Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year2009

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Time magazine's yearly "Best Books" list was first published in 1996. The format has changed over the years, ranging from 10 to 30 books, usually categorized by fiction and non-fiction, with the show more exception of 2006. Children's books were added in 2008 & 2009. show less
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All, 2023 (4), 2022 (7), 2021 (22), 2020 (15), 2019.19 (1), 2019 (12), 2018 (15), 2017 (19), 2016 (17), 2015 (14), 2014 (16), 2013 (16), [2012] (2), 2012 (9), 2011 (17), 2010 (13), 2009 (26), 2008 (29), 2007 (18), 2006 (8), 2005 (7), 2004 (10), 2003 (9), 2002 (10), 2001 (8), 2000 (6), 1999 (6), 1998 (8), 1997 (5), 1996 (9), 1994 (1), 1986 (6)
WorkCategoryYear
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Children's (1)2009
The Snow Day by Komako Sakai
Children's (10)2009
Guess Again! by Mac Barnett
Children's (2)2009
Dogs Don't Brush Their Teeth! by Diane de Groat
Children's (3)2009
Crow Call by Lois Lowry
Children's (4)2009
Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
Children's (5)2009
Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman
Children's (6)2009
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen
Children's (7)2009
Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie by Judy Cox
Children's (8)2009
The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket
Children's (9)2009
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Fiction2009
The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
Fiction (2)2009
Swimming by Nicola Keegan
Fiction (3)2009
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Fiction (4)2009
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower
Fiction (5)2009
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
Fiction (6)2009
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Fiction (7)2009
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Fiction (8)2009
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
Non-fiction (1)2009
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
Non-fiction (2)2009
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith
Non-fiction (4)2009
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
Non-fiction (5)2009
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon
Non-fiction (7)2009
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Non-fiction (8)2009
Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love and Death in the Kitchen by Jason Sheehan
Non-fiction (9)2009
Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr
Nonfiction2009

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Time magazine's yearly "Best Books" list was first published in 1996. The format has changed over the years, ranging from 10 to 30 books, usually categorized by fiction and non-fiction, with the exception of 2006. Children's books were added in 2008 & 2009.

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Time magazine's yearly "Best Books" list was first published in 1996. The format has changed over the years, ranging from 10 to 30 books, usually categorized by fiction and non-fiction, with the exception of 2006. Children's books were added in 2008 & 2009.

When adding new books to the list, use the former entries as an example. Fiction is .30 -> .21 (with #1=.30, #10=.21) - Non-fiction is .20 -> .11 (#1 = .20 through #10=.11) and Children's is .10 to .1 (#1=.10 though #10 = .1) - this format will allow the correct display since Time ranks the books and order of display on LibraryThing is important. (English, Member-written)

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