Books Read in 2009 Part One

Explore the first part of my 2009 reading list featuring a curated selection of books I read that year. Discover great titles and find your next favorite read!

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The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman

A penetrating take on how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence
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The moviegoer

 

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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

by Rainer Maria Rilke

"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive …
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The Love Dare

by Stephen Kendrick

The Love Dare is a 40-day guided devotional designed to strengthen every marriage and the same powerful book that plays a pivotal role in the …
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Winesburg, Ohio

by Sherwood Anderson

Winesburg, Ohio, gave birth to the American story cycle, for which William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and later writers were forever indebted. Defying the prudish …
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Winter's Tale

by Mark Helprin

When master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill …
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Then We Came to the End

by Joshua Ferris

No one knows us quite the same way as the men and women who sit beside us in department meetings and crowd the office refrigerator …
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The Optimist's Daughter

by Eudora Welty

A young woman who has left the South, returns to New Orleans several years later when her father is dying. After his death, she and …
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Suttree

by Cormac McCarthy

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road, here is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a …
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Goodbye, Columbus

by Philip Roth

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winnning writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion comes "a masterpiece" (Newsweek) that illuminates …
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The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

Includes a reading group guide, a conversation with the author, and an excerpt from "Between the assassinations."
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