Random Reads of 2009
Explore a curated list of random book reads from 2009—discover hidden gems, bestsellers, and unique titles for your next literary adventure.
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Blindness
by José Saramago
Portuguese Nobel Laureate Saramago tells a fantastic tale about a city hit by an epidemic of "white blindness," in this work that is the basis …
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Total Recall
by Sara Paretsky
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A spectacular mystery—complex, fast-paced yet ruminative, and imbued with the grim awareness, shared by all intelligent hard-boiled novels, that the …
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Disquiet
by Julia Leigh
Accompanied by her two children, Olivia leaves her violent marriage and returns to her childhood home in rural France, where she is joined by her …
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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of …
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All That I Have
by Castle Freeman, Jr.
In this gripping, wise, and darkly funny tale of suspense, Sheriff Lucian Wing confronts a series of trials that test his work, his marriage, and …
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What Happened to Anna K.
by Irina Reyn
“Literate and fun, What Happened to Anna K. is an uncommonly ambitious book and one of the year’s most amusing reads” (People, People Pick, 4 …
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Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.” In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley …
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Lush Life
by Richard Price
When a cocky young hipster is shot by a street kid from the "other" Lower East Side, the crime ripples through every stratum of the …
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The House on Fortune Street
by Margot Livesey
It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at university and, despite their differences, become fast friends. Years …
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