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Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2009
The Washington Post editors and reviewers choose the books that rise to the top in 2009. Source: Washington Post
Fiction | Nonfiction
Fiction
- American Rust by Philipp Meyer
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
- The Stalin Epigram by Robert Littell
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Nonfiction
- Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America by Beryl Satter
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout
- Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
- A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families by Michael Holroyd
