Read reviews and excerpts/author interviews for each of the NYT’s top ten titles from the USA in 2009:
After so many years, and so many lists, you might think the task of choosing the 10 Best Books would get easier. If only. The sublime story collections alone created agonies of indecision. So did the superb literary biographies we read — and deeply admired. But in the end the decisions had to be made.
Not that drawing up the list — or rather, whittling it down — was a wholly painful exercise. One of the pleasures it afforded was the chance to resample the sometimes surprising chemistry of reviewers and authors, particularly when it came to fiction.
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December 6th, 2009 @09:11 #
I love literary lists. Especially when I don't know enough to argue with them. Thanks, Ben-E!