Here's a short list recalling some of my favorite reads of 2009. Feel free to add to it:
-- "Delicate Edible Birds," a collection of short stories by Lauren Groff.
-- "Pops," a new biography of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout.
-- "And Another Thing ..." Eoin Colfer adds to the late Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series.
-- "Invisible," Paul Auster's mystery, told from several viewpoints.
-- "Eiffel's Tower," Jill Jonnes' account of the ambitious, contentious construction project, and the people surrounding it.
-- "The Missing," a moody novel of self-discovery by Tim Gautreaux.