1. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Vintage
2. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, Algonquin
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
4. The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman, Dial
5. The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, Berkley
6. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, S&S
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, Harper
8. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin
9. The Three Weissmanns of Westport, by Cathleen Schine, Picador
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, Ballantine
11. Tinkers, by Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press
12. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell, Random House
13. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
14. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, Random House
15. True Grit, by Charles Portis, Overlook
ON THE RISE:
19. Solar, by Ian McEwan, Anchor
