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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 (Negar Akhavi)
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Another Gulmohar Tree (Aamer Hussein)
Another Gulmohar Tree (Aamer Hussein)
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Bad Mother (Ayelet Waldman)
Bad Mother (Ayelet Waldman)
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Bad Penny Blues (Cathi Unsworth)
Bad Penny Blues (Cathi Unsworth)
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Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall (Luke Haines)
Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall (Luke Haines)
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Beat the Reaper (Josh Bazell)
Beat the Reaper (Josh Bazell)
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Becoming Jane Eyre (Sheila Kohler)
Becoming Jane Eyre (Sheila Kohler)
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Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (Amanda Vickery)
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (Amanda Vickery)
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The Blind Side of the Heart
The Blind Side of the Heart
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Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World (Christian Wolmar)
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World (Christian Wolmar)
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The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (Jeet Thayil)
The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (Jeet Thayil)
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Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
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The Boat (Nam Le)
The Boat (Nam Le)
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The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
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A Book of Silence (Sara Maitland)
A Book of Silence (Sara Maitland)
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The Broken Word (Adam Foulds)
The Broken Word (Adam Foulds)
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Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
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Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
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The Case for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Case for God (Karen Armstrong)
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Cockroach (Rawi Hage)
Cockroach (Rawi Hage)
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The Coming Insurrection (Invisible Committee)
The Coming Insurrection (Invisible Committee)
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The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (J. G. Ballard)
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (J. G. Ballard)
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The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain (Ian Jack)
The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain (Ian Jack)
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Coventry
Coventry
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Curfewed Night (Basharat Peer)
Curfewed Night (Basharat Peer)
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D-Day (Antony Beevor)
D-Day (Antony Beevor)
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Dead I Well May Be (Adrian McKinty)
Dead I Well May Be (Adrian McKinty)
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The Death of Bunny Munro (Nick Cave)
The Death of Bunny Munro (Nick Cave)
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Dirty Leeds (Robert Endeacott)
Dirty Leeds (Robert Endeacott)
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Duck, Death and the Tulip (Wolf Erlbruch)
Duck, Death and the Tulip (Wolf Erlbruch)
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The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Family (Mary-Kay Wilmers)
The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Family (Mary-Kay Wilmers)
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Endpoint and Other Poems (John Updike)
Endpoint and Other Poems (John Updike)
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The Ends of Life (Keith Thomas)
The Ends of Life (Keith Thomas)
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Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960 (Isaiah Berlin)
Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960 (Isaiah Berlin)
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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
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A Face to the World (Laura Cumming)
A Face to the World (Laura Cumming)
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Family Album (Penelope Lively)
Family Album (Penelope Lively)
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Family Britain, 1951-57 (David Kynaston)
Family Britain, 1951-57 (David Kynaston)
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Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 (Max Hastings)
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 (Max Hastings)
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