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AbeBooks is the world’s best source for finding and buying signed books. Our list of the bestselling signed books of 2009 provides a cross-section of the year’s major literary events and books that captured the imagination of countless readers. The top 25 features three titles from authors who passed away during the year - two from John Updike and one from Frank McCourt - plus critically-acclaimed novels, such as Hilary Mantel's Booker-winner Wolf Hall, Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski and The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.

The Top 25:

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
1. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann


The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman

 

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
3. The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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

The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
5. The Children's Book
A.S. Byatt

South of Broad by Pat Conroy
6. South of Broad
Pat Conroy


Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
7. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel

 

Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
8. Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving

Night by Elie Wiesel
9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
10. Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
11. That Old Cape Magic
Richard Russo


The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike
12. The Widows of Eastwick
John Updike

 

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
13. The Help
Kathryn Stockett

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
14. The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus
15. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
David Benedictus

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
16. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski


Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin
17. Magnificent Desolation
Buzz Aldrin

 

The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
18. The Witches of Eastwick
John Updike

Drood by Dan Simmons
19. Drood
Dan Simmons

Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
20. Homer & Langley
E.L. Doctorow

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
21. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz


Fool by Christopher Moore
22. Fool
Christopher Moore

 

Nocturnes by John Connolly
23. Nocturnes
John Connolly

The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
24. The Vagrants
Yiyun Li

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
25. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
Allison Hoover Bartlett



 

 

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