# 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards

The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards were the first edition of the Goodreads Choice Awards. Voting took place during December 2009 with the results being shared in the January 2010 Goodreads newsletter.

## Winners and nominees

| All-Time Favorite Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kirstin Cast City of Glass by Cassandra Clare Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger Evermore by Alyson Noël The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan The Help by Kathryn Stockett | Fiction The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford The White Queen by Philippa Gregory The Magicians by Lev Grossman Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe Fool by Christopher Moore Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger Shanghai Girls by Lisa See |
| Non-Fiction Columbine by Dave Cullen Zeitoun by Dave Eggers The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer Stitches by David Small Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow | Mystery-Thriller The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich The Associate by John Grisham Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark Under The Dome by Stephen King Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith 8th Confession by James Patterson The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters |
| Fantasy Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris | Science Fiction Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Genesis by Bernard Beckett And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer Makers by Cory Doctorow Fragment by Warren Fahy The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin Wake by Robert J. Sawyer Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson |
| Chick Lit The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale True Colors by Kristin Hannah Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells | Romance An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost Dream Warrior by Sherrilyn Kenyon Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips What Happens in London by Julia Quinn Silent On The Moor by Deanna Raybourn Black Hills by Nora Roberts Vision in White by Nora Roberts |
| Young Adult Fiction Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares Going Bovine by Libba Bray North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley If I Stay by Gayle Forman Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Tricks by Ellen Hopkins When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams | Young Adult Series Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games #2) City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments #3) Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kirstin Cast (House of Night #5) Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush #1) Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely #3) Blood Promise by Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy #4) Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull (Fablehaven #4) Evermore by Alyson Noël (The Immortals #1) The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (Go |
| Graphic Novel Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman Mercy Thompson Homecoming by Patricia Briggs, illustrated by Francis Tsai The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks, illustrated by Ibraim Roberson The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou The Eternal Smile Three Stories by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Derek Kirk Kim Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir by Laurie Sandell Stitches by David Small A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi | Children's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo Scat by Carl Hiaasen The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel R. Russell |
* Picture Book
* Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess
* Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black
* The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
* Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
* Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
* Listen to the Wind the Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, illustrated by Susan Roth
* Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
* Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
* Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
* Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems

## Longlists

To save space all nominees in the category of fiction that received less than 200 votes are listed below.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Drood by Dan Simmons
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

## Multiple wins and nominations

If the nominations are all for the same book the book is listed, for authors with multiple books just their name is listed.
2 Wins
* Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
* Neil Gaiman
3 Nominations
* Neil Gaiman
2 Nominations
* The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
* The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
* The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
* Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kirstin Cast
* City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
* Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
* Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
* Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster
* Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
* Evermore by Alyson Noël
* The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
* Nora Roberts
* Stitches by David Small
* The Help by Kathryn Stockett
* The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
* Mo Willems