Only 16 current year titles this year. My favorites are marked with an asterix (*), and my #1 favorite is double asterixed (**).

These are the 2009 titles that I read this year:

1. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
2. **The Houskeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
3. All the Living by C.E. Morgan
4. Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
5. The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
6. *The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley
7. *Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
8. *The Help by Kathryn Stockett
9. The Last Bridge by Teri Coyne
10. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
11. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
12. A Rule Against Murder (aka The Murder Stone) by Louise Penny
13. *The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
14. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
15. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
16. *The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist