Why does PostgreSQL perform sequential scan on indexed column?

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Very simple example – one table, one index, one query:

CREATE TABLE book
(
  id bigserial NOT NULL,
  "year" integer,
  -- other columns...
);

CREATE INDEX book_year_idx ON book (year)

EXPLAIN
 SELECT *
   FROM book b
  WHERE b.year > 2009

gives me:

Seq Scan on book b  (cost=0.00..25663.80 rows=105425 width=622)
  Filter: (year > 2009)

Why it does NOT perform index scan instead?
What am I missing?

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