岁末年尾，各种排名啊、总结啊纷纷推出。《纽约时报》书评版今天率先公布了他们推举的2009年10佳图书列表。其中包含5部虚构类小说及5部非虚构类作品。有幸的是，Mabokov介绍过了其中的三部——A Short History of Women, The Age of Wonder, 以及Raymond Carver：A Writer‘s Life。 以下就是这10部最佳作品：

Fiction【虚构类】：

BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT

By Maile Meloy

CHRONIC CITY

By Jonathan Lethem

A GATE AT THE STAIRS

By Lorrie Moore

A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN

By Kate Walbert

HALF BROKE HORSES: A True-Life Novel

By Jeannette Walls

Nonfiction【非虚构类】:

THE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

By Richard Holmes

THE GOOD SOLDIERS

By David Finkel

LIT: A Memoir

By Mary Karr

LORDS OF FINANCE: The Bankers Who Broke the World

By Liaquat Ahamed

RAYMOND CARVER: A Writer’s Life

By Carol Sklenicka