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Highest Ranked Novels published in 2009

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Title Type Authors
1 630 The Windup Girl NOVEL Paolo Bacigalupi
2 627 The City & The City NOVEL
China Miéville?China Mieville
3 293 Leviathan NOVEL Scott Westerfeld
4 249 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms NOVEL N. K. Jemisin
5 213 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making NOVEL Catherynne M. Valente
6 187 Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America NOVEL Robert Charles Wilson
7 154 Catching Fire NOVEL Suzanne Collins
8 151 Slights NOVEL Kaaron Warren
9 141 Palimpsest NOVEL Catherynne M. Valente
10 121 Ark NOVEL Stephen Baxter
11 116 Boneshaker NOVEL Cherie Priest
12 112 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon NOVEL Grace Lin
13 112 When You Reach Me NOVEL Rebecca Stead
14 111 Under the Dome NOVEL Stephen King
15 109 Wake NOVEL Robert J. Sawyer
16 109 Lifelode NOVEL Jo Walton
17 107 Living with Ghosts NOVEL Kari Sperring
18 105 Best Served Cold NOVEL Joe Abercrombie
19 105 The Hotel Under the Sand NOVEL Kage Baker
20 100 Half World NOVEL Hiromi Goto
21 100 Mr. Shivers NOVEL Robert Jackson Bennett
22 99 Finch NOVEL Jeff VanderMeer
23 99 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies NOVEL Seth Grahame-Smith
24 98 Makers NOVEL Cory Doctorow
25 97 Ash NOVEL Malinda Lo
26 91 The Red Tree NOVEL
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
27 85 Der Regenplanet NOVEL Karsten Kruschel
28 85 Die Eingeborenen NOVEL Karsten Kruschel
29 85
プシスファイラ?Pushisufaira
 NOVEL
天野邊?あまのほとり
Amano Hotori
30 85 The Hunchback Assignments NOVEL Arthur Slade
31 85 Red Queen NOVEL Honey Brown
32 82 Liar NOVEL Justine Larbalestier
33 77 Dead and Gone NOVEL Charlaine Harris
34 76 The Strain NOVEL Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
35 73 The Unincorporated Man NOVEL Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
36 71 Lamentation NOVEL Ken Scholes
37 70 Centuries Ago and Very Fast NOVEL Rebecca Ore
38 70 Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron NOVEL Jasper Fforde
39 70 The Third Claw of God NOVEL Adam-Troy Castro
40 70 Eyes Like Stars NOVEL Lisa Mantchev
41 70 Symbiose NOVEL Uwe Post
42 67 Audrey's Door NOVEL Sarah Langan
43 66 The Magicians NOVEL Lev Grossman
44 65 Drood NOVEL Dan Simmons
45 65 Soulless NOVEL Gail Carriger
46 64 Transition NOVEL Iain M. Banks
47 63 The Gathering Storm NOVEL Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
48 62 Corpus Delicti: Ein Prozess NOVEL Juli Zeh
49 60 This Is Not a Game NOVEL Walter Jon Williams
50 60 Limit NOVEL
Frank Schätzing?Frank Schaetzing
51 59 Avilion NOVEL Robert Holdstock
52 58 Spellbent NOVEL Lucy A. Snyder
53 57 The Adamantine Palace NOVEL Stephen Deas
54 57 The Devil's Alphabet NOVEL Daryl Gregory
55 56 The Sunless Countries NOVEL Karl Schroeder
56 56 Going Bovine NOVEL Libba Bray
57 56 Blood of Ambrose NOVEL James Enge
58 55 Yellow Blue Tibia NOVEL Adam Roberts
59 52 Servant of a Dark God NOVEL John Brown
60 51 The Magician's Apprentice NOVEL Trudi Canavan
61 51 In the Company of Angels NOVEL Dave Wolverton
