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






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