Books

New York Times Notable Books Of The Year (awards)

This award was given to 35 books.


  1. Factory Girls

    From Village to City in a Changing China

    by Leslie T. Chang

    Year: 2009
  2. Amateur Barbarians

    by Robert Cohen

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 1
  3. Dearest creature

    by Amy Gerstler

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 11
  4. Do Not Deny Me: Stories

    by Jean Thompson

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 11
  5. Don't Cry: Stories

    by Mary Gaitskill

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 13
  6. Every Man Dies Alone

    by Hans Fallada

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 14
  7. Family Album

    by Penelope Lively

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 16
  8. Follow Me

    by Joanna Scott

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 17
  9. A Gate at the Stairs

    by Lorrie Moore

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 18
  10. American Rust

    by Philipp Meyer

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 2
  11. Half Broke Horses

    A True Life Novel

    by Jeannette Walls

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 20
  12. How It Ended

    by Jay McInerney

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 21
  13. Invisible

    by Paul Auster

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 23
  14. Lark and Termite

    by Jayne Anne Phillips

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 26
  15. The Little Stranger

    by Sarah Waters

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 28
  16. Love and Obstacles

    by Aleksandar Hemon

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 29
  17. The Anthologist

    A Novel

    by Nicholson Baker

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 3
  18. Love and Summer

    by William Trevor

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 30
  19. The Art Student's War

    by Brad Leithauser

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 4
  20. Asterios Polyp

    by David Mazzucchelli

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 5
  21. Await Your Reply

    by Dan Chaon

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 6
  22. Chronic City

    by Jonathan Lethem

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 9
  23. Wave

    by Suzy Lee

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Illustrated Children's Books
    Finalist
  24. The Season of Lillian Dawes: A Novel

    by Katherine Mosby

    Year: 2002
    Category: Fiction
  25. Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn

    A Saga of Race and Family

    by Gary M. Pomerantz

    Year: 1996
  26. The Kommandant's Mistress

    by Sherri Szeman

    Year: 1993
    Category: "Top 100 Books"

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