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Best Older Titles 2010
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January 2011
Compiled by Tammy Eustis
of the Killingworth Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
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Top Votes
Biss, Eula Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays (2 votes)(nonfiction)
Carriger, Gail Soulless (4 votes)(adult fiction)
Collins, Suzanne Hunger Games (2 votes)(children's / YA)
Setterfield, Diane Thirteenth Tale (2 votes)(adult fiction)
Shaffer, Mary Ann The Geurnsey Literary and Potato PeelPie Society (2 votes)(adult fiction)
Stiefvater, Maggie Ballad: a Gathering of Faerie (2 votes)(children's / YA)
Stockett, Kathryn The Help (4 votes)(adult fiction)
Strout, Elizabeth Olive Kitteridge (3 votes)(adult fiction)
Verghese, Abraham Cutting for Stone (3 votes)(adult fiction)
Adult Fiction
Abbott, Edwin A. Flatland: a Romance of Many Dimensions
Abu-Jaber Crescent
Alvarez, Julia In the Time of the Butterflies
Archer Jeffrey A Prisoner of Birth
Arsenault, Emily The Broken Teaglass
Balogh, Mary A Christmas Promise
Barnes, William The Somnambulist
Bechdel, Alison The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
Bentley, E. C. Trent's Last Case
Beverley, Jo An Arranged Marriage
Beverley, Jo Christmas Angel
Blum, Jenna Those Who Save Us
Bohjalian, Christopher Skeletons at the Feast
Brennert, Alan Moloka'i
Brom The Child Thief
Brown, Sandra Envy
Bujold, Lois McMaster The Curse of Chalion
Burnett, Francis Hodgson The Shuttle
Carey, Jacqueline Santa Olivia
Cleave, Chris Little Bee
Connelly, Michael The Poet
Corona, Laurel The Four Seasons: a Novel of Vivaldi's Venice
Cunningham, Michael The Hours
Dallas, Sandra Tallgrass
Dare, Tessa Goddess of the Hunt
Dicks, Matthew Something Missing
Dolan, Harry Bad Things Happen
Dunne, Dominick A Season in Purgatory
Eliot, George Middlemarch
Ford, Jamie Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Genova, Lisa Still Alice
Gilstrap, John Nathan's Run
Golding, Julia Dragonfly
Gunning, Sally The Widow's War
Hammesfahr, Petra The Sinner
Hannah, Sophie The Wrong Mother
Hislop, Victoria The Island
Horan, Nancy Loving Frank
Huff, Tanya The Enchantment Emporium
Kinsale, Laura Flowers from the Storm
Kirkman, Robert The Walking Dead, vol. 1: Days Gone By
Kirstein, Rosemary The Steerswoman series
Kleypas, Lisa Devil in Winter (Wallflower series)
Kleypas, Lisa Sugar Daddy
Kleypas, Lisa A Wallflower Christmas
Larsen, Rief The Collected Works of T. S. Spivet
Lee, Sharon and Miller, Steve Agent of Change
Lopez, Josefina Hungry Woman in Paris
Martin, George R. R. A Game of Thrones
Maynard, Joyce Labor Day
Mazetti, Katarina Benny & Shrimp
Mazzuccheli, David Asterios Polyp
Mitchell, David Black Swan Green
Moran, Michelle Cleopatra's Daughter
O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Ogawa, Yoko The Housekeeper and the Professor
Parker, K. J. The Scavenger trilogy
Patchett, Ann Run
Perez-Reverte, Arturo Queen of the South
Perry, Anne The Face of a Stranger
Priest, Cherie Boneshaker
Putney, Mary Jo Loving a Lost Lord
Rice, Eva The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
Roberts, Nora Bed of Roses
Rosenthal, Pam The Edge of Impropriety
Ryman, Geoff Lust
Sanderson, Brandon The Gathering Storm
Sanderson, Brandon Warbreaker
Satyel, Rakesh Blue Boy
Shaara, Michael The Killer Angels
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Shute, Nevil Trustee from the Toolroom
Smith, Dodie I Captured the Castle
Sunley, Christina Tricking of Freya
Thomas, Sherry Private Arrangements
Thomas, Sherry Not Quite a Husband
Tropper, Jonathan This is Where I Leave You
Turow, Scott Presumed Innocent
Urrea, Luis Alberto Into the Beautiful North
Vargas Llosa, Mario Feast of the Goat
Volpi, Jorge Season of Ash
Waters, Sarah Fingersmith
West, Stanley Gordon Blind Your Ponies (fiction, orig. pub. 2001; reprinted 2010)
Wildgen, Michelle But Not For Long
Williams, Carol Lynch The Chosen One
Zusak, Marcus Book Thief
Adult Nonfiction
Anthony, Lawrence Babylon's Ark: the Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
Barnwell, Tim Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts & Music in Appalachia
Beranbaum, Rose Levy Rose's Heavenly Cakes
Bin Laden, Najwa & Omar Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Bragg, Rick All Over But the Shoutin'
Campbell, Donovan Joker One: a Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
Collins, Gail When Everything Changed: the Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
Davidson, Avram Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations of Several Ancient Legends
Dwyer, Jim & Flynn, Kevin 102 Minutes: the Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
Eggers, Dave Zeitoun
Fineman, Howard The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
Gawande, Atul The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right
Hazleton, Lesley After the Prophet: the Epic Story of the Shia- Sunni Split in Islam
Pipher, Mary Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
Poole, Robert M. On Hallowed Ground: the Story of Arlington National Cemetery
Ropipaugh, Lee Ann On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year (poetry)
Shawcross, William The Queen Mother: the Official Biography
Silverwood, John & Jean Black Wave: a Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them
Tillyard, Stella Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832
VanTighem, Patricia The Bear's Embrace
Yates, Jen Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
Children's / YA
Auch, Mary Jane The Easter Egg Farm
Blake, Robert Togo
Buehner, Caralyn Snowmen At Night ; Snowmen At Christmas
Chima, Cinda W. The Demon King
Collins, Suzanne Catching Fire
Davis, Eleanor The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
DiCamillo, Kate The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Frost, Helen Crossing Stones
Kadohata, Cynthia Cracker: the Best Dog in Vietnam
Kimmel, Eric The Bird's Gift
Larson, Kirby The Two Bobbies: a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Martin, Ann A Dog's Life: the Autobiography of a Stray
McNamee, Graham Acceleration
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Grand Escape
Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life As We Knew It
Stiefvater, Maggie Linger: the Faerie Queen's Deception
Stiefvater, Maggie Lament: the Faerie Queen's Deception
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