Top 40 Archive

2010

  1. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
  2. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
  3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
  4. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
  5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
  6. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
  7. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
  8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson
  9. A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick
  10. Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann
  11. Alone Around the Mountain, by Fred Milkie, Jr.
  12. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
  13. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers
  14. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
  15. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley
  16. Between the Two Rivers, by Aida Kouyoumjian
  17. The Big Short, by Michael Lewis
  18. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
  19. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
  20. The Lost City of Z, by David Grann
  21. The Fox's Watch, by M.A. Simonetti
  22. Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada
  23. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson
  24. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
  25. Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
  26. Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?, by Ina Garten
  27. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen
  28. Tinkers, by Paul Harding
  29. I'm Down, by Mishna Wolff
  30. Border Songs, by Jim Lynch
  31. Food Rules, by Michael Pollan
  32. City of Thieves, by David Benioff
  33. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls
  34. Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See
  35. Operation Mincemeat, by Ben MacIntyre
  36. One Day, by David Nicholls
  37. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the Book), by Jon Stewart
  38. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
  39. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
  40. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay

 

2009

  1. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
  2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  3. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
  4. Lake Washington 130 Homes, by David Dykstra
  5. Walk! Mercer Island, by Kris Kelsay
  6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
  7. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
  8. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
  9. Dreamers of the Day, by Mary Doria Russell
  10. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
  11. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
  12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
  13. The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan
  14. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
  15. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
  16. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
  17. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
  18. My Life in France, by Julia Child
  19. Cheese Deluxe, by Greg Palmer
  20. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
  21. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
  22. City of Thieves, by David Benioff
  23. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
  24. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
  25. The Writing Class, by Jincy Willett
  26. Showing Up for Life, by Bill Gates, Sr.
  27. The Big Burn, by Timothy Egan
  28. The Billionaire's Vinegar, by Benjamin Wallace
  29. Nudge, by Richard Thaler
  30. The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
  31. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri
  32. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff
  33. Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell
  34. Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones
  35. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
  36. The Motion of the Ocean, by Janna Cawrse Esarey
  37. The Pig Did It, by Joseph Caldwell
  38. Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof
  39. The Shack, by Will Young
  40. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan

2008

  1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortensen
  2. Cheese Deluxe, by Greg Palmer
  3. New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle
  4. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
  5. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Pettersen
  6. The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
  7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  8. Run, by Ann Patchett
  9. Away, by Amy Bloom
  10. Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacobs
  11. The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama
  12. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
  13. Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama
  14. The Shack, by William Young
  15. The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
  16. Water for Elephants, by Sarah Gruen
  17. Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, by Ed Hallowell
  18. Goodnight, Bush, by Erich Origen
  19. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
  20. Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo
  21. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
  22. In the Woods, by Tana French
  23. Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje
  24. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Mengestu
  25. The Zookeeper's Wife, by Diane Ackerman
  26. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
  27. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
  28. Breakfast With Buddha, by Ron Merullo
  29. An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore
  30. Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones
  31. The Space Between Before and After, by J.R. Page
  32. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman
  33. Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky
  34. Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  35. The Book of Air and Shadows, by Michael Gruber
  36. The Last Chinese Chef, by Nicole Mones
  37. Triangle, by Katherine Weber
  38. Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics, by Ina Garten
  39. The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by Michael Chabon
  40. White Cascade, by Gary Krist