62 51 I Am Not a Serial Killer NOVEL Dan Wells
63 51 Gravity Vs. the Girl NOVEL Riley Noehren
64 50 La brume des jours NOVEL Anne Fakhouri
65 50 Indigo Springs NOVEL A. M. Dellamonica
66 50 Día de perros NOVEL David Jasso
67 50 Victor's Challenge NOVEL Pamela Freeman and Kim Gamble
68 50 The Gene Thieves NOVEL Maria Quinn
69 50 Big Machine NOVEL Victor LaValle
70 50 Mind Over Ship NOVEL David Marusek
71 50 Beyond the Wall of Time NOVEL Russell Kirkpatrick
72 50 Brainjack NOVEL Brian Falkner
73 50 Chien du heaume NOVEL Justine Niogret
74 50 Z.Rex NOVEL Stephen Cole
75 50 Midnight Picnic NOVEL Nick Antosca
76 50 Maleficium NOVEL Martine Desjardins
77 50
競馬の終わり?けいばのおわり
Keiba no Owari
 NOVEL
杉山俊彦?Sugiyama Toshihiko
78 50 Damnable NOVEL Hank Schwaeble
79 50 1942 NOVEL Robert Conroy
80 50
Le diapason: Des mots et des misères?Le diapason: Des mots et des miseres
 NOVEL
Jérôme Noirez?Jerome Noirez
81 50
増大派に告ぐ?ぞうだいばにつぐ
Zōdaiba ni Tsuku
Zoudaiba ni Tsuku
 NOVEL
小田雅久仁?おだまさくに
Oda, Masakuni
82 50
月桃夜?げっとうや
Gettōya
Gettouya
 NOVEL
遠田潤子?とおだじゅんこ
Tōda Junko
Tooda Junko
83 50 An Echo in the Bone NOVEL Diana Gabaldon
84 50 One NOVEL Conrad Williams
85 50 Été mutant NOVEL Victor Dixen
86 50 Wonders of a Godless World NOVEL Andrew McGahan
87 50
Le Déchronologue?Le Dechronologue
 NOVEL
Stéphane Beauverger?Stephane Beauverger
88 50 Ein König für Deutschland NOVEL Andreas Eschbach
89 50 La última noche de Hipatia NOVEL Eduardo Vaquerizo
90 50 A Ghost in My Suitcase NOVEL Gabrielle Wang
91 50
Suprématie?Suprematie
 NOVEL Yves Meynard and Jean-Louis Trudel
92 50 Bitter Angels NOVEL Sarah Zettel
93 50 Empire NOVEL Graham McNeill
94 48 Last Days NOVEL Brian Evenson
95 47 In Great Waters NOVEL Kit Whitfield
96 45 Sleepless NOVEL Charlie Huston
97 37 Heart's Blood NOVEL Juliet Marillier
98 36 The Prisoner NOVEL Carlos J. Cortes
99 36 Unseen Academicals NOVEL Terry Pratchett
100 36 Tyrant's Blood NOVEL Fiona McIntosh
101 36 Warbreaker NOVEL Brandon Sanderson
102 36 Life Through Cellophane NOVEL Gillian Polack
103 36 The Year of the Flood NOVEL Margaret Atwood
104 36 Prophets NOVEL S. Andrew Swann
105 36 The Prodigal Mage NOVEL Karen Miller
106 36 The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart NOVEL Jesse Bullington
107 36 The Drowning City NOVEL Amanda Downum
108 36 Dust of Dreams NOVEL Steven Erikson
109 36 The Last Stormlord NOVEL Glenda Larke
110 36 The Dark Griffin NOVEL K. J. Taylor
111 35 L'axe de Koudriss NOVEL
Michèle Laframboise?Michele Laframboise
112 35 Le protocole Reston NOVEL Mathieu Fortin
113 35 Un tour en Arkadie NOVEL Francine Pelletier
114 35 The Crossing NOVEL Mandy Hager
115 35 Der Virenplanet NOVEL Matthias Falke and Michael Knoke
116 35 Paysage sombre avec foudre NOVEL Alain Claret
117 35 Druids NOVEL Barbara Galler-Smith and Josh Langston
118 35
アンブロークンアロー―戦闘妖精・雪風?Anburōkun Arō: Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze
Anburookun Aroo: Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
Anburookun Aroo: Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
 NOVEL
神林長平?Chōhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kambayashi
