1. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Vintage
2. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
3. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, S&S
4. Tinkers, by Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press
5. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
7. The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman, Dial
8. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, Harper
10. The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson, Bloomsbury
11. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, Random House
12. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial
13. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin
14. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin
15. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, Ballantine
ON THE RISE:
23. The Year of the Hare, by Arto Paasilinna, Penguin
Paasilinna's charming comic novel is a January 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
