Time for me to post MY favorite reads of 2010! Here is my method… I scroll through all of my reviews from the past year and every title that I’m really, really glad I read lands here. A number of these titles were published prior to 2010, but I did read them in 2010!
Literary Heavy-hitters:
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
tinkers by Paul Harding
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Far North by Marcel Theroux
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
Light and Lovely:
The Blessing of Animals by Katrina Kittle
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Impossible to put-down… or forget:
Cost by Roxana Robinson
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Great memoirs:
Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Coop by Michael Perry
Open by Andre Agassi
Compelling Nonfiction:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
loved loved loved still alice…..she has a new one coming out early 2011..can’t wait!
So lovely to hear YOUR favorites because they aren’t the same ones popping up on every year end list.
Thanks!
Your list inspires me! You always have a few that I haven’t yet heard of or read, and many of your favorites are my unforgettable reads too!