Great books you read in 2009?
blahblahblah: Revelation Space, by Alastair Reynolds - Quirky sci-fi novel with a xenoarchaeology angleHunters of Dune, by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson - I'm not recommending this one on the basis of the writing.  I'd recommend it only to those who read all of Frank Herbert's original Dune series and have been hanging in suspense ever since because the cliffhanger ending of Chapterhouse Dune was never resolved due to Frank's untimely death.  They based the book on Frank's outline, but it clearly would have been a better book if it had been written by Frank.  Nonetheless, it is satisfying to resolve the unanswered questions:  Who the heck are these Honored Matres and what were they running away from?Labyrinths:  Selected Stories & Other Writings, by Jorges Luis Borges - This is kind of a quirky collection of short stories that are all mindbenders of one variety or another.  The best description I can give of Borges is that reading him is kind of like solving puzzles.Across the Nightingale Floor:  Tales of the Otori, by Lain Hearn - Historical fiction set in feudal Japan with lords and their retainers, assassins, etc.The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown - If you liked The Da Vinci Code or Angels & Demons, you'll probably like this one as well.  While Dan Brown will probably never write anything that matches the utter genius of Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, he is entertaining in his own way and worth a read.