September 2008
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman
October 2008
Winner: Run, by Ann Patchett
Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat
The Book of Other People, edited by Zadie Smith
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
November 2008
The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani
Mrs. Bridge, by Evan S. Connell
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
December 2008
American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld
The House at Sugar Beach, by Helene Cooper
The Position, by Meg Wolitzer
January 2009
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia
The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
February 2009
Night of the Gun, by David Carr
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
March 2009
Winner: December, by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
Boomsday, by Christopher Buckley
April 2009
Angels of Destruction, by Keith Donohue
The Believers, by Zoe Heller
The Survivor’s Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life, by Ben Sherwood
May 2009
Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz
June 2009
Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield
The Host, by Stephenie Meyer
July 2009
Flight, by Sherman Alexie
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz
Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie
August 2009
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult
September 2009
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
I See You Everywhere, by Julia Glass
The Scenic Route, by Binnie Kirshenbaum
October 2009
The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb
Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
November 2009
Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis
Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
December 2009
The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
My Life in France, by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme
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