We're wrapping up 2009 with a list of twelve of our most memorable posts of the year, from Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Strout's own prize-winning favorites to Joyce Maynard's true-life tale about how a single book club meeting changed her life.

Enjoy the holidays. We'll be back on January 4th!


Annie Barrows: Literary Meandering

Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Recommendations

Family Bonding Over Books

Hannah Tinti: Wishful Thinking

Jamie Ford: Bleeding on the Page

Joyce Maynard: Chance Encounter

Julie Buxbaum: Cheating on Your Book Club

Librarians' View: Robert Goolrick's A Reliable Wife

Readers in the Hood Give Back

Lisa See: How Three Book Clubs Helped with Shanghai Girls

Mahbod Seraji: Thank You, My Friend

Who Took Their Book Group to Guernsey?