According to my bookshelf on Goodreads, I read 143 books in 2009. It’s actually more than that because I didn’t start adding to Goodreads until partway through the year. The rest of my list is here. But anyway… I gave 18 of them 5 stars. They are:
So you’d think these would be my favorites of 2009, right? Um, kind of. While I do still really like all of these books, when I consider my favorite-favorites, I always think about how much the book stuck with me. How much I remember it later. How much I’ve thought about it since I finished it. To me, those are the Truly Best Stories. And those are here:
And just in case you can’t read the covers, that’d be…
All the World
The Mistress of the Art of Death
One World, One Day
The Frog Scientist
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
When the Whistle Blows
Beka Cooper
The Dunderheads
Heart of a Shepherd
Ain’t Nothing But a Man
Ways to Live Forever
Home of the Brave
