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the Complete Review


Most Popular Reviews - 2009


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2009.

     (See also the current bestseller list, and for annual and older lists, see the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2010 lists.)

      Previous month's position given in brackets.
      Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      "-" indicates book was not among top 50 reviews.

December, 2009

  1. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (2)
  2. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (7)
  5. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (4)
  6. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
  7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (9)
  8. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
  9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (6)
  10. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (10)
  11. Atonement, Ian McEwan (17)
  12. The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (13)
  13. Proof, David Auburn (12)
  14. 2666, Roberto Bolaño (23)
  15. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (40)

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November, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (2)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  4. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (8)
  5. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
  6. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (9)
  7. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
  8. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
  9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (10)
  10. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (11)
  11. The Humbling, Philip Roth (36)
  12. Proof, David Auburn (12)
  13. The Children's Book, A.S.Byatt (n.a.)
  14. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (16)
  15. Stuff Happens, David Hare (3)

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October, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (3)
  3. Stuff Happens, David Hare (36)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  5. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
  6. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2)
  7. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
  8. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (27)
  9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (8)
  10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (10)
  11. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (9)
  12. Proof, David Auburn (16)
  13. Generosity, Richard Powers (48)
  14. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (64)
  15. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (20)

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September, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2)
  3. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (6)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (5)
  5. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (4)
  6. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
  7. Summertime, J.M.Coetzee (n.a.)
  8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (10)
  9. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (16)
  10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (13)
  11. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (15)
  12. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (11)
  13. 2666, Roberto Bolaño (25)
  14. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie (37)
  15. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (19)

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August, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2)
  3. Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon (n.a.)
  4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (7)
  5. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (10)
  6. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (4)
  7. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (3)
  8. The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (n.a.)
  9. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (8)
  10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (6)
  11. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (12)
  12. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (9)
  13. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (21)
  14. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (11)
  15. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (5)

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July, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2)
  3. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (3)
  4. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (5)
  5. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (13)
  6. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (9)
  7. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (7)
  8. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (12)
  9. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (4)
  10. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (8)
  11. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (15)
  12. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (10)
  13. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (14)
  14. Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier (21)
  15. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (16)

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June, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (5)
  3. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (4)
  4. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (6)
  5. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (2)
  6. Heroes like Us, Thomas Brussig (-)
  7. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (12)
  8. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (3)
  9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (24)
  10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (15)
  11. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (9)
  12. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (8)
  13. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (16)
  14. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (7)
  15. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki (18)

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May, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (3)
  3. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (2)
  4. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
  5. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
  6. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard (26)
  7. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (7)
  8. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (4)
  9. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (14)
  10. Atonement, Ian McEwan (9)
  11. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (13)
  12. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (12)
  13. Rock 'n' Roll, Tom Stoppard (43)
  14. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides (37)
  15. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (20)

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April, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  3. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (13)
  4. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (8)
  5. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (10)
  6. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (5)
  7. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (2)
  8. The Philanthropist, Christopher Hampton (60)
  9. Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
  10. Wetlands, Charlotte Roche (36)
  11. Proof, David Auburn (21)
  12. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (7)
  13. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (14)
  14. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (6)
  15. False Economy, Alan Beattie (n.a.)

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March, 2009

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
  2. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (4)
  3. Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo (n.a.)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (8)
  5. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (7)
  6. Q & A, Vikas Swarup(1)
  7. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
  8. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (9)
  9. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (6)
  10. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (10)
  11. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (12)
  12. Atonement, Ian McEwan (16)
  13. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (3)
  14. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (13)
  15. Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier (26)

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February, 2009

  1. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (1)
  2. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
  3. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (3)
  4. The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell (-)
  5. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (4)
  6. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (5)
  7. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
  8. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (9)
  9. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (7)
  10. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (12)
  11. 2666, Roberto Bolaño (8)
  12. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild (23)
  13. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (13)
  14. Proof, David Auburn (28)
  15. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson (11)

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January, 2009

  1. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (9)
  2. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
  3. Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard (1)
  4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (5)
  5. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (13)
  6. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6)
  7. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (4)
  8. 2666, Roberto Bolaño (3)
  9. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (8)
  10. Every Good Boy Deserves a Favour, Tom Stoppard (81)
  11. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson (16)
  12. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
  13. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (11)
  14. Atonement, Ian McEwan (15)
  15. The Wittgenstein House, Bernhard Leitner (64)

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