Island Books Top 40 Books of 2009

Archive of previous bestseller lists

1. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
3. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
4. Lake Washington 130 Homes, by David Dykstra
5. Walk Mercer Island, by Kris Kelsay
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
7. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
9. Dreamers of the Day, by Mary Doria Russell
10. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
11. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
13. The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan
14. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
15. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
16. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
17. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
18. My Life in France, by Julia Child
19. Cheese Deluxe, by Greg Palmer
20. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
21. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
22. City of Thieves, by David Benioff
23. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
24. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
25. The Writing Class, by Jincy Willett
26. Showing Up for Life, by Bill Gates, Sr.
27. The Big Burn, by Timothy Egan
28. The Billionaire's Vinegar, by Benjamin Wallace
29. Nudge, by Richard Thaler
30. The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
31. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri
32. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff
33. Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell
34. Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones
35. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
36. The Motion of the Ocean, by Janna Cawrse Esarey
37. The Pig Did It, by Joseph Caldwell
38. Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof
39. The Shack, by Will Young
40. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan