More mystery series titles appear on NPR and Seattle Times lists of 2009's best books

The Seattle Times and National Public Radio (NPR) both quickly supplemented earlier lists of 2009's best mysteries by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and the New York Times with their own choices. Mystery series books once again dominate the selections, with series titles comprising six of the top ten picks by Adam Woog for The Seattle Times and four of the five titles chosen by Maureen Corrigan for NPR.

The Seattle Times' Adam Woog considered the following six mystery series books to be among the "Best Crime Fiction of 2009":

• 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch series, 14)
• Pix by Bill James (Harpur and Iles series, 24 )
• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Millennium series, 2)
• Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey (Peter Diamond series, 10)
• Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan (Bill Smith, Lydia Chin series, 9)
• The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas (Chief Inspector Adamsberg series, 1)

   

Maureen Corrigan includes two established stars of the mystery series genre among her selections for  NPR's "The Year's Most Mesmerizing Mysteries." Sue Grafton's recently released Kinsey Millhone series title, U is for Undertow, is listed, as is Sara Paretsky's new V.I. Warshawshi book, Hardball.

Corrigan lists two additional titles by Martin Limón and Susan Kandel. Limón's G.I. Bones is the fifth title in his George Sueño and Ernie Bascom series, which he started in 1992. Kandel's Dial H for Hitchcock is also the fifth volume in her more recent Cece Caruso Mystery series, which focuses on the adventures of her mystery biographer heroine.