1. The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd, Viking
2. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, Little Brown
3. The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton, Little Brown
4. Dog Songs, by Mary Oliver, Penguin Press
5. Sycamore Row, by John Grisham, Doubleday
6. The Circle, by Dave Eggers, Knopf
7. On Such a Full Sea, by Chang-Rae Lee, Riverhead
8. The Signature of All Things, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking
9. The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf
10. And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead
11. The Valley of Amazement, by Amy Tan, Ecco
12. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman, Morrow
13. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, Crown
14. The Good Lord Bird, by James McBride, Riverhead
15. Aimless Love, by Billy Collins, Random House
On the Rise:
19. Radiance of Tomorrow, by Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton Books
Beah's powerful new novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times, is a January 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.