Bookreporter.com announced its Book of the Year, Series of the Decade and Favorite Books of 2010 earlier this week and today I give you a list of the books that were named in each of those categories.First, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Bookreporter.com, it’s a Web site that is part of what’s called the Book Report Network, a group of internet sites that aim to provide “thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more every week.” It claims to be the “best place online to talk about your last great read --- and find your next one.”
This year, Bookreporter.com selected Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” as its Book of the Year.
Its Series of the Decade was Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, which includes “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.”
Bookreporter.com’s Favorite Books of 2010 is divided into two categories, that is, picks by the Web site’s staff and picks by a group of reviewers.
Here are the 63 books picked by 14 Bookreporter staff members:
1. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
2. The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar
3. The Art of Devotion by Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
4. The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca
5. The Bird of the River by Kage Baker
6. Brontorina by James Howe
7. The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman
8. A Cast-Off Coven: A Witchcraft Mystery by Juliet Blackwell
9. Changes: Dresden Files, Book 12 by Jim Butcher
10. Chelsea, Chelsea Bang, Bang by Chelsea Handler
11. The Columbo Collection by William Link
12. Composed: A Memoir by Rosanne Cash
13. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
14. Decision Points by George W. Bush
15. Dewey’s Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
16. The Double Human by James O’Neal
17. Faithful Place by Tana French
18. Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
19. The Fighter’s Mind: Inside the Mental Game by Sam Sheridan
20. France/Norway: France’s Last Liner/Norway’s First Mega Cruise Ship by John Maxtone-Graham
21. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
22. Girl Parts by John M. Cusick
23. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
24. The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke
25. Gone ‘Til November by Wallace Stroby
26. Great House by Nicole Krauss
27. Her Daughter’s Dream by Francine Rivers
28. Her Mother’s Hope by Francine Rivers
29. Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family and a Whole Town about Hope and Happy Endings by Janet Elder
30. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
31. Innocent by Scott Turow
32. Iron River: A Charlie Hood Novel by T. Jefferson Parker
33. Just Kids by Patti Smith
34. Legacies: Shadow Grail No. 1 by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill
35. Life by Keith Richards
36. The Little Death by P.J. Parrish
37. Love to Tell: A Detective D.D. Warren Novel by Lisa Gardner
38. The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason
39. Maid Sama! Vol. 5 by Hiro Fujiwara
40. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
41. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
42. Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
43. Moon Sworn: Riley Jenson, Guardian, Book 9 by Keri Arthur
44. More Stories from The Twilight Zone, edited by Carol Sterling
45. The Murderer’s Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
46. The Naked Lady Who Stood on her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases by Gary Small, M.D. and Gigi Vorgan
47. Noise by Darin Bradley
48. Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
49. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
50. Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
51. Rich Boy by Sharon Pomerantz
52. The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn
53. Snowbound by Blake Crouch
54. Split by Swati Avasthi
55. Superman: Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski
56. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
57. Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey
58. Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
59. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
60. War by Sebastian Junger
61. The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy by Bill Carter
62. Why I Fight: The Belt is Just an Accessory by B.J. Penn with David Weintraub
63. With a Vengeance by Marcus Wynne
Here are the 104 books picked by 14 Bookreporter book reviewers:
1. Against All Things Ending: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 3 by Stephen R. Donaldson
2. The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellroy
3. Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
4. As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto by Joan Reardon
5. The Athena Project by Brad Thor
6. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
7. Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
8. The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale
9. Bone Fire by Mark Spragg
10. The Brave by Nicholas Evans
11. By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan
12. The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman
13. Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life by Richard Cohen
14. The Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie Ford
15. The Cookbook Between Us by Charles Martin
16. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
17. Daniel by Henning Mankell
18. Deeply, Desperately: A Lucy Valentine Novel by Heather Webber
19. The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
20. Djibouti by Elmore Leonard
21. Don’t Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers by Adriana Trigiani
22. Doors Open by Ian Rankin
23. The Double Human by James O’Neal
24. Dust by Joan Frances Turner
25. Eggsecutive Orders: A White House Chef Mystery by Julie Hyzy
26. Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations by Mark Slouka
27. Faithful Place by Tana French
28. The Fall: Book Two of the Strain Trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
29. Farm Fresh Murder: A Farmer’s Market Mystery by Paige Shelton
30. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
31. Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
32. Ghouls Gone Wild: Ghost Hunter Mysteries No. 4 by Victoria Laurie
33. Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier and Laura Levine
34. The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke
35. A Glimpse of Evil: Psychic Eye Mysteries No. 8 by Victoria Laurie
36. Gone ‘Til November by Wallace Stroby
37. Grace Under Pressure: A Manor of Murder Mystery by Julie Hyzy
38. Half a Life by Darin Strauss
39. Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci
40. Heresy by S.J. Parris
41. The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy
42. House Rules by Jodi Picoult
43. Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire by Gabriel Hunt as told to Christa Faust
44. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
45. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
46. The Infinities by John Banville
47. Innocent by Scott Turow
48. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
49. Iron River: A Charlie Hood Novel by T. Jefferson Parker
50. Just Kids by Patti Smith
51. King’s Wrath: Book 3 of the Valisar Trilogy by Fiona McIntosh
52. Kraken by China Mieville
53. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick
54. The Little Death by P.J. Parrish
55. The Lost Hero: The Heroes of Olympus, Book One by Rick Riordan
56. The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff: And Other Stories by Joseph Epstein
57. Making Toast: A Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt
58. Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel by Armistad Maupin
59. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
60. Memory by Donald E. Westlake
61. Memory Wall: Stories by Anthony Doerr
62. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
63. Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
64. Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia
65. Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
66. The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
67. Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
68. Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler
69. Nobody’s Angel by Jack Clark
70. Of Love and Evil: The Songs of the Seraphim, Book Two by Anne Rice
71. Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carre
72. Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
73. Painted Ladies: A Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker
74. The Passage by Justin Cronin
75. Port Mortuary: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell
76. The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
77. Rescue by Anita Shreve
78. Rescuing Oliva by Julie Compton
79. Roast Mortem: A Coffee House Mystery by Cleo Coyle
80. Room by Emma Donoghue
81. Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson
82. The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn
83. The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
84. Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich
85. Snowbound by Blake Crouch
86. The Spy: An Isaac Bell Adventure by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
87. Still Midnight by Denise Mina
88. Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel
89. A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch
90. Stress Fracture by D.P. Lyle
91. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
92. The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery by Inger Ash Wolfe
93. To the End of the Land by David Grossman
94. Towers of Midnight: Book 13 of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
95. Truly, Madly: A Lucy Valentine Novel by Heather Webber
96. Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows by Nick Drake
97. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
98. Voyeur by Daniel Judson
99. War by Sebastian Junger
100. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey
101. The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
102. What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman
103. With a Vengeance by Marcus Wynne
104. You Better Knot Die: A Crochet Mystery by Betty Hechtman
In the end, if you’re interested in reading more about these books and others, visit www.bookreporter.com.
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