PW Best Books of 2009

With the end of the year fast approaching, the "Best Of" lists are starting to appear.  Publishers Weekly recently released its list of the best books of 2009.  The list includes Fiction, Poetry, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Mass Market, Comics, Nonfiction, Religion, and Lifestyle titles.

PW's Top Ten of 2009:

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

Big Machine by Victor LaValle

Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey

A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon by Neil Sheehan

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer

Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford

Stitches:A Memoir by David Small

Amazon's Best of November

Check out the Amazon editors' picks for the best books of November.

Hudson Library Book Discussion

Off the coast of Massachusetts is rather grim, gray, and forbidding Shutter Island, a penal colony for the criminally insane. Federal marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule are sent there to find a woman prisoner who has apparently disappeared. But how and where did she go? The island is heavily guarded, as is the twice-weekly supply ferry. Teddy also has another agenda: he seeks the man who killed his wife two years ago. Things are not what they seem as Chuck and Teddy, plagued by migraines and nightmares, dig deeper into the secrets that the island holds. (From Library Journal)


Join us Thursday, November 5 at the Hudson Library for a lively discussion of Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Copies of the book are available at the Reserves Desk. Please contact the library at 861-3040 for more information.

Date & Time: Thursday, November 5 @ 1:00 pm
Location: Hudson Library Conference Room
**Registration not required**

New York Times Best Sellers

Check out the latest New York Times best sellers lists.

Dracula Returns

After a 112-year break, Count Dracula is back!  Dacre Stoker's Dracula: The Un-Dead  picks up 25 years after the original with vampire hunters Mina and Jonathan Harker, Professor Van Helsing, and Dr. Seward facing a new enemy who may or may not be the presumed dead Count.   The sequel, written by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew, is sure to please fans of the original and leaves the door open for further adventures of the vampire hunters.

Los Angeles Times Review
Dracula: The Un-Dead Website

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Total Recall: How the E-memory Revolution Will Change Everything by Gordon Bell

Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni

Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms by Diane Ravitch

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof

Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Truly Eat Responsibly by James McWilliams

A New Literary History of America by Greil Marcus

Vampire Novels

In honor of Halloween, the Top 10 Vampire Novels.