In loving memory to Dewey, a book blogger who made a HUGE impact on the blogging community, especially all book review blogs, welcome to the results for the Weekly Geeks Book Bloggers Top 10 of 2009.
For two weeks, Weekly Geekers nominated their top 10 books that were published in 2009. Then, we invited readers from all over to converge on the voting booth to cast their books for their favorite novel. There were 15 different categories with a total of 2216 votes cast. Holy cow. That was a lot close to 1000 more than last year.
So, without further ado, I give you the top 3 picks from each category:
Childrens Middle Grade / Contemporary Literature / Fantasy Science Fiction / Urban Fantasy / Graphic Novel / Historical Fiction / Memoir / Mystery / Mystery Thriller / Nonfiction / Romance / Short Story Collections / Women’s Literature / Young Adult / Young Adult: Fantasy
Childrens & Middle Grade
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
14 | 23.00% | Wild Things by Clay Carmichael |
10 | 17.00% | When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead |
5 | 8.00% | Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires |
Contemporary Literature
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
14 | 8.00% | Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult |
14 | 8.00% | Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella |
13 | 8.00% | The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
49 | 35.00% | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith & Jane Austen |
32 | 23.00% | Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman |
23 | 16.00% | Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre |
Fantasy: Urban
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
51 | 18.00% | Road Trip of the Living Dead by Mark Henry |
43 | 15.00% | Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler |
42 | 15.00% | Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost |
Graphic Novel
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
29 | 56.00% | Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan |
13 | 25.00% | Babymouse #11: Dragonslayer by Jennifer Holm |
10 | 19.00% | The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb |
Historical Fiction
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
15 | 14.00% | The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory |
13 | 12.00% | Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran |
12 | 11.00% | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford |
Memoir
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
32 | 33.00% | Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton |
13 | 13.00% | A Child’s Journey out of Autism: One Family’s Story of Living in Hope and Finding a Cure by Leeann Whiffen |
7 | 7.00% | Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading by Lizzie Skurnick |
Mystery
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
27 | 24.00% | The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown |
19 | 17.00% | Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich |
14 | 13.00% | Heat Wave by Richard Castle |
Mystery: Thriller
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
24 | 27.00% | The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson |
22 | 24.00% | The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
20 | 22.00% | The Strain by Guillermo del Toro |
Nonfiction
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
10 | 16.00% | Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum |
8 | 13.00% | The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover |
8 | 13.00% | In Bed With the Word: Reading, Spirituality, and Cultural Politics by Daniel Coleman |
Romance
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
54 | 56.00% | Kiss & Hell by Dakota Cassidy |
12 | 12.00% | Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby |
11 | 11.00% | Ghostland by Jory Strong |
Short Story Collections
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
13 | 45.00% | Love Begins in Winter by Simon Van Booy |
11 | 38.00% | The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories by Catherine Brady |
5 | 17.00% | The Best American Essays 2009 by Mary Oliver |
Women’s Literature
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
17 | 28.00% | Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner |
17 | 28.00% | Still Alice by Lisa Genova |
8 | 13.00% | Aphrodite’s Workshop for Reluctant Lovers by Marika Cobbold |
Young Adult
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
17 | 13.00% | Seraph of Sorrow by MaryJanice Davidson & Anthony Alonghi |
12 | 9.00% | Willow by Julia Hoban |
11 | 8.00% | Hate List by Jennifer Brown |
Young Adult: Fantasy
Total Votes | Percentage | Novel |
499 | 69.00% | Blood Promise by Richelle Mead |
72 | 10.00% | Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins |
47 | 7.00% | Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr |
You’ve done a fantastic job in co-coordinating all this, thanks!
There’s some interesting results in there, just need to try and keep them away from my wishlist! ;)
Nicely done Jackie! Congrats Mark, Nicole & Dakota!
Thank you! This was a lovely compliment! Congrats to all the winners and top 3 picks!
Dakota :)