1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

By Stieg Larsson

35 weeks on list

Hardcover, 576pp, $27.95
Knopf
Pub Date: May. 25, 2010

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2. The Help

By Kathryn Stockett

102 weeks on list

Hardcover, 464pp, $24.95
Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Pub Date: Feb. 1, 2009

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3. Freedom

By Jonathan Franzen

21 weeks on list

Hardcover, 576pp, $28.00
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub Date: Aug. 31, 2010

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4. Room

By Emma Donoghue

20 weeks on list

Hardcover, 336pp, $24.99
Little, Brown and Company
Pub Date: Sep. 1, 2010

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5. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

A Modest Bestiary

By David Sedaris; Ian Falconer

17 weeks on list

Hardcover, 176pp, $21.99
Little, Brown and Company
Pub Date: Sep. 28, 2010

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6. An Object of Beauty

By Steve Martin

9 weeks on list

Hardcover, 304pp, $26.99
Grand Central Publishing
Pub Date: Nov. 23, 2010

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7. The Sentry

By Robert Crais

2 weeks on list

Hardcover, 320pp, $26.95
Putnam Adult
Pub Date: Jan. 11, 2011

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8. The Confession

By John Grisham

13 weeks on list

Hardcover, 432pp, $28.95
Doubleday
Pub Date: Oct. 26, 2010

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9. Clara and Mr. Tiffany

By Susan Vreeland

2 weeks on list

Hardcover, 432pp, $26.00
Random House
Pub Date: Jan. 11, 2011

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10. The Empty Family

Stories

By Colm Toibin

1 week on list

Hardcover, 288pp, $24.00
Scribner
Pub Date: Jan. 4, 2011

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11. Shadowfever

By Karen Marie Moning

1 week on list

Hardcover, 608pp, $26.00
Delacorte Press
Pub Date: Jan. 18, 2011

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12. Fall of Giants

By Ken Follett

17 weeks on list

Hardcover, $36.00
Dutton Adult
Pub Date: Sep. 28, 2010

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13. The Lake of Dreams

By Kim Edwards

3 weeks on list

Hardcover, 400pp, $26.95
Viking Adult
Pub Date: Jan. 4, 2011

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14. The Inner Circle

By Brad Meltzer

2 weeks on list

Hardcover, 464pp, $26.99
Grand Central Publishing
Pub Date: Jan. 11, 2011

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15. A Visit from the Goon Squad

By Jennifer Egan

3 weeks on list

Hardcover, 288pp, $25.95
Knopf
Pub Date: Jun. 8, 2010