Sybil Steinberg's List
| About Sybil's List | 2009 |
Sybil Steinberg is a contributing editor and former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly.
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FICTION |
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| WOLF HALL | Hilary Mantel |
| THE LACUNA | Barbara Kingsolver |
| LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN | Colum McCann |
| AWAIT YOUR REPLY | Dan Chaon |
| A GATE AT THE STAIRS | Lorrie Moore |
| THE CHILDREN’S BOOK | A. S. Byatt |
| A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN | Kate Walbert |
| THE VAGRANTS | Yiyun Li |
| THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG | Muriel Barbery |
| A HAPPY MARRIAGE | Rafael Yglesias 1 |
| LOVE AND SUMMER | William Trevor |
| BROOKLYN | Colm Toibin |
| LOWBOY | John Wray |
| FAR NORTH | Marcel Theroux |
| JEFF IN VENICE; DEATH IN VARANASI | Geoff Dyer |
| PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION | Sara Houghteling |
| EXILES IN THE GARDEN | Ward Just |
| SPOONER | Pete Dexter |
| THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HAT | Jane Gardam |
| THE FAMILY MAN | Elinor Lipman |
| HALF BROKE HORSES | Jeannette Walls |
| BLAME | Michelle Huneven |
| THE LITTLE STRANGER | Sarah Waters |
| THE CALLIGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER | Eugenia Kim |
| THE BELIEVERS | Zoe Heller |
| THE HELP | Kathryn Stockett |
| NOAH’S COMPASS | Anne Tyler |
FIVE NOVELS AND ONE SHORT STORY COLLECTION TO WATCH FOR: |
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| THE SURRENDERED | Chang-rae Lee |
| PARROT AND OLIVIER IN AMERICA | Peter Carey |
| TRUE CONFECTIONS | Katharine Weber 2 |
| SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT | Lionel Shriver |
| THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT | Cathleen Schine 3 |
| WHERE THE GOD OF LOVE HANGS OUT | Amy Bloom 4 |
SHORT STORIES |
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| IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS | Daniyal Mueenuddin |
| EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED | Wells Tower |
| TOO MUCH HAPPINESS | Alice Munro |
| ONE MORE YEAR | Sonia Krasikov |
| BLACK ELVIS | Geoffrey Becker |
NONFICTION |
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| LIT: A MEMOIR | Mary Karr |
| ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE | Kati Marton |
| PASSING STRANGE | Martha Sandiweiss |
| DANCING TO THE PRECIPICE | Caroline Moorehead |
| WHEN SKATEBOARDS WILL BE FREE | Said Sayrafiezadeh |
| LARRY’S KIDNEY | Daniel Asa Rose 5 |
Authors@the Library:
1. Rafael Yglesias on February 11
2. Katharine Weber on February 1
3. Cathleen Schine on February 24
4. Amy Bloom on February 2
5. Daniel Asa Rose on April 23.
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Last Updated 12/4/09
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