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San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2009

Here is a list of the San Francisco Chronicle's best books of 2009. How many of these have you read?
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All the Living
All the Living
1
The Anthologist (Nicholson Baker)
The Anthologist
2
Nicholson Baker
Asterios Polyp (David Mazzucchelli)
Asterios Polyp
3
David Mazzucchelli
Atlas of Unknowns (Tania James)
Atlas of Unknowns
4
Tania James
Ayn Rand and the World She Made
Ayn Rand and the World She Made
5
The Believers
The Believers
6
Between the Assassinations (Aravind Adiga)
Between the Assassinations
7
Aravind Adiga
Blonde Roots (Bernardine Evaristo)
Blonde Roots
8
Bernardine Evaristo
The Bolter (Frances Osborne)
The Bolter
9
Frances Osborne
The Book of Genesis (Robert Alter and Robert Crumb)
The Book of Genesis
10
Robert Alter and Robert Crumb
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
11
Barbara Ehrenreich
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
12
Colm Toibin
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
13
Tad Friend
Cheever: A Life (Blake Bailey)
Cheever: A Life
14
Blake Bailey
The Children's Book (A.S. Byatt)
The Children's Book
15
A.S. Byatt
Chronic City
Chronic City
16
Closing Time (Joe Queenan)
Closing Time
17
Joe Queenan
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
18
Lydia Davis
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (James McManus)
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker
19
James McManus
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
20
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
21
Morris Dickstein
Dawn Light (Diane Ackerman)
Dawn Light
22
Diane Ackerman
Don't Cry (Mary Gaitskill)
Don't Cry
23
Mary Gaitskill
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (Linda Gordon)
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits
24
Linda Gordon
Down at the Docks (Rory Nugent)
Down at the Docks
25
Rory Nugent
Drift (Victoria Patterson)
Drift
26
Victoria Patterson
Eating Animals
Eating Animals
27
Every Man Dies Alone (Hans Fallada)
Every Man Dies Alone
28
Hans Fallada
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
29
Wells Tower
Face (Sherman Alexie)
Face
30
Sherman Alexie
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
31
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War (Neil Sheehan)
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
32
Neil Sheehan
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (T.J. Stiles)
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
33
T.J. Stiles
Fordlandia (Greg Grandin)
Fordlandia
34
Greg Grandin
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life (Gerald Martin)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
35
Gerald Martin
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Kevin Starr)
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963
36
Kevin Starr
Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
37
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
38
A Happy Marriage (Rafael Yglesias)
A Happy Marriage
39
Rafael Yglesias
Homer & Langley (E.L. Doctorow)
Homer & Langley
40
E.L. Doctorow
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