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2009 Titles by Popularity - Best of DorothyL, copyright 2009 only
Of the Best Books of 2009 rated by DorothyL members, 618 (representing 312 unique titles) were copyright 2009.
Title and Author | Count |
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The Brutal Telling - Penny, Louise | 15 |
The Language of Bees - King, Laurie R | 11 |
Necessary as Blood - Crombie, Deborah | 10 |
The Shanghai Moon - Rozan, S.J. | 10 |
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Bradley, Alan | 10 |
Among the Mad - Winspear, Jacqueline | 9 |
Heaven's Keep - Krueger, William Kent | 9 |
The Dark Horse - Johnson, Craig | 9 |
The Scarecrow - Connelly, Michael | 9 |
Nine Dragons - Connelly, Michael | 8 |
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Swedish: 2006) - Larsson, Stieg | 8 |
U is for Undertow - Grafton, Sue | 8 |
Starvation Lake - Gruley, Bryan | 7 |
A Night at the Operation - Cohen, Jeffrey | 6 |
Awakening - Bolton, S.J. | 6 |
Baby Shark's Jugglers At The Border - Fate, Robert | 6 |
Borderline - Barr, Nevada | 6 |
Lethal Legacy - Fairstein, Linda | 6 |
Mind Scrambler - Grabenstein, Chris | 6 |
The Last Child - Hart, John | 6 |
13 1/2 - Barr, Nevada | 5 |
Gone Tomorrow - Child, Lee | 5 |
Hardball - Paretsky, Sara | 5 |
Life Sentences - Lippman, Laura | 5 |
Midnight Fugue - Hill, Reginald | 5 |
The Dead of Winter - Airth, Rennie | 5 |
A Bad Day For Sorry - Littlefield, Sophie | 4 |
A Trace of Smoke - Cantrell, Rebecca | 4 |
Dog On It - Quinn, Spencer | 4 |
Execution Dock - Perry, Anne | 4 |
Her Deadly Mischief - Myers, Beverle Graves | 4 |
In the Shadow of Gotham - Pintoff, Stefanie | 4 |
Judas Kiss - Ellison, J.T. | 4 |
Leaden Skies - Parker, Ann | 4 |
Little Lamb Lost - Fenton, Margaret | 4 |
Locked In - Muller, Marcia | 4 |
Revenge of the Spellmans - Lutz, Lisa | 4 |
Silent on the Moor - Raybourn, Deanna | 4 |
Undone - Slaughter, Karin | 4 |
A Duty to the Dead - Todd, Charles | 3 |
Air Time - Ryan, Hank Phillippi | 3 |
Black Water Rising - Locke, Attica | 3 |
Death and the Lit Chick - Malliet, G.M. | 3 |
Death Will Help You Leave Him - Zelvin, Elizabeth | 3 |
Evil for Evil - Benn, James R. | 3 |
Faces of the Gone - Parks, Brad | 3 |
Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Evanovich, Janet | 3 |
Grave Goods - Franklin, Ariana | 3 |
Grave Secret - Harris, Charlaine | 3 |
Merry, Merry Ghost - Hart, Carolyn | 3 |
Roadside Crosses - Deaver, Jeffery | 3 |
Rough Country - Sandford, John | 3 |
Royal Flush - Bowen, Rhys | 3 |
Spin a Wicked Web - McRae, Cricket | 3 |
The Body in the Sleigh - Page, Katherine Hall | 3 |
The Merry Misogynist - Cotterill, Colin | 3 |
The Unseen - Sokoloff, Alexandra | 3 |
The Way Home - Pelecanos, George | 3 |
Turn Coat - Butcher, Jim | 3 |
Vanilla Ride - Lansdale, Joe R. | 3 |
Wicked Prey - Sandford, John | 3 |
A Wee Christmas Homicide - Dunnett, Kaitlyn | 2 |
Angel’s Advocate - Stanton, Mary | 2 |
Beat the Reaper - Bazell, Josh | 2 |
Blind Eye - MacBride, Stuart | 2 |
Bloodhound - Pierce, Tamora | 2 |
Bookplate Special - Barrett, Lorna | 2 |
Bryant and May on the Loose - Fowler, Christopher | 2 |
Bury Me Deep - Abbott, Megan | 2 |
Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof - Clement, Blaize | 2 |
Cat Striking Back - Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | 2 |
Dare to Die - Hart, Carolyn | 2 |
Death Loves a Messy Desk - Maffini, Mary Jane | 2 |
