1. Unaccustomed Earth
By Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf.
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
3. The Miracle at Speedy Motors
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
4. The Whole Truth
By David Baldacci. Grand Central.
5. Hold Tight
By Harlan Coben. Dutton.
6. Certain Girls
By Jennifer Weiner. Atria.
7. Our Story Begins
By Tobias Wolff. Knopf.
8. Remember Me?
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
9. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
10. Change of Heart
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. Unaccustomed Earth
By Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf.
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
3. Hold Tight
By Harlan Coben. Dutton.
4. The Miracle at Speedy Motors
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
5. Where Are You Now?
By Mary Higgins Clark. Simon & Schuster.
6. Remember Me?
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
7. Our Story Begins
By Tobias Wolff. Knopf.
8. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
9. Certain Girls
By Jennifer Weiner. Atria.
10. The Third Angel
By Alice Hoffman. Shaye Areheart.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. Unaccustomed Earth
By Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf.
2. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
3. Change of Heart
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
4. Lush Life
By Richard Price. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
5. Small Favor
By Jim Butcher. Roc.
6. Remember Me?
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
7. Belong to Me
By Marisa de los Santos. Morrow.
8. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
9. Compulsion
By Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine.
10. The Ten-Year Nap
By Meg Wolitzer. Riverhead.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. Lush Life
By Richard Price. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
2. Change of Heart
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
3. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
4. Remember Me?
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
5. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
7. Seventh Heaven
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
8. The Reserve
By Russell Banks. Harper.
9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
10. The Soul Thief
By Charles Baxter. Pantheon.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. Change of Heart
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
2. Lush Life
By Richard Price. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
3. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
4. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
5. The Reserve
By Russell Banks. Harper.
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
7. Remember Me?
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
8. Beautiful Children
By Charles Bock. Random House.
9. The Soul Thief
By Charles Baxter. Pantheon.
10. Honor Thyself
By Danielle Steel. Delacorte.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. Remember Me?
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
2. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
4. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
5. Beautiful Children
By Charles Bock. Random House.
6. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
7. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
8. Beginner’s Greek
By James Collins. Little, Brown.
9. Seventh Heaven
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
10. The Commoner
By John Burnham Schwartz. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
2. Seventh Heaven
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
4. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
5. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
6. Strangers in Death
By J.D. Robb. Putnam.
7. Stranger in Paradise
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
8. The Commoner
By John Burnham Schwartz. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
9. Song Yet Sung
By James McBride. Riverhead.
10. The Reserve
By Russell Banks. Harper.

Source: Boston area bookstores

1. Beautiful Children
By Charles Bock. Random House.
2. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
3. The Reserve
By Russell Banks. Harper.
4. The Golden Age
By Tahmima Anam. Harper Collins.
5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
6. When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep
By Sylvia Sellers-Garcia. Riverhead.
7. Diary of a Bad Year
By J.M. Coetzee. Viking.
8. The Abyssinian Proof
By Jenny White. Norton.
9. War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy. Knopf.
10. Song Yet Sung
By James McBride. Riverhead.

Source: Boston area bookstores

1. The Appeal
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
2. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
3. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
4. Beautiful Children
By Charles Bock. Random House.
5. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
6. Duma Key
By Stephen King. Scribner.
7. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
8. The Commoner
By John Burnham Schwartz. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
10. Life Class
By Pat Barker. Doubleday.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
2. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
4. Plum Lucky
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
5. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
6. Double Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
7. Beginner’s Greek
By James Collins. Little, Brown.
8. Diary of a Bad Year
By J.M. Coetzee. Viking.
9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
10. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.

SOURCE: Boston area bookstores

1. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Viking.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
4. Plum Lucky
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
5. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
6. The Senator’s Wife
By Sue Miller. Knopf.
7. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.
8. Diary of a Bad Year
By J.M. Coetzee. Viking.
9. Then We Came to the End
By Joshua Ferris. Little, Brown.
10. Double Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.

2. T Is for Treason
By Sue Grafton. Putnam.

3. Tree of Smoke
By Denis Johnson. Farrar, Straus.

4. Double Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.

5. The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.

6. The Darkest Evening of the Year
By Dean Koontz. Bantam.

7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Diaz. Riverhead.

8. The Abstinence Teacher
By Tom Perrotta. St. Martin’s.

9. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.

10. Run
By Ann Patchett. Harper.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Playing for Pizza
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
3. Double Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
4. Stone Cold
By David Baldacci. Grand Central.
5. Confessor
By Terry Goodkind. Tor.
6. A Free Life
By Ha Jin. Pantheon.
7. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
8. Run
By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins.
9. Book of the Dead
By Patricia Cornwell. Putnam.
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Double Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
3. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.
4. Stone Cold
By David Baldacci. Grand Central.
5. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
6. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
7. Gentlemen of the Road
By Michael Chabon. Del Rey.
8. Confessor
By Terry Goodkind. Tor.
9. Run
By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins.
10. A Free Life
By Ha Jin. Pantheon.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
3. The Abstinence Teacher
By Tom Perrotta. St. Martin’s.
4. Stone Cold
By David Baldacci. Grand Central.
5. Book of the Dead
By Patricia Cornwell. Putnam.
6. A Free Life
By Ha Jin. Pantheon.
7. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
8. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.
9. Now and Then
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
10. Protect and Defend
By Vince Flynn. Atria.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

Nick Hornby is featured on the new episode of Great Writers

GREAT WRITERS

"Slam," the new novel by Nick Hornby, is ostensibly for young adults, but its 16-year-old protagonist's struggle with an unplanned pregnancy and an equally unplanned launch into adulthood resonates just as genuinely with adult readers.

During a recent appearance at Brookline Booksmith, Hornby had the adult audience laughing and groaning along with an excerpt of the book that described Sam's lame attempt at solving his problems by running away to a run-down resort town by the English seaside. That appearance is featured in the current episode of Great Writers, the Boston Globe's books podcast.

Hornby, the author of the bestsellers "About a Boy," "High Fidelity," and "Fever Pitch," is the acknowledged master of creating adult male characters who act like boys. In "Slam," he reverses field and writes about a boy grappling too soon with manhood, and Sam's wry-yet-naive observations about parenthood, employment, and the other big decisions of adult life are the best part of the book.

Or, as the New York Times put it:

Hornby has a knack, in “Slam,” for taking predictable moments and turning them into gently glowing satire.

Click here to listen to the latest Great Writers episode featuring Nick Hornby.

Click here to visit the Globe's podcasts page.

Great Writers is also available via subscription through RSS and iTunes.

-- Ralph Ranalli

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. The Abstinence Teacher
By Tom Perrotta. St. Martin’s.
3. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
4. Gentlemen of the Road
By Michael Chabon. Ballantine.
5. Book of the Dead
By Patricia Cornwell. Putnam.
6. Now and Then
By Robert B. Parker. !,Putnam.
7. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.
8. Protect and Defend
By Vince Flynn. Atria.
9. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
10. War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy. Knopf.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

GREAT WRITERS PODCAST

Don't look now, but your dogma just got run over by Shalom Auslander's karma.

It's amazing that a book so full of painful soul-baring can be so funny, but it is. Just listen to the laughs in the background from the crowd at Brookline Booksmith during Auslander's recent reading of excerpts from his new book "Foreskin's Lament."

But be forewarned: A howling [double meaning alert] rant on his orthodox Jewish upbringing and against those who teach children that God is a vengeful deity to be feared and obeyed at all times, the book is probably not for the faint of faith.

The New York Times said this:

Now Shalom Auslander has entered the ring, flying off the ropes, pro-wrestling style, with his memoir, “Foreskin’s Lament,” a no-holds-barred affront to the G-d whose name is never uttered by the faithful under Jewish law.

