November 30, 2009. The Globe and Mail has chosen their top 100 'best-reviewed, buzziest books of 2009' and here at the Literary Press Group we're not ashamed to say, we have a few favourites!

Thought You Were Dead by Terry Griggs. Biblioasis. 

'The story is equal parts comic murder mystery, hero’s journey and layered intellectual puzzle, and it satisfies on every level.’  Sally Cooper

The Incident Report by Martha Baillie. Pedlar Press.

‘Baillie is a subtle portraitist and in Miriam Gordon creates an engaging heroine, with rich psychological nuance.'  Karen Luscombe

Kahn & Engelmann by Hans Eichner, translated by Jean Snook. Biblioasis.

‘A fascinating family saga, Kahn & Engelmann chronicles five generations of Jewish life.'  Chris Scott

Spirit Engine by John Donlan. Brick Books.

‘A brilliant wordsmith, Donlan writes circles around many of his contemporariess and, in so doing, creates a world where all remains redolent with the radiant sheen of life...’   Judith Fitzgerald
 

To view the Globe and Mail's entire Top 100, please visit the Globe and Mail.

Also in this Saturday's Globe books coverage was the Top Five picks of 2009 of their first fiction reviewer, Jim Bartley. We think he has great taste!

Amphibian by Carla Gunn. Coach House Books.

‘The morala centre of this darkly delightful eco-novel is nine-year-old Phineas, tireless crusader for the ill-used creatures of our fragile Earth.'

The Briss by Michael Tregebov. New Star Books.

'Mixing humour with the stealthily horrific, Tregebov echoes the incisiveness of Hemingway on war, with stand-up panache in place of biblical cadences.’

Honourable mention goes to...

The Clock of Heaven by Dian Day. Inanna Publications.

To view Jim Bartley's entire top five, please visit the Globe and Mail.