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The Independent Best Books 2009

Here is a list of the Independent's (UK) best books of the year 2009. How many of these have you read?
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
1
Roberto Bolaño
Alan Clark: The Biography (Ion Trewin)
Alan Clark: The Biography
2
Ion Trewin
Always Been There (Michael Streissguth)
Always Been There
3
Michael Streissguth
Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation (Charles Glass)
Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation
4
Charles Glass
Andy Warhol: Treasures (Geralyn Huxley)
Andy Warhol: Treasures
5
Geralyn Huxley
The Ant Colony (Jenny Valentine)
The Ant Colony
6
Jenny Valentine
The Ask and the Answer (Patrick Ness)
The Ask and the Answer
7
Patrick Ness
Auslander (Paul Dowswell)
Auslander
8
Paul Dowswell
Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall (Luke Haines)
Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall
9
Luke Haines
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (Amanda Vickery)
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
10
Amanda Vickery
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
11
James Ellroy
The Bolter (Frances Osborne)
The Bolter
12
Frances Osborne
The Brightest Star in the Sky (Marian Keyes)
The Brightest Star in the Sky
13
Marian Keyes
Brodeck's Report (Philippe Claudel)
Brodeck's Report
14
Philippe Claudel
Christmas Chaos for the Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog (Jeremy Strong)
Christmas Chaos for the Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog
15
Jeremy Strong
Classic Ephemera: A Musical Miscellany (Darren Henley)
Classic Ephemera: A Musical Miscellany
16
Darren Henley
The Complaints (Ian Rankin)
The Complaints
17
Ian Rankin
The Dying Light (Henry Porter)
The Dying Light
18
Henry Porter
Eclipse: The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever (Nicholas Clee)
Eclipse: The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever
19
Nicholas Clee
Endless Forms (Diana Donald)
Endless Forms
20
Diana Donald
The English Rebel (David Horspool)
The English Rebel
21
David Horspool
Fever of the Bone (Val Mcdermid)
Fever of the Bone
22
Val Mcdermid
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 (Max Hastings)
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45
23
Max Hastings
Forbidden Fruit: A History of Women and Books in Art (Christiane Inmann)
Forbidden Fruit: A History of Women and Books in Art
24
Christiane Inmann
From Last to First (Charlie Spedding)
From Last to First
25
Charlie Spedding
A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration (Jenny Uglow)
A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration
26
Jenny Uglow
Get Her off the Pitch (Lynne Truss)
Get Her off the Pitch
27
Lynne Truss
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (Steig Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
28
Steig Larsson
The Great Death (John Smelcer)
The Great Death
29
John Smelcer
The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club (Peter Hook)
The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club
30
Peter Hook
The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings (Robert Ferguson)
The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings
31
Robert Ferguson
Harold Larwood (Duncan Hamilton)
Harold Larwood
32
Duncan Hamilton
Hergé: The Man Who Created Tintin (Pierre Assouline)
Hergé: The Man Who Created Tintin
33
Pierre Assouline
I Am Ozzy (Ozzy Osbourne)
I Am Ozzy
34
Ozzy Osbourne
If the Dead Rise Not (Philip Kerr)
If the Dead Rise Not
35
Philip Kerr
Inheritance of Rome (Wickham)
Inheritance of Rome
36
Wickham
The Invention of the Jewish People (Shlomo Sand)
The Invention of the Jewish People
37
Shlomo Sand
Jamie's America (Jamie Oliver)
Jamie's America
38
Jamie Oliver
Jazz (Gary Giddins)
Jazz
39
Gary Giddins
Joseph Goebbels: A Life and Death (Toby Thacker)
Joseph Goebbels: A Life and Death
40
Toby Thacker
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