The ten novels selected for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009 were:

 - Addition cover image  - Author Image Toni Jordan

Addition
 Toni Jordan
Text Publishing Melbourne Australia

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- A Fraction of the Whole cover image   - Author Image Steve Toltz

A Fraction of the Whole
 Steve Toltz
 Hamish Hamilton (Penguin Books)

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 - Breath Cover Image  - Tim Winton author image

Breath
 Tim Winton
Hamish Hamilton (Penguin Books)

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 - Fugitive Blue Cover Image  - Author Image Claire Thomas

Fugitive Blue
 Claire Thomas
Allen & Unwin

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 - Ice cover image  - Author Image Louis Nowra

Ice
Louis Nowra
 Allen & Unwin

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 - One Foot Wrong cover image  - Author Image Sofie Laguna

One Foot Wrong
 Sofie Laguna
 Allen & Unwin

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 - The Devil's Eye cover image  - Author Image Ian Townsend

The Devil's Eye
 Ian Townsend
Fourth Estate (HarperCollinsPublishers Australia)

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 - The Pages cover image  - Author Image Murray Bail

The Pages
Murray Bail
 Text Publishing Melbourne Australia

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 - The Slap cover image  - Author Image Christos Tsiolkas

The Slap
 Christos Tsiolkas
Allen & Unwin

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 - Wanting cover image  - Author Image Richard Flanagan

Wanting
Richard Flanagan
 Knopf (Random House Australia)

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55 books were submitted for this year's Award.

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