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2009: The year in books

True stories - fact and fiction
Here, listed alphabetically by author, are 10 of the best books the Phoenix reviewed in 2009.
By JON GARELICK | December 22, 2009

Apocalypse wow

Margaret Atwood unleashes the End Times
At the start of Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood , mankind is heaving its last gurgling sighs.
By SHAULA CLARK | October 20, 2009

Tall tales

Novelists and poets set fancies flying
This fall brings fiction and poetry lovers new treats from old friends.
By BARBARA HOFFERT | September 14, 2009

Big dig

Unsworth and oil in Mesopotamia
Unsworth and oil in Mesopotamia
By CLEA SIMON | January 06, 2009

Sex and food and Abraham Lincoln

Gift books for every (perverse) taste
We put out a call to our contributors to suggest appropriate holiday gift books and what do we get back?
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 05, 2008

Augusten Burroughs and James Frey try to overcome authenticity scandals with grim new books
Both authors write largely about issues of addiction and abuse, but they couldn’t have more different styles.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 28, 2008

Can Britney rise again?

It’s tough to be a celebrity on the skids, but even a ‘ticking time-bomb’ can stage a convincing comeback
The first movie star was a woman named Florence Lawrence.
By SHARON STEEL | October 18, 2007

No Reservations

Author John Burnham Schwartz on adapting his novel, Reservation Road
Rage itself becomes a monster.
By JENNY HALPER | October 18, 2007

Out with the book tour?

Videos
Powell’s Books is trying out an alternative to the traditional author’s book-reading event to promote a new release.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 06, 2007

Lions and lambs

Pynchon isn’t all you’ll be reading this fall
The season is notable for the return to bookstores of canonical names like Atwood, Ginsberg, Kinnell, le Carré, Munro, Pynchon, and Vidal plus a fair share of younger lions like Eggers, Julavits, and Muldoon.
By JOHN FREEMAN | September 13, 2006