Behold my top eleven most enjoyable reading experiences of '09! Most of these books were published this year or last, but a few of them are oldies I just discovered.
In the order they occurred to me (which is not exactly in order of how much I liked them):
1. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2. Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
3. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristen Levine
4. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
5. The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
6. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
7. Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser
8. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
9. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
1o. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
11. Lush Life by Richard Price