Chōhei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kanbayashi
かんばやしちょうへい
119 35 Foxfire NOVEL Barbara Campbell
120 35 Von Gobstopper's Arcade NOVEL Alexandra Adornetto
121 35 Quarantined NOVEL Joe McKinney
122 35 Dying Bites NOVEL Don DeBrandt
123 35 The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet NOVEL Reif Larsen
124 35 Crashed NOVEL Robin Wasserman
125 35 Steel Whispers NOVEL Hayden Trenholm
126 35 The Little Stranger NOVEL Sarah Waters
127 35 The Little Sleep NOVEL Paul Tremblay
128 35 Le talisman de Maxandre NOVEL Élisabeth Tremblay
129 35 El adepto de la Reina NOVEL Rodolfo Martínez
130 35 Breathers: A Zombie's Lament NOVEL S. G. Browne
131 35 Doc Good's Traveling Show NOVEL Gene O'Neill
132 35
下りの船?くだりのふね
Kudari no Fune
 NOVEL
佐藤哲也?さとうてつや
Satō Tetsuya
Satou Tetsuya
Sato Tetsuya
133 35
あなたのための物語?あなたのためのものがたり
Anata no Tame no Monogatari
 NOVEL
長谷敏司?はせ さとし
Satoshi Hase
134 35 The Naming of the Beasts NOVEL Mike Carey
135 35 Ice NOVEL Sarah Beth Durst
136 35 Forest Born NOVEL Shannon Hale
137 35 Hidden Empire NOVEL Orson Scott Card
138 35 Night Runner NOVEL Max Turner
139 35 The Owl Killers NOVEL Karen Maitland
140 35 La reine des lumières NOVEL
Xavier Mauméjean?Xavier Maumejean
141 35 The Amulet of Amon-Ra NOVEL Leslie Carmichael
142 35 Gagner la guerre NOVEL Jean-Philippe Jaworski
143 35 Vulture's Gate NOVEL Kirsty Murray
144 35 Le soupir de l'immortel NOVEL Antoine Buéno
145 35 Amy By Any Other Name NOVEL Maureen Garvie
146 35 Homo vampiris NOVEL Fabien Clavel
147 35 Patient Zero NOVEL Jonathan Maberry
148 35 The Child Thief NOVEL Brom
149 35 The Magician's Elephant NOVEL Kate DiCamillo
150 35 The Book from Baden Dark NOVEL James Moloney
151 35 Salicande NOVEL Pauline Alphen
152 35 Liberating Atlantis NOVEL Harry Turtledove
153 35 White Is for Witching NOVEL Helen Oyeyemi
154 35 Hunting Ground NOVEL Patricia Briggs
155 35 L'alchimiste des ombres NOVEL Pierre Pevel
156 35 Destined for an Early Grave NOVEL Jeaniene Frost
157 35 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer NOVEL Jonathan L. Howard
158 35 City Without End NOVEL Kay Kenyon
159 35 Flesh and Fire NOVEL Laura Anne Gilman
160 35 The Repossession Mambo NOVEL Eric Garcia
161 35 Mortal Coils NOVEL Eric S. Nylund
162 35 The Mystery of Grace NOVEL Charles de Lint
163 35 Futile Flame NOVEL Sam Stone
164 35 The Wounded Guardian NOVEL Duncan Lay
165 35 Im Jahre Ragnarök NOVEL Oliver Henkel
166 35 Wondrous Strange NOVEL Lesley Livingston
167 35 Cursed NOVEL Jeremy C. Shipp
168 35 1Q84, Book 2 NOVEL
村上春樹?Haruki Murakami
169 35 1Q84: Book 1 NOVEL
村上春樹?Haruki Murakami
170 35 The Whisperer NOVEL Fiona McIntosh
171 35 Turils Reise NOVEL Michael Marcus Thurner
172 35 Gladiatrix NOVEL Rhonda Roberts
173 35 Terra Insegura NOVEL Edward Willett
174 35 Being of the Field NOVEL Traci Harding
175 35 Angels' Blood NOVEL Nalini Singh
176 35 Branded by Fire NOVEL Nalini Singh
177 35 Solomon's Grave NOVEL Daniel G. Keohane
178 35 The Spell of Rosette NOVEL Kim Falconer
179 35 Arrows of Time NOVEL Kim Falconer
180 35 The Strange and Diverting Story of The Loblolly Boy NOVEL James Norcliffe
181 35
イリュミナシオン 君よ、非情の河を下れ?イリュミナシオン きみよ、ひじょうのかわをくだれ
