2009

FICTION (43)

The Stand Stephen King – January 6
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz – March 1
The Shack WM Paul Young – March 2
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You Amy Bloom – March 5
Foreign Body Robin Cook – March 18
Stone Gods Jeanette Winterson – March 24
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner – April 2
Comfort Food Kate Jacobs – April 3
Away Amy Bloom – April 8
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm – April 8
Natural Born Charmer Susan Elizabeth Phillips – April 10
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides (again) – April 23
Love Walked In Marisa de los Santos – April 21
Mercy Jodi Picoult – May 15
The Guy Not Taken Jennifer Weiner – May 24
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez - July 15
Jump at the Sun Kim McLarin – July 16
The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein – July 23
The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs – August 5
The Good Nanny: A Novel Benjamin Cheever – August 6
Ahab’s Wife or, The Star-Gazer Sena Jeter Naslund – August 24
Between, Georgia Joshilyn Jackson – August 28
Harm Done Ruth Rendell – August 30
Exit Ghost Philip Roth – September 6
Handle with Care Jodi Picoult – September 10
That Mean Old Yesterday Stacey Patton – September 26
Testimony Anita Shreve – September 22
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes Diane Chamberlain – September 26
Julie & Julia Julie Powell – October 11
Bulls Island Dorthea Benton Frank – October 17
Heartsick Chelsea Cain – October 18
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles Jeanette Winterson – October 23
The Crazy School Cornelia Read – October 24
The Pearl Diver Jeff Talarigo – October 25
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman – October 31
Incantation Alice Hoffman – November 25
The Night Watch Sarah Waters – December 1
The Colorado Kid Stephen King – December 5
Hey Nostradamus! Douglas Coupland – December 6
American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld  – December 11
A Long Way Down Nick Hornby – December 11
Girls Most Likely Shelia Williams – December 23
The Darkest Evening of the Year Dean Koontz – December 28


NON-FICTION (8)

The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers – April 21
The Seekers Guide Elizabeth Lesser – April 29
When You are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris – April 30
A History of God: The 4000 Year Quest of Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam Karen Armstrong – July 23
Dark Nights of the Soul Thomas Moore – November 23
Strange Piece of Paradise Terri Jentz – November 29
Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life Neil Steinberg – December 5
A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century: A Memoir Jane Vandenburgh – December 25

TOTAL BOOKS READ FOR THE YEAR -  51