Published on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 4:00PM EST Last updated on Monday, Jan. 04, 2010 10:39AM EST
Our 12th annual pick of the 100 best and most influential books of the year includes prize-winners and surprises, writers allegedly famous and those about to be, prose and poetry, science and social studies, memoir and manifesto, and much, much more.
For online readers, we've broken the 100 books down into multiple lists and even included a bonus gathering of "Also Rans": books that were on the list until very last minute as we argued, debated, soul-searched and generally agonized about who made it and who didn't.
All in all, a great year for reading. Enjoy!
-- The Editors
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