Iryuminashion Kimi yo, Hijō no Kawa wo Kudare
Iryuminashion Kimi yo, Hijou no Kawa wo Kudare
 NOVEL
山田正紀?やまだまさき
Yamada Masaki
182 35 Nuigrave NOVEL Lorris Murail
183 35 The Cry of the Marwing NOVEL K. S. Nikakis
184 35 Give Up the Ghost NOVEL Megan Crewe
185 35 The Whale's Tale NOVEL Edwina Harvey
186 33 Galileo's Dream NOVEL Kim Stanley Robinson
187 30 La red de Indra NOVEL Juan Miguel Aguilera
188 30 Beautiful Creatures NOVEL Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
189 30 And Another Thing ... NOVEL Eoin Colfer
190 30 The Manual of Detection NOVEL Jedediah Berry
191 30 Gewitter über Pluto NOVEL Heinrich Steinfest
192 30 City of Glass NOVEL Cassandra Clare
193 30 Steal Across the Sky NOVEL Nancy Kress
194 29 Bone Crossed NOVEL Patricia Briggs
195 29 Green NOVEL Jay Lake
196 28 Mobymelville NOVEL Daniel Pérez Navarro
197 28 Kiss of a Demon King NOVEL Kresley Cole
198 28 Norse Code NOVEL Greg van Eekhout
199 28 Alarido de Dios NOVEL José Miguel Vilar Bou
200 28 The Last Olympian NOVEL Rick Riordan
201 27 The Revolution Business NOVEL Charles Stross
202 27
Хлорофилия?Khlorofiliya
 NOVEL
Андрей Рубанов?Andrei Rubanov
203 27 Rosemary and Rue NOVEL Seanan McGuire
204 27 Heroes of the Valley NOVEL Jonathan Stroud
205 26 Gardens of the Sun NOVEL Paul J. McAuley
206 26 Canticle NOVEL Ken Scholes
207 26 The Ask and the Answer NOVEL Patrick Ness
208 26 Her Fearful Symmetry NOVEL Audrey Niffenegger
209 25 Harbinger NOVEL Jack Skillingstead
210 25 Dream Warrior NOVEL Sherrilyn Kenyon
211 25 White Witch, Black Curse NOVEL Kim Harrison
212 25 Sacred Scars NOVEL Kathleen Duey
213 25 The Lost Symbol NOVEL Dan Brown
214 25 Fragment NOVEL Warren Fahy
215 24 Total Oblivion, More or Less NOVEL Alan DeNiro
216 24 Gullstruck Island NOVEL Frances Hardinge
217 24 Skin Trade NOVEL Laurell K. Hamilton
218 24 Evermore NOVEL
Alyson Noël?Alyson Noel
219 23 Turn Coat NOVEL Jim Butcher
220 23 Hunted NOVEL Kristin Cast and P. C. Cast
221 23 The Price of Spring NOVEL Daniel Abraham
222 21 Chronic City NOVEL Jonathan Lethem
223 20 Lightbreaker NOVEL Mark Teppo
224 19 The Walls of the Universe NOVEL Paul Melko
225 19 Madness of Flowers NOVEL Jay Lake
226 19 Fever Crumb NOVEL Philip Reeve
227 18 The High City NOVEL Cecelia Holland
228 17 Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel NOVEL Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan
229 16 Hespira NOVEL Matthew Hughes
230 16 Spell Games NOVEL Tim Pratt
231 16 Buyout NOVEL Alex Irvine
232 15 Dragon in Chains NOVEL Chaz Brenchley
233 11 The Painting and the City NOVEL Robert Freeman Wexler
234 2 Retribution Falls NOVEL Chris Wooding
235 2 Worldshaker NOVEL Richard Harland
236 1 The Crucible of the Dragon God NOVEL Mike Wild
237 1 Fire NOVEL Kristin Cashore
238 1 The Rats and the Ruling Sea NOVEL Robert V. S. Redick
239 1 Destroyer of Worlds NOVEL Mark Chadbourn
240 1 The Scarecrow NOVEL Sean Williams
241 1 The Monstrumologist NOVEL Rick Yancey
242 1 Reiksguard NOVEL Richard Williams
243 1 Nights of Villjamur NOVEL Mark Charan Newton
244 1 Halt's Peril NOVEL John Flanagan
245 1 The Grand Conjunction NOVEL Sean Williams
246 1 Rides a Dread Legion NOVEL Raymond E. Feist
