1. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, FSG
2. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown
3. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, Dutton
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
5. The Reversal, by Michael Connelly, Little Brown
6. Room, by Emma Donoghue, Little Brown
7. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
8. Painted Ladies, by Robert B. Parker, Putnam
9. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central
10. Nemesis, by Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
11. By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham, FSG
12. To the End of the Land, by David Grossman, Knopf
13. Ape House, by Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau
14. A Secret Kept, by Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's
15. Great House, by Nicole Krauss, Norton
ON THE RISE:
16. Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, Lydia Davis (Trans.), Viking
Flaubert's masterpiece in a magnificent new translation by Lydia Davis
