1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Berkley
2. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, Algonquin
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, Anchor
4. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Vintage
5. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
6. The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, Berkley
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, Harper
8. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, S&S
9. Our Kind of Traitor, by John le Carré, Penguin
10. The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman, Dial
11. Imperfect Birds, by Anne Lamott, Riverhead
12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, Ballantine
13. Island Beneath the Sea, by Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial
14. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender, Anchor
15. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell, Random House
ON THE RISE:
19. The Lonely Polygamist, by Brady Udall, Norton
Udall's unforgettable novel about a man with four wives and 28 children.
