The Best and Worst Books of 2009: A Pictorial History

[trinityofone]

Better late than never: My favorite books of 2009 and a year of reading in review!

TOP FIVE FICTION

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

TOP FIVE GRAPHIC NOVELS

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

TOP FIVE YOUNG ADULT

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

TOP FIVE NONFICTION

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

FIVE WORST BOOKS

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

And now some gratuitous statistics!

Types of Books:
Fiction: 81%
Nonfiction: 19%

In Fiction:
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 30%
Mystery: 8%
Graphic Novel: 18%
Literary/Other: 35%

Books Acquired:
Library: 39%
Borrowed: 22%
Gifts: 1%
Internet: 1%
BookMooch: 12%
Bought: 11%
ARCs: 13%

Sex of Author:
Male: 141
Female: 59
Ratio: 2.39:1 (oy)

Books by People of Color:
Total: 34
Percentage: 16% (*facepalm*)

Old vs. New:
New: 97%
Reread: 3%

But now it is a new year! A fresh start! Please rec me:

1. Awesome books by women!
2. Awesome books by POC!
3. Goofy-fun books with angels in ’em!

Obviously, any that are three-in-one would be amazing.

Comments

[indian-skimmer.livejournal.com]

Ahdaf Soueif's In The Eye Of The Sun was my female author find of 2009 even though it was written in 1990ish and I found it as a second hand copy. Also Chris Brookmyre's Pandaemonium, as long as you don't have any problems with blasphemy, gore, a bit more blasphemy, more gore, even more blasphemy, school trips or trans-dimensional phyisics. No angels though. Sadly.

Although given that Dragon Tattoo was the book I would have most happily pulped of 2009 I'm not sure I should be making recommendations...