2009: Summary

[bibliogramma]

In 2009, I read 104 books, 93 fiction and 11 non-fiction; 12 of these were re-reads (11.5%). A total of seven of these were anthologies, and so have been excluded from the demographic analysis of authorship.

By gender:
Books written by women: 64.9%
Books written by men: 34.0%

By nationality:
American: 70.1%
British: 3.1%
Canadian: 17.5%
Other: 9.3%

Book by writers of colour: 26.8%

I am pleased to see that the percentage of books written by writers of colour and the percentage of books written by writers from countries other than the U.S./Britain & Ireland/Canada/Australia and New Zealand increased from 2008.

And now, for my list of the best books I read in 2009:

Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King
The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
Anil’s Ghost, Michael Ondaatje
Unquenchable Fire, Rachel Pollack
De Secretis Mulierum, L. Timmel Duchamp
Distances, Vandana Singh
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
The Gameplayers of Zan, M. A. Foster
How to Rent a Negro, damali ayo
The Terror Dream: Myth and Misogyny in an Unsecure America, Susan Faludi