2009 Goodreads Choice Awards

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2009 Goodreads Choice Awards
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Goodreads Choice Awards ·  2010  

The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards were the first edition of the Goodreads Choice Awards. Voting took place during December 2009 with the results being shared in the January 2010 Goodreads newsletter. [1]

Contents

Winners and nominees

All-Time Favorite [2]
Non-Fiction [4]
Mystery-Thriller [5]
Science Fiction [6]
Chick Lit [7]
Romance [8]
Young Adult Fiction [9]
Young Adult Series [10]
Graphic Novel [11]
Children's [12]
Picture Book [13]

Longlists

To save space all nominees in the category of fiction that received less than 200 votes are listed below.

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk

South of Broad by Pat Conroy

The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Drood by Dan Simmons

The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

Multiple wins and nominations

If the nominations are all for the same book the book is listed, for authors with multiple books just their name is listed.

2 Wins

3 Nominations

2 Nominations

Notes

  1. To save space all fiction nominees that received less than 200 votes are listed under "Longlists" below
  2. Nominees in the Fantasy category are not archived and are not available

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References

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  8. Balogh, Mary (25 May 2015). "Poll: The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards: ROMANCE". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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