247 1 Kell's Legend NOVEL Andy Remic
248 1 Blood of the Mantis NOVEL Adrian Tchaikovsky
249 1 The Museum of Mary Child NOVEL Cassandra Golds
250 1 Bones of the Dragon NOVEL Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis
251 1 Imager NOVEL L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
252 1 Eyes Like Mine NOVEL Julie Wright
253 1 The Caryatids NOVEL Bruce Sterling
254 1 Mirror Space NOVEL Marianne de Pierres
255 1 Kings and Assassins NOVEL Lane Robins
256 1 The Gates NOVEL John Connolly
257 1 Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children NOVEL Jen Storer
258 1 Dark Haven NOVEL Gail Z. Martin
259 1 The Pretender's Crown NOVEL C. E. Murphy
260 1 Regenesis NOVEL C. J. Cherryh
261 1 The Iron Web NOVEL Larken Rose
262 1 The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen NOVEL Deborah Abela
263 1 The Puzzle Ring NOVEL Kate Forsyth
264 1 Suddenly, Paris NOVEL Christopher Werby and Olga Werby
265 1 Ground Zero NOVEL F. Paul Wilson
266 1
Дом, в котором...?Dom, v kotorom my...
 NOVEL
Мариам Петросян?Mariam Petrosyan
267 1 White Star NOVEL Elizabeth Vaughan
268 1 Wings NOVEL Aprilynne Pike
269 1 Princess of the Midnight Ball NOVEL Jessica Day George
270 1 Far North NOVEL Marcel Theroux
271 1 El testament d'Alcestis NOVEL Miquel de Palol
272 1 Seeds of Earth NOVEL Michael Cobley
273 1 The Other Lands NOVEL David Anthony Durham
274 1 Chaosbound NOVEL Dave Wolverton
275 1 My Fair Godmother NOVEL Janette Rallison
276 1 Dragonseed NOVEL James Maxey
277 1 The Rise of the Iron Moon NOVEL Stephen Hunt
278 1 Sedam strahova NOVEL
Selvedin Avdić?Selvedin Avdich
279 1 The Dame NOVEL R. A. Salvatore
280 1 Shamanslayer NOVEL Nathan Long
281 1 A Small Free Kiss in the Dark NOVEL Glenda Millard
282 1 Witches Incorporated NOVEL Karen Miller
283 1 Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary NOVEL Brandon Mull
284 1 The Phoenix Transformed NOVEL Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
285 1 Night's Cold Kiss NOVEL Tracey O'Hara
286 1 The Silver Mage NOVEL Katharine Kerr
287 1 Imager's Challenge NOVEL L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
288 1 By the Mountain Bound NOVEL Elizabeth Bear
289 1 Shadow Magic NOVEL Danielle Bennett and Jaida Jones
290 1 The Company Man NOVEL Robert Jackson Bennett
291 1 Lord of Silence NOVEL Mark Chadbourn
292 1 Naamah's Kiss NOVEL Jacqueline Carey
293 1 The Edge of the World NOVEL Kevin J. Anderson
294 1 Generosity: An Enhancement NOVEL Richard Powers (I)
295 1 The Call of Kerberos NOVEL Jonathan Oliver
296 1 Night's Haunting NOVEL Matthew Sprange
297 1 Dragon Keeper NOVEL Robin Hobb
298 1 The Maze Runner NOVEL James Dashner
299 1 Cicada Summer NOVEL Kate Constable
300 1 The Wisdom of Dead Men NOVEL Oisin McGann
301 1 God of Clocks NOVEL Alan Campbell
302 1 Irons in the Fire NOVEL Juliet E. McKenna
303 1 Gerechter Zorn NOVEL Markus Heitz
304 1 The Island NOVEL Tim Lebbon
305 1 At the Gates of Darkness NOVEL Raymond E. Feist
306 1 Shadow King NOVEL Gav Thorpe
307 1 The Laurentine Spy NOVEL Emily Gee
308 1 The Good Humor Man, or, Calorie 3501 NOVEL Andrew Fox
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