The
2009 Tournament of Books nominees have been announced.
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga
- 2666, Roberto Bolano
- A Partisan's Daughter, Louis de Bernieres
- The Northern Clemency, Philip Hensher
- The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon
- My Revolutions, Hari Kunzru
- Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
- Shadow Country, Peter Matthiessen
- The Dart League King, Keith Morris
- A Mercy, Toni Morrison
- Steer Towards Rock, Fae Myenne Ng
- Netherland, Joseph O'Neill
- City of Refuge, Tom Piazza
- Home, Marilynne Robinson
- Harry, Revised, Mark Sarvas