If you are a reader, then you will be enjoying the various lists of a given subjects favourite books of 2009!

As this is 20-10, and Man of Spin still has some lists to affirm, which means that one best get their keyboard moving.  In light of this, Books and Culture have put together their list.

The following is how they introduce and describe it…

Last year at this time, the news was dominated by lost jobs and lost savings. This year? It depends. A headline from today’s Wall Street Journal (Dec. 11) caught my eye: “Thousands Flee Iran as Noose Tightens.” Those who are fleeing—and those who are staying yet continuing to resist, and the people of Iran generally—should be in our prayers.

And last year at this time, grim bulletins from the publishing industry were appearing every day, or so it seemed. This year? One of the season’s offerings, from the scholar Robert Darnton (who helped put “the history of the book” on the map), gives a clue: The Case for Books: Past, Present Future (PublicAffairs). But in 2009 as in 2008, there are books aplenty, more than you can count, such riches as to dazzle even the most jaded observer.

As is the custom in this space, I’ve listed below my favorites from the year. Not the best books of the year, whatever those might be. (One influential reckoning comes from the New York Times Book Review: The 10 Best Books of 2009.) What you have here is a personal list, not issued by any magisterium. These are some books that rose to the surface when I unsystematically thought about a year of reading. At the end is my choice for Book of the Year.

You can read the rest of this account with their list of Best Books in 2009, HERE!

For the Fame of His Name

Man of Spin