New York Times Best Books of 2009. . .

This is an annual list that actually has a huge effect on book sales, even in Canada. I always find their selections unique and interesting. Here's what the editors picked for this year (links are to the Canadian editions):

Fiction

Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy

Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert

Non-fiction

The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes

The Good Soldiers by David Finkel

Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr

Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed

Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka