FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2010

I keep track of what I read. In 2010, I read 62 books. My ten favorite that I read this past year were:

10. Sixpence House by Paul Collins
9. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
8. Wild Child by T.C. Boyle
7. The Art Detective by Philip Mould
6. A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
5. Straight Man by Richard Russo
4. The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
3. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
1. Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand

BONUS HOLIDAY CONTENT!!!

The reason we post these reviews is to hopefully provide some suggestions as to things to read (or avoid). So here are some of my favorites from over the past couple of years. Hopefully you'll find something you like.

My Favorites from 2009:
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer
3. Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Rubenstein
4. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safron Foer
5. Art of Possibility by Rosemund and Benjamin Zander
6. The Women by T.C. Boyle
7. The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd
8. The Soloist by Steve Lopez
9. Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
10. Double Fold by Nicholson Baker

My favorites from 2008:
1. Remainder by Tom McCarthy
2. Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
3. Peak by Chip Conley
4. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
6. Run by Ann Patchett
7. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
8. Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead
9. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss
10. The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

--Jon