Desert Lost - Webb, Betty | 2 |
Desolate Angel - McGee, Chaz | 2 |
Devil's Garden - Atkins, Ace | 2 |
Die for You - Unger, Lisa | 2 |
Get Real - Westlake, Donald E. | 2 |
In a Gilded Cage - Bowen, Rhys | 2 |
In the Guise of Mercy - Hornsby, Wendy | 2 |
Iron River - Parker, T. Jefferson | 2 |
Mating Season - Loomis, Jon | 2 |
Mourning in Miniature - Grace, Margaret | 2 |
Murder in Four Parts - Crider, Bill | 2 |
Murder In The Raw - Challinor, C.S. | 2 |
Murder on a Midsummer Night - Greenwood, Kerry | 2 |
New Tricks - Rosenfelt, David | 2 |
No Sanctuary - Meredith, Marilyn | 2 |
Racing the Devil - Terrell, E. Michael | 2 |
Red Bones - Cleeves, Ann | 2 |
Sand Sharks - Maron, Margaret | 2 |
Swan for the money - Andrews, Donna | 2 |
Sworn to Silence - Castillo, Linda | 2 |
The Broken Teaglass - Arsenault, Emily | 2 |
The Chalk Circle Man (French: 1990) - Vargas, Fred | 2 |
The Cold Light of Mourning - Duncan, Elizabeth | 2 |
The Crossing Places - Griffiths, Elly | 2 |
The Fleet Street Murders - Finch, Charles | 2 |
The Gift of Murder - Floyd, John M. (editor) | 2 |
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Swedish: 2007) - Larsson, Stieg | 2 |
The Help - Stockett, Kathryn | 2 |
The Kill Call - Booth, Stephan | 2 |
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers - Penzler, Otto (editor) | 2 |
The Mao Case - Qiu, Xiaolong | 2 |
The Monster in the Box - Rendell, Ruth | 2 |
The Neighbor - Gardner, Lisa | 2 |
The Renegades - Parker, T. Jefferson | 2 |
The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu - Stanley, Michael | 2 |
The Sky Took Him - Casey, Donis | 2 |
The Twelve aka The Ghosts of Belfast - Neville, Stuart | 2 |
To Hell in a Handbasket - Groundwater, Beth | 2 |
Tommy Gun Tango - Randall & Cook, Brant & Bruce | 2 |
Trust No One - Hurwitz, Gregg | 2 |
Vengeance Road - Mofina, Rick | 2 |
Wild Sorrow - Ault, Sandi | 2 |
206 Bones - Reichs, Kathy | 1 |
2666 - Bolano, Roberto | 1 |
A Beautiful Place to Die - Nunn, Malla | 1 |
A Darker Domain - McDermid, Val | 1 |
A Date You Can't Refuse - Kozak, Harley Jane | 1 |
A Matter of Justice - Todd, Charles | 1 |
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Flint, Shamini | 1 |
A Christmas Promise - Perry, Anne | 1 |
A Plague of Secrets - Lescroart, John | 1 |
About Face - Leon, Donna | 1 |
All the Colors of Darkness - Robinson, Peter | 1 |
Aloha Candy Hearts - Bidulka, Anthony | 1 |
An Old Chaos: A Latouche County Mystery - Simonson, Sheila | 1 |
As if by Magic - Gordon-Smith, Dolores | 1 |
Aunt Dimity slays a dragon - Atherton, Nancy | 1 |
Await Your Reply - Chaon, Dan | 1 |
Bad Things Happen - Dolan, Harry | 1 |
BEAST OF BURDEN - Banks, Ray | 1 |
Below Zero - Box, C.J. | 1 |
Blackbird Fly - McClendon, Lise | 1 |
Blindman’s Bluff - Kellerman, Faye | 1 |
Blood Atonement - Waddell, Dan | 1 |
Blood Hollow - Krueger, William Kent | 1 |
Blood Safari - Meyer, Deon | 1 |
BLOODY WOMEN - FitzGerald, Helen | 1 |
Booby Trap - Jaffarian, Sue Ann | 1 |
Born to Run - McDougal, Christopher | 1 |
Breathing Water - Hallinan, Timothy | 1 |
Bright Futures - Kaminsky, Stuart M. | 1 |
BURIED STRANGERS - Gage, Leighton | 1 |
Capitol Offense - Bernhardt, William | 1 |
Cat Playing Cupid - Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | 1 |
Change-up - Feinstein, John | 1 |
City of Silver - Alfieri, Annamaria | 1 |
Covenant Hall - Wall, Kathryn | 1 |
Curse of the Kissing Cousins - Kelner, Toni | 1 |
Cut, Crop & Die - Campbell-Slan, Joanna | 1 |
Dark of Night - Brockmann, Suzanne | 1 |
Daughter Am I - Bertram, Pat | 1 |
Dead LIke Her - Regan, Linda | 1 |
Death at Hilliard High - Shmurak, Carole B. | 1 |
Death of a Witch - Beaton, M.C. | 1 |
Deaths on Pleasant Street - Fowler, Giles | 1 |
Deep Waters - Charles, Kate | 1 |
Dexter by Design - Lindsey, Jeff | 1 |
Dial Om for Murder - Killian, Diana | 1 |
Dismantled - McMahon, Jennifer | 1 |
Dispel the Mist - Meredith, Marilyn | 1 |
Doggie Day Care Murder - Berenson, Laurie | 1 |
Doubleback - Hellman, Libby Fischer | 1 |
Dust and shadow - Faye, Lynsay | 1 |
Earthway - Thurlo, Aimee & David | 1 |
Even Money - Francis, Dick | 1 |
Fatally Flaky - Davidson, Diane Mott | 1 |
Fault Line - Eisler, Barry | 1 |
FED UP - Conant & Conant-Park, Jessica & Susan | 1 |
Fell Purpose - Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | 1 |
Fifty Grand - McKinty, Adrian | 1 |
Floodgates - Evans, Mary Anna | 1 |
Flyaway - Gilbert, Suzie | 1 |
For Better For Murder - Bork, Lisa | 1 |
GUTTED - Black, Tony | 1 |
Homer's Odyssey - Cooper, Gwen | 1 |
Honolulu - Brennert, Alan | 1 |
Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Ford, Jamie | 1 |
Identity Crisis - Mack, Debbi | 1 |
KILLER KEEPSAKES - Cleland, Jane K | 1 |
LAND OF MARVELS - Unsworth, Barry | 1 |
Law & Disorder - Maffini, Mary Jane | 1 |
Liars Anonymous - Ure, Louise | 1 |
Living Witness - Haddam, Jane | 1 |
Londongrad-NYPD - Nadelson, Reggie | 1 |
Long Lost - Coben, Harlan | 1 |
Look Again - Scottoline, Lisa | 1 |
Loot the Moon - Arsenault, Mark | 1 |
Mahu Vice - Plakcy, Neil | 1 |
Manna From Hades - Dunn, Carola | 1 |
Miss Zukas and the Island Murders - Dereske, Jo | 1 |
Missing Presumed Wed - Wildwind, Sharon | 1 |
Mother’s Day Murder - Meier, Leslie | 1 |
Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings - Brightwell, Emily | 1 |
Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time - Brightwell, Emily | 1 |
Mud to Ashes - Wigglesworth, Gayle | 1 |
Murder in Mykonos - Siger, Jeffrey | 1 |
Murder in the Dark - Greenwood, Kerry | 1 |
Murder in the Latin Quarter - Black, Cara | 1 |
Murder on Camac - DeMarco, Joseph R. G. | 1 |
Murder Takes the Cake - David, Evelyn | 1 |
My Soul to Take - Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | 1 |
My Soul to Take - Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | 1 |
Nemesis - Nesbo, Jo | 1 |
Never Tell a Lie - Ephron, Hallie | 1 |
New River Blues - Gunn, Elizabeth | 1 |
No Escape - Cooper, Natasha | 1 |
No Place To Run - Sawyer, Thomas B. | 1 |
Not in the Flesh - Rendell, Ruth | 1 |
Now You May Weep - Crombie, Deborah | 1 |
Old City Hall - Rotenberg, Robert | 1 |
Old Flame - Berkowitz, Ira | 1 |
On the Grind - Cannell, Stephen | 1 |
Palos Verde Blue - Shannon, John | 1 |
Persona Non Grata - Downie, Ruth | 1 |
PORTRAIT OF A LADY - Stuckart, Diane A.S. | 1 |
Promises in Death - Robb, J.D. | 1 |
Queen of the Flowers - Greenwood, Kerry | 1 |
Rain Gods - Burke, James Lee | 1 |
Ravens - Green, George Dawes | 1 |
Red, Green, or Murder - Havill, Steven F. | 1 |
River of the dead - Nadel, Barbara | 1 |
Rock and Roll Never Forgets - Grabain, Deborah | 1 |
Rotten to the Core - Connolly, Sheila | 1 |
Sand Sharks - Maron, Margaret | 1 |
Schemers - Pronzini, Bill | 1 |
Secondhand Spirits - Blackwell, Juliet | 1 |
Secret of the Seventh Son - Cooper, Glen | 1 |
Secrets To Die For - Sellers, L.J. | 1 |
