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The Guardian Best Books of 2009

Here is a list of the Guardian's best books of the year 2009. How many of these books have you read?
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Adrian Mole : The Prostrate Years
Adrian Mole : The Prostrate Years
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AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories From India (Negar Akhavi)
AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories From India
2
Negar Akhavi
Another Gulmohar Tree (Aamer Hussein)
Another Gulmohar Tree
3
Aamer Hussein
Bad Mother (Ayelet Waldman)
Bad Mother
4
Ayelet Waldman
Bad Penny Blues (Cathi Unsworth)
Bad Penny Blues
5
Cathi Unsworth
Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall (Luke Haines)
Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall
6
Luke Haines
Beat the Reaper (Josh Bazell)
Beat the Reaper
7
Josh Bazell
Becoming Jane Eyre (Sheila Kohler)
Becoming Jane Eyre
8
Sheila Kohler
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (Amanda Vickery)
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
9
Amanda Vickery
The Blind Side of the Heart
The Blind Side of the Heart
10
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World (Christian Wolmar)
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
11
Christian Wolmar
The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (Jeet Thayil)
The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets
12
Jeet Thayil
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
13
James Ellroy
The Boat (Nam Le)
The Boat
14
Nam Le
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes
15
Lawrence Hill
A Book of Silence (Sara Maitland)
A Book of Silence
16
Sara Maitland
The Broken Word (Adam Foulds)
The Broken Word
17
Adam Foulds
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
18
Colm Toibin
Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
Burnt Shadows
19
Kamila Shamsie
The Case for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Case for God
20
Karen Armstrong
Cockroach (Rawi Hage)
Cockroach
21
Rawi Hage
The Coming Insurrection (Invisible Committee)
The Coming Insurrection
22
Invisible Committee
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (J. G. Ballard)
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard
23
J. G. Ballard
The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain (Ian Jack)
The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain
24
Ian Jack
Coventry
Coventry
25
Curfewed Night (Basharat Peer)
Curfewed Night
26
Basharat Peer
D-Day (Antony Beevor)
D-Day
27
Antony Beevor
Dead I Well May Be (Adrian McKinty)
Dead I Well May Be
28
Adrian McKinty
The Death of Bunny Munro (Nick Cave)
The Death of Bunny Munro
29
Nick Cave
Dirty Leeds (Robert Endeacott)
Dirty Leeds
30
Robert Endeacott
Duck, Death and the Tulip (Wolf Erlbruch)
Duck, Death and the Tulip
31
Wolf Erlbruch
The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Family (Mary-Kay Wilmers)
The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Family
32
Mary-Kay Wilmers
Endpoint and Other Poems (John Updike)
Endpoint and Other Poems
33
John Updike
The Ends of Life (Keith Thomas)
The Ends of Life
34
Keith Thomas
Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960 (Isaiah Berlin)
Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960
35
Isaiah Berlin
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
36
Wells Tower
A Face to the World (Laura Cumming)
A Face to the World
37
Laura Cumming
Family Album (Penelope Lively)
Family Album
38
Penelope Lively
Family Britain, 1951-57 (David Kynaston)
Family Britain, 1951-57
39
David Kynaston
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 (Max Hastings)
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45
40
Max Hastings
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