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NPR's Best Books of 2009

Here is a list of the National Public Radio's Best Books of the year 2009. How many of these have you read?
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American Fantastic Tales (Peter Straub)
American Fantastic Tales
1
Peter Straub
American Nerd (Benjamin Nugent)
American Nerd
2
Benjamin Nugent
American Original (Joan Biskupic)
American Original
3
Joan Biskupic
An Elegy for Easterly (Petina Gappah)
An Elegy for Easterly
4
Petina Gappah
The Armies (Evelio Rosero)
The Armies
5
Evelio Rosero
Asterios Polyp (David Mazzucchelli)
Asterios Polyp
6
David Mazzucchelli
Await Your Reply (Dan Chaon)
Await Your Reply
7
Dan Chaon
Bad Things Happen (Harry Dolan)
Bad Things Happen
8
Harry Dolan
Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing (Ilan Stavans)
Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing
9
Ilan Stavans
The Believers
The Believers
10
Blame (Michelle Huneven)
Blame
11
Michelle Huneven
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
12
Colm Toibin
Camus a Romance (Elizabeth Hawes)
Camus a Romance
13
Elizabeth Hawes
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
14
Charles and Emma: The Darwin's Leap of Faith (Deborah Heiligman)
Charles and Emma: The Darwin's Leap of Faith
15
Deborah Heiligman
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life (Todd Oldham & Charley Harper)
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
16
Todd Oldham & Charley Harper
Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor (Tad Friend)
Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor
17
Tad Friend
City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s (Edmund White)
City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s
18
Edmund White
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
19
Lydia Davis
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (J. G. Ballard)
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard
20
J. G. Ballard
The Confessions of Noa Weber (Gail Hareven)
The Confessions of Noa Weber
21
Gail Hareven
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
22
Abraham Verghese
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (Morris Dickstein)
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
23
Morris Dickstein
Dial H for Hitchcock (Susan Kandel)
Dial H for Hitchcock
24
Susan Kandel
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Daniel Everett)
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
25
Daniel Everett
Everything Matters! (Ron Currie, Jr.)
Everything Matters!
26
Ron Currie, Jr.
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
27
The Financial Lives of the Poets (Jess Walter)
The Financial Lives of the Poets
28
Jess Walter
The Flying Troutmans (Miriam Toews)
The Flying Troutmans
29
Miriam Toews
Fordlandia (Greg Grandin)
Fordlandia
30
Greg Grandin
G.I. Bones (Martin Limon)
G.I. Bones
31
Martin Limon
A Gate at the Stairs (Lorrie Moore)
A Gate at the Stairs
32
Lorrie Moore
The Ghosts of Belfast (Stuart Neville)
The Ghosts of Belfast
33
Stuart Neville
Going Away Shoes (Jill McCorkle)
Going Away Shoes
34
Jill McCorkle
Going Bovine (Libba Bray)
Going Bovine
35
Libba Bray
The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers
36
Happens Every Day: An All Too True Story (Isabel Gillies)
Happens Every Day: An All Too True Story
37
Isabel Gillies
Hardball
Hardball
38
The Healing of America (T.R. Reid)
The Healing of America
39
T.R. Reid
The Hour Between (Sebastian Stuart)
The Hour Between
40
Sebastian Stuart
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