Year End Book Meme

I first saw this meme at Aimee’s blog, which she picked up from Lorielle and I think it’s a nice way to look back at the books read during the year and try to list out THE books of the year for me.

1. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga – 2008 Man Booker winner. And one of the most immoral, yet entertaining, as well as thought-provoking books I read this year.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini – a book that will make you laugh, cry, angry, indignant, and yes thankful and hopeful. This book touched me in so many ways, I just cannot explain.
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson – just because it breaks so many perceptions about crime thrillers. It is so much more than just a murder mystery. And it left me so looking forward to reading the other 2 books in this series.
4. Books 1-4 of the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris – because these light reads are the most entertaining guilty reads I have read in a long while.
5. Books 1-4 of the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage – these books are consistently good, consistently entertaining, and really excellent reads for those times when all you want is a steaming mug of tea, and books with plenty of atmosphere, fast pace, and a dose of wry humor.

So, what were your top 5 reads in 2009?