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Best of 2009

More 2009 Picks, from Time and Salon

December 9, 2009
By Michael Cader

Time Magazine pairs the expected (Hilary Mantel and Richard Holmes) with the exotic (Night Shade’s The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi), and stands alone on everything from acknowledgment for Suzanne Collins’ crossover hit Catching Fire to Jonathan Littell’s otherwise unliked The Kindly Ones. And in a separate list, Time also picked Barnes & Noble’s nook […]

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More Picks for Best of 2009

December 7, 2009
By Michael Cader

The latest lists come from the Boston Globe (which goes for 12 novels and 8 works of nonfiction), and the Christian Science Monitor, which adds their top nonfiction books: WOLF HALL, By Hilary MantelTHE COLLECTOR OF WORLDS, By Iliya TroyanovLAND OF MARVELS, By Barry UnsworthTHE IMMORTALS, By Amit ChaudhuriRED APRIL, By Santiago RoncaglioloTHIS IS HOW, […]

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BN Review Editors' Picks

December 4, 2009
By Michael Cader

Barnes & Noble’s online Review magazine–which has commissioned a lot of quality reviewing this year–lists their top 10 fiction and 20 nonfiction picks: FictionThe Anthologist, by Nicholson BakerWolf Hall, by Hilary MantelFinch, by Jeff VandermeerThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia DavisWhite Is for Witching, by Helen OyeyemiAsterios Polyp, by David MazzucchelliBlame, by Michelle […]

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More Best of Lists: LAT's Top 25s

December 3, 2009
By Michael Cader

Their fiction list includes three collections of poetry: FictionThe Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Anthologist by Nicholson BakerThe Book of Genesis Illustrated” by R. CrumbAsterios Polyp by David MazzuchelliBoth Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile MeloyThe City & The City by China MievilleThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia […]

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NYT Book Review's Top 10, Plus CSM Fiction Picks and Amazon's Consensus Mash-Up

December 2, 2009
By Michael Cader

Take three Michiko Kakutani picks, two Janet Maslin favorites (Richard Holmes made PW’s top 10 as well), and none from Dwight Garner’s list (or the National Book Awards, or Amazon’s 10 Best, or…) and you have the NYT Book Review’s ten best of the year: FictionBOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT, By […]

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NYT's Critic's Top 10 Lists

November 28, 2009
By Michael Cader

Last Tuesday at the site we posted these individual top 10 lists from the NYT’s three book critics: Michiko Kakutani’s Top 10 Che’s Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image, By Michael CaserThe Good Soldiers, By David FinkelThe Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, By David GrannLit: A Memoir, By […]

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