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The year 2009 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
- 8 October - Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 10 November - Linden MacIntyre wins the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop's Man.
Books
 | The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (April 2009) |
Literature
- Lauren Groff - Delicate Edible Birds (January 27)
- T. Coraghessan Boyle - The Women (February 10)
- Wells Tower - Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (March 17)
- Joyce Carol Oates - Dear Husband, (March 31)
- Glen David Gold - Sunnyside (May 5)
- Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy (May 5)
- Denis Johnson - Nobody Move (June 5)
- Thomas Pynchon - Inherent Vice (August 4)
- Richard Russo - That Old Cape Magic (August 4)
- Alice Munro - Too Much Happiness(August 25)
- E. L. Doctorow - Homer & Langley (September 1)
- Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood (September 8)
- Nicholas Sparks - The Last Song (September 8)
- Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol (September 15)
- Lorrie Moore - A Gate at the Stairs (September 15)
- Joyce Carol Oates - Little Bird of Heaven (September 15)
Horror Fiction
- Darren Shan
- Matthew J. Costello - Doom 3: Maelstrom (March 31)
- Dark Calling (May 2009)
- Hell's Heroes (book) (October 2009)
- Richard Laymon - Dark Mountain (book) (March 2009)
- Stephen King - Under the Dome (November 10)
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Charles Ogden - Split Ends (January 27, 2009)
- Robert Muchamore - Henderson's Boys: The Escape (February 5, 2009)
- Erin Hunter - Great Bear Lake (February 10, 2009)
- James Dashner - The Hunt for Dark Infinity (March 1, 2009)
- The Spook's Tale/Interception Point (March 5, 2009) by Joseph Delaney and Mark Walden
- Carrie Ryan - The Forest of Hands and Teeth (March 9, 2009)
- Neil Gaiman - Blueberry Girl (March 10, 2009)
- Brandon Mull - Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (March 24, 2009)
- Peter Lerangis - The Sword Thief (April 1, 2009)
- Robert Muchamore - Eagle Day (June 4, 2009)
- Erin Hunter - Warriors: Sunrise (April 24, 2009)
- Erin Hunter - Smoke Mountain (May 1, 2009)
- Rick Riordan - The Last Olympian (May 5, 2009)
- D.J. Machale - The Soldiers of Halla (May 12, 2009)
- Operation Storm City (May 12, 2009) by Joshua Mowll and various
- Michael Scott - The Sorceress (May 26, 2009)
- Septimus Heap: The Magykal Papers - Angie Sage (June 23, 2009)
- Beyond the Grave (June 2, 2009) by Jude Watson
- Emily the Strange: The Lost Days (June 2, 2009) by Rob Reger
- Code of the Clans (June 9, 2009) by Erin Hunter
- The Dragons of Ordinary Farm by Tad Williams and Deborah Beale (2 Jul 2009)
- Bluestar's Prophecy (August 2009) by Erin Hunter
- The Green Bronze Mirror (reprint) (October 29 , 2009) by Lynne Ellison
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- James Patterson - MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel (March 16, 2009)
- Jim Butcher - Turn Coat (April 7)
- James Patterson - Daniel X: Watch the Skies (July 27)
- And Another Thing... (October 2009) by Eoin Colfer
- J.C. Hutchins - "7th Son, Book One: Descent" (October 27)
- The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time volume 12) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (27 Oct 2009)
Mystery
- David Baldacci - First Family (April 21)
Non-fiction
- Dave Eggers - Zeitoun (July 15)
- Alan Kirby - Digimodernism (August 22)
- Craig Ferguson - American on Purpose (September 22)
- Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer (October 28)
Poetry
Political
- Mark Levin - Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (March 24, 2009)
Forthcoming
Literature
- Dave Eggers - The Wild Things (October 1)
- Jonathan Lethem - Chronic City (October 13)
- John Irving - Last Night in Twisted River (October 20 - Canada) (October 27 - U.S.A.)
- Philip Roth - The Humbling (November 2)
- Vladimir Nabokov - The Original of Laura (unfinished last novel) (November 3)
- Barbara Kingsolver - The Lacuna: A Novel (November 3)
Non-fiction
- Michael Chabon - Manhood for Amateurs (October 6)
- Jonathan Safran Foer - Eating Animals (November 2)
Children's
- The Lost Train of Thought (October 2009) by John Hulme and Michael Wexler
- The Fourth Apprentice (November 24, 2009) by Erin Hunter
- The Immortals (December 2009) by Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Michael Crichton - Pirate Latitudes (November 24)
New drama
- Jacob M. Appel - Causa Mortis
- Patrick Marber - After Miss Julie
- Tony Glazer - In The Daylight
- Anna Deavere Smith - Let Me Down Easy
Deaths
- January 1 - Johannes Mario Simmel, 84, Austrian writer
- January 27 - John Updike, 76, American novelist (Rabbit series)
John Updike - February 20 – Christopher Nolan, 43, Irish poet and author
- February 25 - Philip José Farmer, 91, American science fiction writer
- March 31
- Jarl Alfredius, 66, Swedish journalist
- Michael Cox, 60, British novelist and biographer
- April 14 - Maurice Druon, 90, French historical novelist
- April 19 - J. G. Ballard, 78, British novelist
- May 6 - Lev Losev, 71, Russian-American poet
- May 17 - Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan writer
- June 2 - David Eddings, 77, American novelist
- July 6 - Vasily Aksyonov, 76, Russian novelist
- July 19 - Frank McCourt, 78, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Frank McCourt - July 23 - E. Lynn Harris, 54, American author
- July 25 - Stanley Middleton, 89, British author
- July 27
- Aeronwy Thomas, 66, British translator and writer
- Michaël Zeeman, 50, Dutch literary critic, poet and writer
- July 31 - Tim Guest, 34, British writer
- August 2 - Adolf Endler, 78, German writer
- August 4 - Blake Snyder, 51, American screenwriter and author
- August 5 - Budd Schulberg, 95, American screenwriter and novelist
- August 6
- Jack T. Kirby, 70, American historian
- Willibrordus S. Rendra, 73, Indonesian poet
- August 7 - Danko Popović, 81, Serbian writer
- August 8 - Alfonso Calderón, 78, Chilean writer and poet
- August 9 - Thierry Jonquet, 55, French writer
- August 10
- Josef Burg, 97, Ukrainian Yiddish writer
- Merlyn Mantle, 77, American author
- August 16 - Alistair Campbell, 84, New Zealand poet
- August 18
- Dic Jones, 75, Welsh poet
- Hugo Loetscher, 79, Swiss author
- Fernanda Pivano, 92, Italian writer
- August 19 - Donald M. Grant, 82, American science fiction publisher
- August 20 - Karla Kuskin, 77, American children's author
- August 22 - Elmer Kelton, 83, American Western novelist
Elmer Kelton. - 25 August - Bob Carroll, 73, American historian and author
- 25 August - Sergey Mikhalkov, 96, Russian writer and poet
- 3 September - Christine D'Haen, 85, Belgian poet
- 4 September - Keith Waterhouse, 80, British author and playwright
- 6 October
- Catherine Gaskin, 80, Irish-born Australian novelist
- Nada Iveljić, 79, Croatian writer
- 10 September - Lyn Hamilton, 65, Canadian author
- 11 September - Jim Carroll, 60, American author
- 12 October
- William Hoffman, 84, American novelist
- Antônio Olinto, 90, Brazilian writer
- 13 September - Sarah E. Wright, 80, American novelist
- 15 September - Trevor Rhone, 69, Jamaican playwright
- 19 September - Milton Meltzer, 94, American historian and author
- 21 September - Junzo Shono, 88, Japanese author
- 22 September - Kole Čašule, 88, Macedonian writer
- 24 September - Nelly Arcan, 35, Canadian novelist
- 25 September - Willy Breinholst, 91, Danish author
- 1 October
- Otar Chiladze, 76, Georgian writer
- Cintio Vitier, 88, Cuban poet
- 4 October - Veikko Huovinen, 82, Finnish writer
