PW and Amazon released their top lists for the year. for the first time, PW includes a top 10 (both fiction and nonfiction) which has no overlapping titles with Amazon’s top 10 (devoted solely to fiction and literature).
“Let the Great World Spin: A Novel” by Colum McCann
“Wolf Hall: A Novel” by Hilary Mantel
“Brooklyn: A Novel” by Colm Toibin
“This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper
“A Gate at the Stairs” by Lorrie Moore
“Tinkers” by Paul Harding
“Spooner” by Pete Dexter
“Sag Harbor: A Novel” by Colson Whitehead
“The Informers” by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
“Cutting for Stone: A Novel” by Abraham Verghese
(authors, take note: including ‘A Novel’ in one’s subtitle is key to appearing on Amazon’s list)
and PW’s Top 10 for 2009:
“The Age of Wonder” by Richard Holmes
“Await Your Reply” by Dan Chaon
“Big Machine” by Victor LaValle
“Cheever” by Blake Bailey
“A Fiery Peace in a Cold War” by Neil Sheehan
“In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi” by Geoff Dyer
“Lost City of Z” by David Grann
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford
“Stitches” by David Small
the top 100 editors’ picks for Amazon is available, as well as PW’s.
(via EarlyWord and Shelf Awareness)
posting by marin who would really appreciate an easy-to-copy list of the titles and authors for next year’s blog posting
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