Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Library Journal's Reader's Shelf December 2009


Favorite Books from 2009
Dark Dreams

Dark Dreams
By Genelin, Michael
2009-07 - Soho Crime
9781569475577 Check Our Catalog

When Jana's childhood friend Sofia, who campaigns for an anticorruption organization called Transparency in Government, is elected to the Slovakian parliament, neither is prepared for the long-ranging and deadly consequences. …More


The Girl Who Played with Fire



The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Larsson, Stieg
2009-07 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307269980 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title

The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, as the focus and fierce heart of its story. …More


Columbine



Columbine
By Cullen, Dave
2009-04 - Twelve
9780446546935 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title


Ten years in the making and a masterpiece of reportage, "Columbine" is an award-winning journalist's definitive account of one of the most shocking massacres in American history. …More


Hell

Hell
By Butler, Robert Olen
2009-09 - Grove Press
9780802119018 Check Our Catalog

The new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" is set in the underworld. Its main character, Hatcher McCord, is an evening-news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune. …More


Homer and Langley



Homer and Langley
By Doctorow; E. L.
2009-09 - Random House
9781400064946 Check Our Catalog

From "Ragtime" and "Billy Bathgate" to "The Book of Daniel," Doctorow's novels comprise one of the most substantive achievements of modern American fiction. With "Homer & Langley," the master novelist has once again created an unforgettable work. …More


Going Bovine



Going Bovine
By Bray, Libba
2009-09 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
9780385733977 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title

All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school--and life in general--with a minimum of effort. But that's before he's given the news that he's dying. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure--if he's willing to go in search of it. …More

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