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Best Older Titles Read in 2009
Best Older Titles 2009
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December 2009
Compiled by Tammy Eustis
of the Killingworth Library from contributions by the members of Fiction_L
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
YA TITLES
Bellavia, David. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War.
Brooks, Geraldine. People of the Book.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games.
David, Peter. Tigerheart.
Davidson, Andrew. The Gargoyle.
Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother.
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book.
Jordan, Hillary. Mudbound.
Lloyd, Saci. Carbon Diaries, 2015.
Luttrell, Marcus. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10.
Meyer, L. A. Bloody Jack (and sequels).
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew It.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation.
Runyon, Brent. The Burn Journals.
Shusterman, Neal. The Dark Side of Nowhere.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Runaway.
ADULT TITLES
Anthony, Lawrence. Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo.
Atkinson, Kate. Case Histories.
Ayres, Chris. Death by Leisure.
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Bohjalian, Christopher. Skeletons at the Feast.
Bradley, James. Flags of Our Fathers.
Broaddus, Cindi. A Random Act: an Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive.
Carey, Edward. Observatory Mansions.
Carr, Caleb. The Alienist.
Cleave, Chris. Little Bee.
Collins, James. Beginner's Greek.
Connelly, Michael. The Poet.
Conroy, Pat. The Great Santini.
Coyote, Ivan E. Bow Grip.
De Rosnay, Tatiana. Sarah's Key.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo.
Dwyer, Jim and Kevin Flynn. 102 Minutes: the Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers.
Edgerton, Clyde. Walking Across Egypt.
Fassihi, Farnaz. Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq.
Ferrari-Adler, Jenni. Alone in the Kitchen With an Eggplant.
Frasier, Anne. Hush.
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers : The Story of Success.
Gudenkauf, Heather. The Weight of Silence.
Haigh, Jennifer. Mrs. Kimble.
Hill, Lawrence. Someone Knows My Name.
Hinck, Sharon. The Restorer.
Hoffaker, Clair. The Cowboy and the Cossack.
Larsson, Steig. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Mallory, Michael. The Exploits of the Second Mrs. Watson.
McCall, Nathan. Them.
McCarthy, Cormac. The Road.
McCormick, Maureen. Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.
Mortenson, Greg. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time.
Morton, Kate. The House at Riverton.
Murphy, Bill. In a Time of War: the Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002.
O'Neal, Barbara. The Lost Recipe for Happiness.
Perry, Anne. Buckingham Palace Gardens.
Plait, Phil. Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End.
Roberts, Nora. Chesapeake Blue, Chesapeake Quartet, Inner Harbor, Rising Tides, Sea Swept.
Savage, Sam. Firmin : Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife.
Sanderson, Brandon. Elantris.
Scalzi, John. Old Man's War.
Setterfield, Diane. The Thirteenth Tale.
Shreve, Anita. Strange Fits of Passion.
Stein, Garth. Art of Racing in the Rain.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath.
Strout, Elizabeth. Olive Kitteridge.
Vanderbilt, Tom. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us.
White, Bailey. Mama Makes Up Her Mind.
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