Serpent in the Thorns - Westerson, Jeri | 1 |
Server Down - Hayes, J. M. | 1 |
Shades of Grey - Simon, Clea | 1 |
Shadow of Betrayal - Battles, Brett | 1 |
SHADOWS STILL REMAIN - De Jonge, Peter | 1 |
Six Seconds - Mofina, Rick | 1 |
Skeleton Hill - Lovesey, Peter | 1 |
Skull Duggery - Elkins, Aaron | 1 |
SLAMMER - Guthrie, Allan | 1 |
So Cold the River - Koryta, Michael | 1 |
Something Missing - Dicks, Matthew | 1 |
Stalked by Shadows - Collett, Chris | 1 |
STILL BLEEDING - Mosby, Steve | 1 |
Stone's Fall - Pears, Iain | 1 |
Strangle a loaf of Italian bread - Dietz, Denise | 1 |
Suitable for Hanging - Maron, Margaret | 1 |
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - McCall Smith, Alexander | 1 |
The Bellini Card - Goodman, Jason | 1 |
The Big Dirt Nap - Harris, Rosemary | 1 |
The Blood Dimmed Tide - Airth, Rennie | 1 |
The Brass Verdict - Connelly, Michael | 1 |
The Burning - Walker, Sue | 1 |
The Crack in the Lens - Hockensmith, Steve | 1 |
The Darkness - Pinter, Jason | 1 |
The Darkness - Printer, Jason | 1 |
The End of the Road - Henry, Sue | 1 |
The Fall Girl - Hill, Kaye C. | 1 |
The Fever of the Bone - McDermid, Val | 1 |
The Fitzgerald Ruse - de Castrique, Mark | 1 |
The Forgotten Garden - Morton, Kate | 1 |
The Fury - Printer, Jason | 1 |
The Hidden Man - Ellis, David | 1 |
The Innocent Spy - Wilson, Laura | 1 |
THE LAST OLYMPIAN - Riordan, Rick | 1 |
The Little Stranger - Waters, Sarah | 1 |
The Lord God Bird - Hill, Russell | 1 |
The Lord of Death - Pattison, Eliot | 1 |
The Lost Art of Gratitude - McCall Smith, Alexander | 1 |
The Lost Symbol - Brown, Dan | 1 |
The Messenger - Burke, Jan | 1 |
The Morning Show Murders: A Novel - Roker, Al | 1 |
The Mystic Art of Erasing All Signs of Death - Huston, Charlie | 1 |
The Night Monster - Swain, James | 1 |
The Pain Nurse - Talton, John | 1 |
The Price of Love - Robinson, Peter | 1 |
The Professional - Parker, Robert B. | 1 |
The Riesling Retribution - Crosby, Ellen | 1 |
The Shimmer - Morrell, David | 1 |
The Siege - White, Stephen | 1 |
The Silent Spirit - Coel, Margaret | 1 |
The Spire - Patterson, Richard North | 1 |
The Surest Poison - Campbell, Chester D | 1 |
The Tourist - Steinhauer, Olen | 1 |
The Truth about Truman School - Butler, Dori Hillestad | 1 |
The Water's Edge (Danish 2007) - Fossum, Karin | 1 |
The White Garden - Barron, Stephanie | 1 |
THE WITCH DOCTOR'S WIFE - Myers, Tamar | 1 |
The Writer's Journey Journal - Burton, Tony (editor) | 1 |
The Dark Horse - Johnson, Craig | 1 |
The Dead of Winter - Airth, Rennie | 1 |
There Goes the Bride - Beaton, M.C. | 1 |
Thicker Than Water - Fraser, Anthea | 1 |
This Thing of Darkness - Fradkin, Barbara | 1 |
This Wicked World - Lange, Richard | 1 |
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye - Box, C.J. | 1 |
TOWER - Bruen & Reed, Ken & Farrel Coleman | 1 |
Treasure of the Golden Cheetah - Arruda, Suzanne | 1 |
Trick or Treat - Greenwood, Kerry | 1 |
True Blue - Baldacci, David | 1 |
True Compass - Kennedy, Edward M. | 1 |
Vanished - Finder, Joseph | 1 |
Vi agra Falls - Daheim, Mary | 1 |
Walking Dead - Rucka, Greg | 1 |
What Remains of Heaven - Harris, C.S. | 1 |
When A Man Loves A Weapon - Causey, Toni McGee | 1 |
Where the Dead Lay - Levien, David | 1 |
Whisper to the Blood - Stabenow, Dana | 1 |
Wicked City - Atkins, Ace | 1 |
Winter Study - Barr, Nevada | 1 |
Working Stiff - Ryan, Annelise | 1 |
Wormwood - Albert, Susan Wittig | 1 |