Read fewer than fifty novels in 2009

33 The Little Friend – Donna Tartt
32 The Cleft – Doris Lessing

31 Hotel du Lac – Anita Brookner

30 Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgeworth

29 The Cellist of Sarajevo – Steven Galloway
28 The Other Hand – Chris Cleave
27 The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
26 Knots and Crosses – Ian Rankin

25 Notes on a Scandal – Zoe Heller
24 The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson

23 The Road – Cormac McCarthy
22 The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
21 Mr Golightly’s Holiday – Salley Vickers
20 The Woman in Black – Susan Hill
19 White Oleander – Janet Fitch
18 The Girl who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson
17 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
16 The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene

15 The Bell – Iris Murdoch

14 The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
13 Miss Garnet’s Angel – Salley Vickers
12 Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes

11 The Believers by Zoe Heller

10 The Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
9 The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry