Book Blogger Recommendations: The List 2009

234 Unique Books Recommended

33 Different Book Bloggers Contributed

1 List of All-Time Favorites Compiled

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
2. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
3. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
4. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
5. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
6. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
7. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
11. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
12. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
13. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
14. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
15. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
16. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
17. The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
18. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
19. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
20. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
21. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel
22. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
23. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
24. 11 Minutes - Paulo Coelho
25. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
26. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
27. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
28. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
29. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
30. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
31. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
32. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
33. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
35. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
36. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
37. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman
38. Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
39. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
40. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce
41. Bitter is the New Black - Jen Lancaster
42. Dibs in Search of Self - Virginia Axline
43. Dune - Frank Herbert
44. England's Perfect Hero - Suzanne Enoch
45. Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
46. Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
47. The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebeard - Walter Moers
48. The Giver - Lois Lowry
49. The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
50. The Immortal Highlander - Karen Marie Moning
51. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen
52. Voice of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready
53. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
54. Northern Lights - Phillip Pullman
55. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
56. Deception Point - Dan Brown
57. Eyes of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready
58. Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine
59. Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
60. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King
61. Playing with Fire - Gena Showalter
62. Push - Sapphire
63. Remember Me - Christopher Pike
64. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
65. Seize the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
66. Stupid & Contagious - Caprice Crane
67. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
68. The Dark Devine - Bree Despain
69. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
70. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
71. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
72. The Rowan - Anne McCaffrey
73. The Secret Garden Frances - Hodgson Burnett
74. Worth Any Price - Lisa Kleypas
75. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson
76. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
77. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
78. Audrey, Wait! - Robin Benway
79. Blindness - Jose Saramago
80. Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
81. Laid Bare - Lauren Dane
82. Lover Avenged - J.R. Ward
83. Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
84. Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
85. Rosie Dunn - Cecelia Ahern
86. Shadow Kiss - Richelle Mead
87. The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
88. The Green Mile - Stephen King
89. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
90. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
91. The Prisoner's Wife - Asha Bandele
92. The Reawakened - Jeri Smith-Ready
93. The Shining - Stephen King
94. While My Pretty One Sleeps - Mary Higgins Clark
95. A River Runs Through It - Norman McLean
96. All About Love - Bell Hooks
97. Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
98. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
99. Harm None - M.R. Sellars
100. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
101. House Atreides - Brian Herbert
102. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
103. Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
104. Magic in the Shadows - Devon Monk
105. Marked - PC Cast and Kristin Cast
106. One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
107. Persuasion - Jane Austen
108. Queen of Babble - Meg Cabot
109. Roots - Alex Haley
110. Star Girl - Jerry Spinelli
111. The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Willo Davis Roberts
112. The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
113. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
114. The Raven Prince - Eliz Hoyt
115. The Stand - Stephen King
116. The Wednesday Letters - Jason F. Wright
117. Twisted - Andrea Kane
118. Willow - Julia Hoban
119. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
120. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libby Bray
121. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
122. Acheron - Sherrilyn Kenyon
123. Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
124. April & Oliver - Tess Callahan
125. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
126. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
127. Blood Ties Book One: The Turning - Jennifer Armintrout
128. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
129. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
130. Killing Dance - Laurell K. Hamilton
131. Magic Strikes - Illona Andrews
132. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
133. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
134. Rhett Butler's People - Donald McCraig
135. Searching for Shona - Margaret J. Anderson
136. Still Alice - Lisa Genova
137. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
138. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
139. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
140. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
141. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
142. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen
143. Venus Envy - Louis Bagshawe
144. Acornia: The Unicorn Girl - Anne McCaffrey
145. Daughter of the Blood - Anne Bishop
146. Death's Shadow - Darren Shan
147. Dress Your Kids in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
148. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
149. Happiness Sold Separately - Libby Street
150. Hate List - Jennifer Brown
151. Love You Hate You Miss You - Elizabeth Scott
152. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
153. Needful Things - Stephen King
154. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
155. Somewhere in Time - Richard Matheson
156. Teach Me - R.A. Nelson
157. The Boy Next Door - Meg Cabot
158. The Gift of Shame - Sophie Hope Walker
159. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
160. The Street - Ann Perry
161. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
162. A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle
163. Alas Babylon - Pat Frank
164. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
165. Breath - Tim Winton
166. Gone - Michael Grant
167. Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
168. Heir to the Shadow - Anne Bishop
169. Holes - Louis Sachar
170. Killing Floor - Lee Child
171. Lamb - Christopher Moore
172. Marley and Me - John Grogan
173. One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
174. Teen Idol - Meg Cabot
175. The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy - Gavriel Kay
176. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
177. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
178. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
179. Warriors Don't Cry Melba - Patillo Beals
180. Austenland - Shannon Hale
181. Curtain - Agatha Cristie
182. Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman
183. Eternal Seduction - Jennifer Turner
184. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
185. Manfield Park - Jane Austen
186. No One Belongs Here More than You - Miranda July
187. Queen of the Darkness - Anne Bishop
188. Shadowland - Meg Cabot
189. The Angels Weep - Wilbur Smith
190. The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
191. The Husband - Dean Koontz
192. The Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
193. The Talisman Ring - Georgette Heyer
194. The Two Princesses of Bamarre - Gail Carson Levine
195. The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
196. 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher
197. A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel
198. Beyond Heaving Bosoms - Sarah Wendell
199. Blue Latitudes - Tony Horowitz
200. Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
201. Chasing Windmills - Catherine Ryan Hyde
202. Dracula - Bram Stoker
203. Dreams Made Flesh - Anne Bishop
204. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Linda Brent
205. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
206. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
207. Point Blanc - Anthony Horowitz
208. The Art of Happiness - The Dalai Lama
209. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
210. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
211. The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
212. The Royal Treatment - MaryJanice Davidson
213. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
214. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
215. A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
216. Bloodline - Sidney Sheldon
217. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
218. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
219. Eden - Olympia Vernon
220. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
221. Going Too Far - Jennifer Echols
222. In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner
223. Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
224. Looking for - Alaska John Green
225. Massive - Julia Bell
226. Misery - Stephen King
227. Skinned - Robin Wasserman
228. Tempted - Megan Hart
229. The Agony of Alice - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
230. The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
231. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
232. The Rag and Bone Show - Robert Cormier
233. The Unlikely Ones - Mary Brown
234. Watchers - Dean Koontz

The Book Blogger Recommendation list ranking order was painstakingly compiled factoring in how high the book was ranked on each bloggers personal list as well as how many bloggers mentioned the book.

This list includes middle grade, young adult and adult books from the classics to the newly published in all genres.

A huge thanks to all of the wonderful book bloggers who took the time to submit their favorite books

Patricia @ Peace Love & Pat Book Reviews
Tara SG @ 25 Hour Books
Maria @ Fantasys Ink
Stephanie @ Steph the Bookworm
Rebecca @ Every Thing To Do With Books
Michelle Miller @ The True Book Addict
Natalie @ Mindful Musings
Eleni @ La Femme Readers
Nikki O @ Ramblings of a Bibliophile
Alita @ alita.reads
Danielle Zappavigna @ The Book Nerd Club
Marce @ Tea Time with Marce
Alyson Greene @ Addicted to Heroines
Ashley H. @ Ashley's Library
Bella @ A Bibliophile's Bookshelf {blog closed}
Aarti @ Booklust
SusiSunshine @ The Geeky Bookworm
Laurie Mapp @ Mobile Mommy
Larissa @ Welcome to Larissa's Life
CelticLady @ Blog O' The Irish
Brittany M. @ The Ultimate Dumpees
Megan E @ Audiobook Love
Jamie King @ Teflon Panties {blog closed}
Amber @ Just Your Typical Book Blog
Katy F @ A Few More Pages
Julie @ My 5 Monkeys
Katie @ Sophitikatied Reviews
Darlyn @ Crashing Stars {blog closed}
Lori @ I Just Finished Reading
Victoria D @ Artsy and Ambitious
The Book Vixen @ The Book Vixen
Lexie C @ Poisoned Rationality

Coming Soon

Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge 2010
Because what do we do with book lists? We make challenges out of them, of course. The rules and sign up page will be up shortly

How Well Do You Know Your Book Bloggers?
A (hopefully) fun year-long contest in which readers will guess which blogger suggested which book. Entrant with the most correct answers at the end of the contest will win a prize (to be determined soon). Contest will run weekly. Participants do not have to join the challenge. More information will be available shortly.

Discuss

I'd love to hear your opinions on the list, the challenge and the contest. I would also love to hear any ideas you may have to about how to utilize the list. If the challenge or contest is successful, I would love to contine these along with a brand new list each year. Please let me know what you think!