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Total count: 52.

In English during 2009.
In Swedish during 2009.

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Books that made best of the year list (14):

Cabot, Meg:
The Airhead series, book #1: Airhead (YA)
The Airhead series, book #2: Being Nikki (YA)

Crowley, Cath:
The Gracie Faltrain series, book #1: The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain (YA and sports)
The Gracie Faltrain series, book #2: Gracie Faltrain Takes Control (YA and sports)
The Gracie Faltrain series, book #3: Gracie Faltrain Gets It Right (Finally!) (YA and sports)

Harding, Kate & Kirby, Marianne:
Lessons From the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body (non-fiction)

Lanagan, Margo:
Tender Morsels (fantasy/SF and YA)

McKinley, Robin:
Deerskin (fantasy/SF and YA)

Rees Brennan, Sarah:
The Demon’s Lexicon (fantasy/SF and YA)

Larbalestier, Justine:
Liar

McCarthy, Maureen:
Queen Kat, Carmel and St. Jude Get a Life

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert:
The Dairy Queen series, book #1: Dairy Queen
The Dairy Queen series, book #2: The Off Season

Waters, Sarah:
Tipping the Velvet (adult fiction and queer)

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Books that almost made best of the year list (10):

Gaiman, Neil:
The Graveyard Book (fantasy/SF and children’s book)

Pierce, Tamora:
Protector of the Small Quartet series, book #1: First Test (fantasy/SF and YA)
Protector of the Small Quartet series, book #2: Page (fantasy/SF and YA)
Protector of the Small Quartet series, book #3: Squire (fantasy/SF and YA)
Protector of the Small Quartet series, book #4: Lady Knight (fantasy/SF and YA)

Roberts, Tansy Rayner:
Siren Beat (fantasy/SF)

Shearman, Robert
Roadkill (fantasy/SF)

Cross, Shauna:
Derby Girl (aka Whip It) (YA and sports)

Johnson, Maureen:
The Bermudez Triangle (YA and queer)

McCafferty, Megan:
The Jessica Darling series, book #1: Sloppy Firsts (YA)

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The rest in English (17):

Ball, Peter M.:
Horn (urban fantasy)

Birch, Beverley:
Rift (YA)

Cast, P.C. and Kristin:
Untamed (urban fantasy and YA)

Constable, Kate:
Always Mackenzie (YA and queer)

Crusie, Jennifer:
Bet Me (romance)

Greenberg, Michael:
Hurry Down Sunshine (biography)

Johnson, Mo:
Boofheads (YA and sports)

McCarthy, Maureen:
Rose By Any Other Name (YA)

Millar, Martin:
The Good Fairies of New York (urban fantasy)

Oates, Joyce Carol:
My Sister, My Love (adult fiction)

Olsson, Linda:
Sonata for Miriam (adult fiction)

Roberts, Tansy Rayner:
The Mocklore Chronicles, book #1: Splash Dance Silver (fantasy and YA)
The Mocklore Chronicles, book #1: Liquid Gold (fantasy and YA)

Rowling, J.K.:
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (fantasy and YA)

Snyder, Maria V.:
Storm Glass (urban fantasy and YA)

Vaught, Susan:
Big Fat Manifesto (YA and fat acceptance)

von Ziegsar, Cecily:
Gossip Girl (YA)

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In Swedish (11):

Ajvide Lindqvist, John:
Hanteringen av odöda (horror)

Casta, Stefan:
Spelar död (YA)

Hadley-Kamptz, Isobel:
Jag går bara ut en stund (biography)

Holt, Anne:
1222 Över havet (crime)

Lager, Mitra, H.:
Gud vill att du ska dö (biography)

Leandoer, Kristoffer:
Fjädrar på vinden (fantasy and YA)

Marianovic, Fausta:
Sista kulan sparar jag åt grannen (bioography)

Nilsson, Johanna:
Robin med huvan (fantasy-ish and YA)

Porsman, Camilla:
Bli vän med kroppen och maten (non-fiction)

Wennstam, Katarina: Smuts (adult fiction)

Peterson, Marie:
Du tror du vet allting (biography)