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Non of my favourites on the list... My nr.1 is Home by Marilynne Robinson.
You left off the cream of the year--The Lacuna.
Richard Powers' Generosity: An Enhancement.
Why hide the results until January 1st?
Yes on Walls and Powers - and what about Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Valerie Martin's "Trespass," Glen David Gold's "Sunnyside"? Come on, people!Am I the only reader who found the Deliverance Dane book trite and formulaic? Returned it to the library after skimming to the end to find out that, yes, everything I suspected from early on ended up happening.
Cutting for Stone is my all time favorite book for '09, although I've read some wonderful and new to me authors. This is a beautiful story which takes place in Ethiopa; it's about twin boys raised by two surgeons after their mother dies in childbirth. Don't miss this one!!!
No contest. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf. I couldn't put it down! I cannot believe it is her first book. I can't wait for the next...
Really hard to pick just 1 - There are a few on the list that I really loved....
Of the books listed here, I would choose Her Fearful Symmetry; it is actually the only one I have read! I enjoy the surrealism of her writing. Liked her Time Travelers' Wife even more.
Brandon Sanderson came out with "The Gathering Storm" this year, in Robert Jordan's stead. It's the next in the sequel of the ever popular New York Times Best Selling "Wheel of time" books, and that isn't on here? I'm questioning this site's tastes.
it's a great thing that, dan, has penetrated, closed doors, that for generations seemed to forbode once-thought perhaps, dark secret goings-on, when in reality all was just a collection of, alegories; quite harmless.. perhaps even, quite beautiful, in most cases and now almost inviting folks of, both gender's, to discuss and even decide to ally themelves w/ entry into very friendly and warm organizations.... truly, high time some of those veiled situations have finally seen the lightof day, probably to the betterment of all interested parties... his is one hand i've love to shake, saying;" thanks-pal", i'm now enjoying that sunlight of openess, to all men and women of good intentions... jd
I read four of the books on the list - was disappointed in "The Help" and "A Reliable Wife" -loved "That Old Cape Magic" and "A Children's Book"
Judy..I'm with you re. the Help; I didn't even finish it. What is all the fuss about??? I look forward to reading A Children's Book....soon. Linda/CT
I liked a lot of these novels, but my vote would go to The Song is You. It was a great combination of classical muse story (albeit 2-way) using modern elements.
My nomination would be "The Guys Who Spied for China"A really modern take on the spy novel.
I believe Twilight was first published in 2005, and was therefore not eligible.
I didn't know hardly any of the books on the list but I still chose my favorite.
wow--I didn't read ANYTHING on this list. And I've read about 200 books this year. Guess my fav genres are NOT as "mainstream" as everyone has been telling me.
None of my favorites were on this list either. I can't believe Her Fearful Symmetry made it --- that was such a bad book. I'm currently reading Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs, and there's another one I can't understand why people rave about. Her characters are not only unlikeable, they're also not believable. My favorite fiction this year includes two works by Marisa de los Santos: Love Walked In and Belong to Me, and two works by Tana French: In the Woods and The Likeness.
J.R. wrote: "You left off the cream of the year--The Lacuna."Yep.
lol i've never heard of any of these bookswhere's twilight?!
I think it's in the fantasy section.
Twilight was published in 2005, and not eligible for this poll.
I think that this is a great book and it brings excitement to other people's worlds and I love reading GO READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Last Olympian was pretty awesome. It was one of my favorites out of all of the choices.
The only two books on that list that I read were Her Fearful Symmetry and That Old Cape Magic. Neither of which were above just ok reads. couldn't believe they both made the list when they were two of the lowest rated books I read this year.
The problem is that no matter what, not everyone will be happy with the choices, even if there are a hundred.
I can't believe that The Museum of Innocence is not on the list. It was THE best book I read this year.I also can't believe Lisa See's book is on there and that was one of my lowest ranked books on my list for the year. Peony in Love was amazing and I was so disappointed in Shanghai Girls.
I don't like any of these... I am more interested in children fiction, although my dad reads Dan Brown, so I guess it'll be that....
Loved Juliet Naked...was rather meh about The Help, truly didn't feel like it lived up to the hype, but maybe my expectations were too high? Dan Brown's latest was mediocre at best, in my opinion. Haven't read Pat Conroy's yet, although he is one of my favorites. Oh these bloomin' budget constraints these days that force me to wait for things to come up on my library hold list....*sigh*I've actually spent most of this past year exploring books by authors unknown to me. As a result I have read a LOT of translated works and they have really expanded my horizons. Will likely continue that trend in the upcoming year.
I can't believe The Lost Symbol got 700+ votes for "best fiction." Seriously?!
J.R. wrote: "You left off the cream of the year--The Lacuna." I totally agree!
