New York Times Notable Books

The editors of the New York Times Book Review have revealed their selections for the 100 Notable Books of 2009 and the Ten Best Books of 2009.

Here are the Ten Best Books of 2009:

Fiction
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

Half-Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls

A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert

Nonfiction
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