Well, my Best Books of the Decade list wore me out, so my year end book list will be brief. Click the titles to read my reviews – except #5 and #3, which are Amazon links…
*Honorable mentions to two books I read and loved for the first time this year: Ferney by James Long (originally released in 1999) and the creepy gothic novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle
5. Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
I just finished this cute novel about a precocious eleven year old chemist and amateur detective named Flavia. The second half was unnecessarily heavy with exposition, but it was a fun read.
4. David Grann: The Lost City of Z
I also recently finished this exciting non-fiction book, which chronicles explorer Peter Fawcett’s search for El Dorado (a.k.a. The Lost City of Z) and his mysterious disappearance in the Amazon jungle.
3. Elizabeth Hay: Late Nights On The Air
2. Kurt Vonnegut: Look at the Birdie *
*Listed edited to include this one, which I didn’t read until 2010.
2 Responses to “Muruch’s Top 5 Books of 2009”
I REALLY want to read “We Have Always Lived In The Castle” now.
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