2009 Goodreads Choice Awards

The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards were the first edition of the Goodreads Choice Awards. Voting took place during December 2009 with the results being shared in the January 2010 Goodreads newsletter.

Winners and nominees

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
* The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
* Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kirstin Cast
* City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
* Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
* Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
* Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
* Evermore by Alyson Noël
* The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
* The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

* The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

* The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

* The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

* Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

* The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

* The Magicians by Lev Grossman

* Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

* The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

* Fool by Christopher Moore

* Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

* Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
* The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
* The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
* Genesis by Bernard Beckett
* And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
* Makers by Cory Doctorow
* Fragment by Warren Fahy
* The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
* Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
* Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
* Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
* 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
* Going Bovine by Libba Bray
* North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
* If I Stay by Gayle Forman
* Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
* Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
* When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
* The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins * City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
* Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kirstin Cast
* Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
* Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
* Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
* Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull
* Evermore by Alyson Noël
* The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
* The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (Go

Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess

* Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black
* The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
* Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
* Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
* Listen to the Wind the Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, illustrated by Susan Roth
* Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
* Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
* Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
* Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems

Longlists

To save space all nominees in the category of fiction that received less than 200 votes are listed below.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Drood by Dan Simmons
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

Multiple wins and nominations

If the nominations are all for the same book the book is listed, for authors with multiple books just their name is listed.
2 WinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Neil Gaiman

3 Nominations

Neil Gaiman

2 NominationsThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Lost Symbol by Dan BrownHunted by P.C. Cast and Kirstin CastCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDead and Gone by Charlaine HarrisPretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen LancasterHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerEvermore by Alyson NoëlThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan