Barnes & Noble releases 'Best Books of 2010' list

Barnes & Noble, one of the world’s largest online and retail booksellers, released this morning its “Best Books of 2010” list, and, as you might imagine, you’d be hard pressed to find a better best-of list of books for the past year.

This year’s list names great books in four categories – fiction, nonfiction, kids and teen. Here are the Top 10 books in each category that made this year’s cut.

Fiction:
1. To the End of the Land by David Grossman
2. The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee
3. The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
4. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
5. Great House by Nicole Krauss
6. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
7. How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
8. Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
9. Faithful Place by Tana French
10. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes

Nonfiction:
1. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
2. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
3. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
4. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
5. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
6. Life by Keith Richards
7. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddharthan Mukherjee
8. The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century by Amanda Hesser
9. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
10. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

Kids’ Books:
1. The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Series No. 1) by Rick Riordan
2. Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
3. The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
4. Bink and Gollie by Deborah Underwood
5. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
6. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
7. Art & Max by David Wiesner
8. Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion by Mo Willems
9. Chick ‘n’ Pug by Jennifer Sattler
10. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce

Teen Books:
1. Mockingjay (Hunger Games Series No. 3) by Suzanne Collins
2. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
3. Torment (Lauren Kate’s Fallen Series No. 2) by Lauren Kate
4. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
5. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
6. Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices Series No. 1) by Cassandra Clare
7. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
8. The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel No. 4) by Michael Scott
9. For the Win by Cory Doctorow
10. Trash by Andy Mulligan

If you’re interested in reading more about these books or about other books outside of the Top 10 in each category, visit http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/best-books-2010-novels-nonfiction-teens-childrens-books/379002022/?cds2Pid=20808&linkid=1660000.

In the end, how many of the above books have you had a chance to read this year? Which did you like or dislike and why? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.