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Welcome back to the show. What have we seen so far in our preview of our 2009 editors' Top 100? Three books by National Book Award-winning meganovelists thataren'tmeganovels. A collection of starkly beautiful photographs of mental hospitals in disrepair. A rare success at turning a blog into a book. A charming picture book full of warnings about dangerous animals. A celebrity memoir that's better than any celebrity memoir deserves to be. A history of the mob that upends most every mob cliche. And, yes, a novel composed entirely of questions.
What's next?:
80. Ad Hoc at Home, Thomas Keller
79. Toby Alone, Timothee de Fombelle
78. Robert Altman: The Oral Biography by Mitchell Zuckoff
77. Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger
76. The Myth of the Rational Market, Justin Fox
75. George Sprott: 1894-1975, Seth
74. Juliet, Naked, Nick Hornby
73. Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath, Michael and Elizabeth Norman
72.The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Vol. 1, 1929-1940, Samuel Beckett
71. Green Metropolis, David Owen
70. Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, Eric W. Sanderson
69. Columbine, Dave Cullen
68. A New Literary History of America, edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors
67. Asterios Polyp, David Mazzucchelli
66. Await Your Reply, Dan Chaon
65. The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, Douglas Brinkley
64. Lowboy, John Wray
63. Everything Matters!, Ron Currie Jr.
62. Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater
61. Rati The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, Michael Ruhlman
#60 to #41 coming tomorrow. --Tom
More Best Books of 2009:
#100 to #81
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