Let's face it: my top tens will never have only ten entries, and I'm not even going to try to make up an excuse this time. If you think you can deal with that, please read on to find the "ten" books I enjoyed the most this year.1. The Pillars of the Earth
Easily the best book I read in 2009, Ken Follett's undying classic is absolutely amazing, as I already told you here. Thank you again, my dear Hal, for getting it for me.
2. The Dresden Files
This year I read the first nine books in the series (there are eleven so far), and every single one of them was great. For Jim Butcher to crank them out so regularly and have each novel be better than the previous one is nothing short of amazing. Thank you, Nash, for getting me started!
3. Fablehaven
This series by Brandon Mull will consist of five books, four of which are already out and are terrific fun to read, as I've already mentioned several times. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
4. El club Dumas
This might be my favorite novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and it is phenomenal from beginning to end. If you still haven't read it, you're wasting time.
5. The Alphabet Mysteries
I read a bunch of Kinsey Millhone advetures this year (from K to T, as a matter of fact), and this series by Sue Grafton never disappoints. I will single out T is for Trespass as one of my favorites, but every novel in the series is just great.
6. Which Lie Did I Tell?
Another book Halagan got for me, William Goldman's adventures as a screenwriting were tremendously interesting. It's weird that I don't read more non-fiction books, because the few I do read I tend to enjoy a lot.
7. Percy Jackson & The Olympians
After reading four out of the five books in this series by Rick Riordan, I can say that I am dying to see The Lightning Thief, the movie based on the first book. I hope it is a big success, so that they turn them all into cool films.
8. Victory of Eagles
The fifth book in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, I think Peter Jackson said (at the San Diego Comic Con) the sixth one will be the last one. Whether or not this turns out to be the case, you could do much worse than getting to know this particular dragon and his captain, the way-too-proper Laurence.
9. Smoke and Mirrors
A collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors is wildly imaginative, and you will read each and every tale in the book with a sense of wonder and enjoyment like you have rarely experienced.
10. The Infernal City
Of course Greg Keyes had to pop up on this list at some point. I already told you how much I enjoyed this short novel, and I can't wait to read the second and last part of the story.
And that's it for 2009. What awesome books will I read next year? Well, I'm about to find out!
2 comments:
Bueno, empieza el List-A-Thon. Vamos allá con los libros:
Esta vez te has portado, Fel, reduciendo a sólo diez tu lista de diez. Con una pequeña trampa, claro, pero me vale, jeje.
The Pillars of the Earth es un pedazo de libro, como lo es Which Lie Did I Tell. Vamos, que estoy hinchado como un pavo porque dos de los libros que te regalé hayan encontrado un hueco entre los mejores diez del año. Jejeje. Ejem.
Al final tendré que acabar dándole una oportunidad a The Dresden Files y a Fablehaven. Y por cómo pones la serie de Kinsey Millhone, también me entran ganas de leerla. Solo que me da vértigo, claro. Veintipico libros. Si casi este año no me he leido ni la mitad de eso. Más al respecto pronto.
Y Greg Keyes mola. Que parece que no quieren que el público español se dé cuenta de ello.
Ya me imaginaba yo que te tendría bien contento con ciertos libros en este Top Ten, hehehe. Gracias a ti por regalármelos!
Con respecto a San Greg, debemos ser sus profetas!
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