Staff Favorite Books of 2009

Amy

Brown, Jennifer: Hate List

Meyer, Stephanie: The Host

Sparks, Nicholas: The Last Song

Beth

Howe, Katherine: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Collins, Suzanne: Catching Fire

DiCamillo, Kate: The Magician's Elephant

Oldland, Nicholas: Big Bear Hug

Bob

Drake, John: Flint & Silver: a prequel to Treasure Island

Lyall, Sarah: The Anglo Files: a field guide to the British

Merrell, Mindy & Quinn, R.B.: Cheater BBQ

Clare

Hosseini, Khaled: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Lansens, Lori: The Girls

Niffenegger, Audrey: The Time Traveler's Wife

Stockett, Kathryn: The Help

Tinti, Hannah: The Good Theif

Dave P.

King, Stephen: The Talisman

Joni

Hilderbrand, Elin: The Castaways

Joyce

DiCamillo, Kate: The Magician's Elephant

LaFleur, Suzanne: Love Aubrey

Mortenson, Greg: Three Cups of Tea

Woodson, Jacqueline: Peace, Locomotion

Kevin

Pattison, Eliot: The Lord of Death

Fallada, Hans: Every Man Dies Alone

Mary H

Gladwell, Malcolm: Outliers

Mary S

Lamb, Wally: Wishin' & Hopin'

Nancy

Acosta, Marta: Happy Hour at Casa Dracula

Algeo, Matthew: Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure

Anderson, Kevin J.: Blood Lite: an anthology of humorous horror

Bradbury, Ray: We'll Always Have Paris

Claridge, Laura: Emily Post

Finn, Alex: Beastly

Harper, Molly: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

Hazell, Dinah: Plants of Middle Earth

King, Laurie: Language of Bees

Phil

Bianculli, David: Dangerously funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Brown, Alton: Good Eats : the early years

Foer, Jonathan: Eating Animals

Pratchett, Terry: Going postal

Pratchett, Terry: Making money

Stephanie

Martinez, Lee: Monster

Steve

Flint, Eric: 1632

Val

Giffels, David: All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House

King, Stephen: Under the Dome

Scottoline, Lisa: Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog