Indie Fiction Picks 2009

Hot Reads for Cold Nights

Indie Fiction Picks 2009

The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker

The Arms Maker of Berlin by Dan Fesperman

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin

Benny and Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti

Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

The Blue Notebook by James Levine

Border Songs by Jim Lynch

The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall

The City & the City by China Mieville

The Confederate General Rides North by Amanda Gable

Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells

The Cutting by James Hayman

The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson

The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Buchanan

A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd

The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Stracham

East of the Sun by Julia Gregson

The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson

Everything Matters by Ron Currie, Jr.

Far Bright Star by Robert Olmstead

Fear the Worst by Lincwood Barclay

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeeuw

Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri

Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan

The Promised World by Lisa Tucker

Red to Black by Alex Dryden

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Shimmer by Eric Barnes

The Signal by Ron Carlson

So Happy Together by Maryann McFadden

Some Dream for Fools by Faiza Guene

South of Broad by Pat Conroy

Spooner by Pete Dexter

The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan

Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder

Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd

Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell

Undone by Karin Slaughter

Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven

Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk

Wanting by Richard Flanagan

The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

The Wet Nurse’s Tale by Erica Eisdorfer

While I’m Falling by Laura Moriarity

You or Someone Like You by Chandler Burr

One Comment

  1. Thanks so much for including Last Night in Montreal on your list! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

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