1. Just Kids, by Patti Smith, Ecco
2. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, Penguin
3. Inside of a Dog, by Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner
4. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, Vintage
5. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin
6. Holidays on Ice, by David Sedaris, Back Bay
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2011, by Old Farmer's Almanac
8. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, Anchor
9. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, Holt
10. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
11. Dewey, by Vicki Myron, Grand Central
12. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin
13. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett, Riverhead
14. Bicycle Diaries, by David Byrne, Penguin
15. Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage
ON THE RISE:
16. The Imperial Cruise, by James Bradley, Back Bay
A look at a secret U.S. diplomatic mission to the Pacific dispatched by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1905.