Also in the current episode of Great Writers, we serve up or "Top of the Stack" book recommendations from today's hottest writers, including Brock Clarke, the author of "An Arsonist's Guide to New England Writers' Homes;" Jon Clinch, the author of "Finn;" and Jennifer Belle, the author of "Little Stalker."

The recommendations are worth a listen to hear why the authors are recommending their favorites, but for your convenience, here are some links to their recommended books:

Brock Clarke:
"US!" by Chris Bachelder
"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark
"The Good People of New York" by Thisbe Nissen

Jon Clinch:
"I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down" by William Gay
"Absolom, Absolom" by William Faulkner
"Memoir from Antproof Case" by Mark Helprin

Jennifer Belle
"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov
"Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann" by Barbara Seaman
"Good Morning, Midnight" by Jean Rhys

Enjoy.

-- Ralph Ranalli

1. Now and Then
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. The Abstinence Teacher
By Tom Perrotta. St. Martin’s.
4. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.
5. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
6. Run
By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins.
7. War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy. Knopf.
8. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
9. A Lick of Frost
By Laurell K. Hamilton. Ballantine.
10. Like You’d Understand, Anyway
By Jim Shepard. Knopf.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. The Abstinence Teacher
By Tom Perrotta. St. Martin’s.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
4. Playing for Pizza
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
5. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Little, Brown.
6. Run
By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins.
7. War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy. Knopf.
8. World Without End
By Ken Follett. Dutton.
9. The Choice
By Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central.
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
2. Run
By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins.
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
4. Playing for Pizza
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
5. Exit Ghost
By Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin.
6. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
7. The Choice
By Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central.
8. Dark of the Moon
By John Sandford. Putnam.
9. Away
By Amy Bloom. Random House.
10. You’ve Been Warned
By James Patterson and Howard Roughan. Little, Brown.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

Claire Messud is featured in the current episode of Great Writers.
(Globe staff photo by Dina Rudick)

GREAT WRITERS

The Great Writers podcast is back from summer hiatus, with a new format, more events, and bigger names than before.

Launched last year in conjuction with independent literary powerhouse Newtonville Books, Great Writers has now added two more of the region's best independent bookstores as partners: Brookline Booksmith and Wellesley Booksmith. Another big change: new episodes this season will debut on Tuesdays instead of Sundays.

The first episode of the 2007-2008 season is now online. It features a special double appearance from Brookline Booksmith by bestselling authors Claire Messud, reading and discussing "The Emperor's Children," (recently released in paperback) and Valerie Martin, talking about and reading from her latest work, "Tresspass."

"The Emperor's Children" is Messud's fourth book and was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times, which called her "a novelist of unnerving talent." Her 1996 debut novel, "When the World Was Steady," earned her a nomination for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Martin's 2003 novel "Property" won the prestigious Orange Prize.

Next week's episode will feature our first recommendations from the Books section staff of the Globe and a reading by Brock Clarke, the author of the remarkable new novel "An Arsonist's Guide to New England Writers' Homes."

Listen, enjoy, and tell a friend. Or what the heck, tell your whole book club.

Click here to listen to this week's episode.

Click here to visit Boston.com's Podcast page.

Click here to subscribe to the series via RSS. Great Writers is also available through iTunes.

-- Ralph Ranalli

1. Run
By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Knopf.
4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
5. Playing for Pizza
By John Grisham. Doubleday.
6. The Choice
By Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central.
7. Exit Ghost
By Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin.
8. You’ve Been Warned
By James Patterson and Howard Roughan. Little, Brown.
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling. Scholastic.
10. Shoot Him If He Runs
By Stuart Woods. Putnam.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Diaz. Riverhead.
3. Away
By Amy Bloom. Random House.
4. You’ve Been Warned
By James Patterson and Howard Roughan. Little, Brown.
5. Making Money
By Terry Pratchett. Harper.
6. Dead Heat
By Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Putnam.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling. Scholastic.
8. Tree of Smoke
By Denis Johnson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
9. Exit Ghost
By Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin.
10. Power Play
By Joseph Finder. St. Martin’s.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Diaz. Riverhead.
3. Tree of Smoke
By Denis Johnson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
4. You’ve Been Warned
By James Patterson and Howard Roughan. Little, Brown.
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling. Scholastic.
6. Heartsick
By Chelsea Cain. St. Martin.
7. The Septembers of Shiraz
By Dalia Sofer. Ecco.
8. Power Play
By Joseph Finder. St. Martin.
9. The Wheel of Darkness
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Grand Central.
10. On the Road: The Original Scroll
By Jack Kerouac. Viking.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. Tree of Smoke
By Denis Johnson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. Away
By Amy Bloom. Random House.
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J..K. Rowling. Scholastic.
5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
6. Heartsick
By Chelsea Cain. St. Martin’s.
7. On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition
By Jack Kerouac. Viking.
8. Power Play
By Joseph Finder. St. Martin’s.
9. On the Road: The Original Scroll
By Jack Kerouac. Viking.
10. The Wheel of Darkness
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Grand Central.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Spook Country
By William Gibson. Putnam.
3. Away
By Amy Bloom. Random House.
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J. K. Rowling. Scholastic.
5. The Wheel of Darkness
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Grand Central.
6. Bones to Ashes
By Kathy Reichs. Scribner.
7. Power Play
By Joseph Finder. St. Martin.
8. On the Road
By Jack Kerouac. Viking.
9. The Maytrees
By Annie Dillard. HarperCollins.
10. The Yiddish Policemen's Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Spook Country
By William Gibson. Putnam.
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J..K. Rowling. Scholastic.
4. Power Play
By Joseph Finder. St. Martin.
5. The Yiddish Policemen's Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
6. Eclipse
By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown.
7. On the Road
By Jack Kerouac. Viking.
8. Away
By Amy Bloom. Random House.
9. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
10. Innocence
By David Hosp. Grand Central.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J..K. Rowling. Scholastic.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. Spook Country
By William Gibson. Putnam.
4. Eclipse
By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown.
5. Sandworms of Dune
By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Tor.
6. Waking With Enemies
By Eric Jerome Dickey. Dutton.
7. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
8. Loving Frank
By Nancy Horan. Ballantine.
9. The Secret Servant
By Daniel Silva. Putnam.
10. No One Belongs Here More Than You
By Miranda July. Scribner.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling. Scholastic.
3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
4. The Secret Servant
By Daniel Silva. Putnam.
5. First Among Sequels
By Jasper Fforde. Viking.
6. The Quickie
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
7. New England White
By Stephen L. Carter. Knopf.
8. The Maytrees
By Annie Dillard. HarperCollins.
9. The Tin Roof Blowdown
By James Lee Burke. Simon & Schuster.
10. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling. Scholastic.
3. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
4. New England White
By Stephen L. Carter. Knopf.
5. The Quickie
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
6. Peony in Love
By Lisa See. Random House.
7. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
8. House Lights
By Leah Hager Cohen. Norton.
9. Up Close and Dangerous
By Linda Howard. Ballantine.
10. God Is Dead
By Ron Currie Jr. Viking.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
3. New England White
By Stephen L. Carter. Knopf.
4. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
5. Lean Mean Thirteen
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
6. Peony in Love
By Lisa See. Random House.
7. The Quickie
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
8. High Noon
By Nora Roberts. Putnam.
9. Michael Tolliver Lives
By Armistead Maupin. HarperCollins.
10. The Maytrees
By Annie Dillard. HarperCollins.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
3. Peony in Love
By Lisa See. Random House.
4. Lean Mean Thirteen
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
5. The Quickie
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
6. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon.HarperCollins.
7. The Maytrees
By Annie Dillard. HarperCollins.
8. Slip and Fall
By Nick Santora. State Street.
9. Barefoot
By Elin Hilderbrand. Little, Brown.
10. Mere Anarchy
By Woody Allen. Random House.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
3. The Maytrees
By Annie Dillard.HarperCollins.
4. Lean Mean Thirteen
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
5. New England White
By Stephen L. Carter. Knopf.
6. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
7. Michael Tolliver Lives
By Armistead Maupin. HarperCollins.
8. Bungalow Two
By Danielle Steel. Delacorte.
9. Slip and Fall
By Nick Santora. State Street.
10. Free Food for Millionaires
By Min Jin Lee. Grand Central.

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1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
3. Lean Mean Thirteen
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
4. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
5. Michael Tolliver Lives
By Armistead Maupin. HarperCollins.
6. Blaze
By Richard Bachman. Scribner.
7. Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje. Knopf.
8. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Betrayal
By Eric Van Lustbader. Grand Central.
9. Double Take
By Catherine Coulter. Putnam.
10. Slip and Fall
By Nick Santora. State Street.

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1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
4. Michael Tolliver Lives
By Armistead Maupin. HarperCollins.
5. Slip and Fall
By Nick Santora. State Street.
6. Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje. Knopf.
7. The Overlook
By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown.
8. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
9. The Maytrees
By Annie Dillard. HarperCollins.
10. Double Take
By Catherine Coulter. Putnam.

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1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. On Chesil Beach
By Ian McEwan. Doubleday.
3. Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje. Knopf.
4. Falling Man
By Don DeLillo. Scribner.
5. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
6. The Last Summer (of You and Me)
By Ann Brashares. Riverhead.
7. The Overlook
By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown.
8. The Good Guy
By Dean Koontz. Bantam.
9. The Harlequin
By Laurell K. Hamilton. Berkley.
10. After Dark
By Haruki Murakami. Knopf.

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1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. Divisadero
By Michael Ondaatje. Knopf.
3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
4. Falling Man
By Don DeLillo. Scribner.
5. After Dark
By Haruki Murakami. Knopf.
6. The Good Guy
By Dean Koontz. Bantam.
7. Rant
By Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday.
8. The Gravedigger’s Daughter
By Joyce Carol Oates. Ecco.
9. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
10. The Sixth Target
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.

Compiled by Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
3. The Overlook By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown.
4. The Sixth Target
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
5. Falling Man
By Don DeLillo. Scribner.
6. Bad Luck and Trouble
By Lee Child. Delacorte.
7. Invisible Prey
By John Sandford. Putnam.
8. Rant
By Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday.
9. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
10. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
By Dr. Seuss. HarperCollins.

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1. Falling Man
By Don DeLillo. Scribner.
2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
3. Rant
By Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday.
4. The Sixth Target
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
5. Bad Luck and Trouble
By Lee Child. Delacorte.
6. Invisible Prey
By John Sandford. Putnam.
7. After Dark
By Haruki Murakami. Knopf.
8. Simple Genius
By David Baldacci. Warner.
9. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
10. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.

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1. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.
2. Rant
By Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday.
3. The Woods
By Harlan Coben. Dutton.
4. Simple Genius
By David Baldacci. Warner.
5. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
6. The Sixth Target
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Little, Brown.
7. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
8. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
9. Body Surfing
By Anita Shreve. Little, Brown.
10. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.

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1. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
By Michael Chabon. HarperCollins
2. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
3. Rant
By Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday.
4. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
5. Simple Genius
By David Baldacci. Warner.
6. The Woods
By Harlan Coben. Dutton.
7. Body Surfing
By Anita Shreve. Little, Brown.
8. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
9. The Ministry of Special Cases
By Nathan Englander. Knopf.
10. Angelica
By Arthur Phillips. Random House.

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Jon Clinch
(Globe staff photo by Wendy Maeda)

Everywhere they go, Jon Clinch and his debut novel "Finn" have been making a splash. Last month, Clinch's appearance and his dark, powerful work telling the story of Huckleberry Finn's father were the talk of the Newburyport Literary Festival.

Last week, Clinch gave a reading and talk at Newtonville Books in Newton and agreed to be featured in this week's episode of the Globe's Great Writers Podcast.

Clinch runs his own advertising agency in the suburbs of Philadelphia, but if the buzz over his novel continues to grow, he may have to quit his day job someday soon...

1. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
2. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
3. Body Surfing
By Anita Shreve. Little, Brown.
4. The Woods
By Harlan Coben. Dutton.
5. Simple Genius
By David Baldacci. Warner.
6. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
7. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
8. Shopaholic and Baby
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
9. Boomsday
By Christopher Buckley. Twelve.
10. I Heard That Song Before
By Mary Higgins Clark. Simon & Schuster.

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1. The Children of Húrin
By J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin.
2. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
3. The Woods
By Harlan Coben. Dutton.
4. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
5. I Heard That Song Before
By Mary Higgins Clark. Simon & Schuster.
6. Fresh Disasters
By Stuart Woods. Putnam.
7. The Blue Zone
By Andrew Gross. Morrow.
8. Boomsday
By Christopher Buckley. Twelve.
9. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
10. My French Whore
By Gene Wilder. St. Martin’s.

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Michael Thomas shares his favorite books in a new Great Writers podcast feature
(Globe staff photo by Suzanne Kreiter)

Whenever an aspiring author asks a successful one for advice, the answer is invariably: "Read."

But read what?

To help answer that question, the Globe's Great Writers podcast has been asking our participating authors to recommend the great books they've been reading lately. We're calling the new feature "Top of the Stack" - as in the books that have earned exulted status amid that pile next to their favorite reading chair.

The first installment of the new feature is already live online. We're also offering a recap and links here for those seeking more information.

Lionel Shriver, the author of the best selling book "We Need to Talk About Kevin," read last month from her new novel "The Post-Birthday World." She recommended:

"Intiution", by Allegra Goodman"
"Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates, and
"Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Michael Thomas, the Newton native who recently published the acclaimed novel "Man Gone Down," included a collection by poet Yusef Komunyakaa among his recommendations. They were:

"Just Above My Head" by James Baldwin
"Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot, and
"Taboo" by Yosef Komunyakaa.

Finally, Pagan Kennedy, the author of the fascinating transsexual surgical history "The First Man-Made Man," recommended:

"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion,
"The Midnight Disease" by Alice Flaherty, and
"His Brother's Keeper" by Jonathan Weiner.

We'll bring you more recommendations as the series moves along. The next episode of Great Writers will feature Erica Wagner, literary editor for The Times of London, reading and discussing her new novel "Seizure" at Newtonville Books.

1. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
2. Heart-Shaped Box
By Joe Hill. Morrow.
3. Shopaholic and Baby
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
4. Then We Came to the End
By Joshua Ferris. Little, Brown.
5. Christine Falls
By Benjamin Black. Holt.
6. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
7. Whitethorn Woods
By Maeve Binchy. Knopf.
8. For a Few Demons More
By Kim Morrison. Eos.
9. The Post-Birthday World
By Lionel Shriver. HarperCollins.
10. Innocent Traitor
By Alison Weir. Ballantine.

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1. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
2. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
3. Shopaholic and Baby
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
4. Whitethorn Woods
By Maeve Binchy. Knopf.
5. Heyday
By Kurt Andersen. Random House.
6. You Don’t Love Me Yet
By Jonathan Lethem. Doubleday.
7. Step On a Crack
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
8. The Post-Birthday World
By Lionel Shriver. HarperCollins.
9. Christine Falls
By Benjamin Black. Holt.
10. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.

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1. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
2. Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult. Atria.
3. Step On a Crack
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
4. Shopaholic and Baby
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
5. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
6. Whitethorn Woods
By Maeve Binchy. Knopf.
7. The Double Bind
By Chris Bohjalian. Shaye Areheart.
8. Sisters
By Danielle Steel. Delacorte.
9. Make Way for Ducklings
By Robert McCloskey. Viking.
10. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.

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1. Ten Days in the Hills
By Jane Smiley. Knopf.
2. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
3. Shopaholic and Baby
By Sophie Kinsella. Dial.
4. The Double Bind
By Chris Bohjalian. Shaye Areheart.
5. Step On a Crack
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
6. Strangled
By Brian McGrory. Atria.
7. Dragon of the Red Dawn
By Mary Pope Osborne. Random House.
8. Plum Lovin’
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
9. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
10. Forever in Blue
By Ann Brashares. Delacorte.

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1. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
2. Step On a Crack
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
3. Innocent in Death
By J.D. Robb. Putnam.
4. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
5. High Profile
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
6. Heart-Shaped Box
By Joe Hill. Morrow.
7. Strangled
By Brian McGrory. Atria.
8. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
9. Ten Days in the Hills
By Jane Smiley. Knopf.
10. The Double Bind
By Chris Bohjalian. Shaye Areheart.

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1. The Castle in the Forest
By Norman Mailer. Random House.
2. Step On a Crack
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
3. Strangled
By Brian McGrory. Atria.
4. The Double Bind
By Chris Bohjalian. Shaye Areheart.
5. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
6. Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
7. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
8. You Suck: A Love Story
By Christopher Moore. Morrow.
9. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
10. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.

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1. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
2. The Castle in the Forest
By Norman Mailer. Random House.
3. Step On a Crack
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown.
4. High Profile
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
5. The Alexandria Link
By Steve Berry. Ballantine.
6. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
7. Forever in Blue
By Ann Brashares. Delacorte.
8. Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
9. The Strangler
By William Landay. Delacorte.
10. Plum Lovin’
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.

From Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. The Castle in the Forest
By Norman Mailer. Random House.
2. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
3. House of Meetings
By Martin Amis. Knopf.
4. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
5. Hannibal Rising
By Thomas Harris. Delacorte.
6. Plum Lovin’
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s
7. Sacred Games
By Vikram Chandra. HarperCollins.
8. Travels in the Scriptorium
By Paul Auster. Holt.
9. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
10. Dust
By Martha Grimes. Viking.

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1. You Suck: A Love Story
By Christopher Moore. Morrow.
2. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
3. Plum Lovin’
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
4. The Castle in the Forest
By Norman Mailer. Random House.
5. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
6. The Terror
By Dan Simmons. Little, Brown.
7. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
8. The Echo Maker
By Richard Powers.Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
9. Travels in the Scriptorium
By Paul Auster. Holt.
10. Hannibal Rising
By Thomas Harris. Delacorte.

From Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. Sacred Games
By Vikram Chandra. HarperCollins.
2. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
3. The Echo Maker
By Richard Powers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
4. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
5. House of Meetings
By Martin Amis. Knopf.
6. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
7. You Suck
By Christopher Moore. Morrow.
8. Breakpoint
By Richard A. Clarke. Putnam.
9. Forever in Blue
By Ann Brashares. Delacorte.
10. Charity Girl
By Michael Lowenthal. Houghton Mifflin.

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1. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
2. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
3. Sacred Games
By Vikram Chandra. HarperCollins.
4. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
5. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
6. Plum Lovin’
By Janet Evanovich. St. Martin’s.
7. The Boleyn Inheritance
By Philippa Gregory. Touchstone.
8. Forever in Blue
By Ann Brashares. Delacorte.
9. Exile
By Richard North Patterson. Holt.
10. The Echo Maker
By Richard Powers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

From Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.

1. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
2. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
3. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
4. Mothers and Sons
By Colm Tóibín. Scribner.
5. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
6. The Boleyn Inheritance
By Philippa Gregory. Touchstone.
7. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown
8. Hannibal Rising
By Thomas Harris. Delacorte.
9. The Hunters
By W.E.B. Griffin. Penguin.
10. Next
By Michael Crichton. HarperCollins.

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1. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
2. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
3. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
4. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
5. The View From Castle Rock
By Alice Munro. Knopf.
6. The Echo Maker
By Richard Powers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
7. The Boleyn Inheritance
By Philippa Gregory. Touchstone.
8. Hannibal Rising
By Thomas Harris. Delacorte.
9. One Good Turn
By Kate Atkinson. Little, Brown.
10. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.

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1. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
2. The View From Castle Rock
By Alice Munro. Knopf.
3. The Echo Maker
By Richard Powers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
4. Nature Girl
By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf.
5. Absurdistan
By Gary Shteyngart. Random House.
6. Suite Francaise
By Irène Némirovsky. Knopf.
7. Against the Day
By Thomas Pynchon. Penguin.
8. The Road
By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf.
9. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
10. Next
By Michael Crichton. HarperCollins.

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1. Against the Day
By Thomas Pynchon. Penguin.
2. Nature Girl
By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf.
3. The View From Castle Rock
By Alice Munro. Knopf.
4. Hannibal Rising
By Thomas Harris. Delacorte.
5. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
6. Next
By Michael Crichton. HarperCollins.
7. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
8. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
9. The Shape Shifter
By Tony Hillerman. HarperCollins.
10. Wild Fire
By Nelson DeMille. Warner.

1. Against the Day
By Thomas Pynchon. Penguin.
2. The View From Castle Rock
By Alice Munro. Knopf.
3. Next
By Michael Crichton. HarperCollins
4. The Lay of the Land
By Richard Ford. Knopf.
5. Nature Girl
By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf.
6. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
7. Thirst
By Mary Oliver. Beacon.
8. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
9. Wild Fire
By Nelson DeMille. Warner.
10. The Shape Shifter
By Tony Hillerman. HarperCollins.

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1. Nature Girl
By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf.
2. Cross
By James Patterson. Little, Brown.
3. Wild Fire
By Nelson DeMille. Warner.
4. The Echo Maker
By Richard Powers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
5. The Lay of the Land
By Richard Ford. Knopf.
6. What Is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
7. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
8. The View From Castle Rock
By Alice Munro. Knopf.
9. The Ghost at the Table
By Suzanne Berne. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
10. One Good Turn
By Kate Atkinson. Little, Brown.

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1. The Lay of the Land
By Richard Ford. Knopf.
2. Lisey’s Story
By Stephen King. Scribner.
3. What is the What
By Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s.
4. Hundred-Dollar Baby
By Robert B. Parker. Putnam.
5. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
6. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
7. What Came Before He Shot Her
By Elizabeth George. HarperCollins.
8. Suite Francaise
By Irene Nemirovsky. Knopf.
9. One Good Turn
By Kate Atkinson. Little, Brown.
8. Thirteen Moons
By Charles Frazier. Random House.

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1. Thirteen Moons
By Charles Frazier. Random House.
2. What Came Before He Shot Her
By Elizabeth George. HarperCollins.
3. One Good Turn
By Kate Atkinson. Little, Brown.
4. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
5. Echo Park
By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown.
6. The Thirteenth Tale
By Diane Setterfield. Atria.
7. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
8. The Road
By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf.
9. The Collectors
By David Baldacci. Warner.
10. Act of Treason
By Vince Flynn. Atria.

1. The Road
By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf.
2. Thirteen Moons
By Charles Frazier. Random House.
3. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
4. For One More Day
By Mitch Albom. Hyperion.
5. Under Orders
By Dick Francis. Putnam.
6. The Right Attitude to Rain
By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon.
7. The Book of Fate
By Brad Meltzer. Warner.
8. The Thirteenth Tale
By Diane Setterfield. Atria.
9. Fiddler’s Dream
By Gregory Spatz. Southern Methodist University.
10. Messenger of Truth
By Jacqueline Winspear. Holt.

1. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Knopf.
2. After This
By Alice McDermott. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
3. Rise and Shine
By Anna Quindlen. Random House.
4. Tolstoy Lied
By Rachel Kadish. Houghton Mifflin.
5. The Book of Fate
By Brad Meltzer. Warner.
6. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
By Marisha Pessl. Viking.
7. The Thirteenth Tale
By Diane Setterfield. Atria.
8. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
By Haruki Murakami. Knopf.
9. Coronado
By Dennis Lehane. Morrow.
10. Wizard of the Crow
By Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Pantheon.