Barnes & Noble releases Best Books of the Month list

Barnes & Noble released this week its Best Books of the Month list for February, and more than a few notable titles made the cut.

Eleven books were named to the “Best Books of the Month for Adults” list, including:

1. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
2. Townie by Andre Dubus III
3. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
4. The Long Road Home by Ben Shepard
5. The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
6. A Widows Story by Joyce Carol Oates
7. Under the Sun by Bruce Chatwin
8. When the Killing’s Done by T.C. Boyle
9. The Hemlock Cup by Bettany Hughes
10. My Father’s Fortune by Michael Frayn
11. Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen

Eight books were named to the “Best Books of the Month for Kids & Teens” list, including:

1. Silverlicious by Victoria Kann
2. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
3. I Must Have Bobo! by Eileen Rosenthal
4. Cloaked by Alex Flinn
5. The Mask Wearer by Bryan Perro
6. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
7. Closer by Roderick Gordon
8. Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr

Barnes & Nobles top 10 hardcover books for the month include:

1. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement by David Brooks
2. Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
3. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
4. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
5. Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting
6. Closer by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
7. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
8. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
9. Cloaked by Alex Flinn
10. The Gift by James Patterson and Ned Rust

Barnes & Nobles top 10 February paperbacks include:

1. The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah and Geoffrey Strachan
2. The Gift by James Patterson and Ned Rust
3. The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
4. Unbroken: A World WWII Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand.
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
6. Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom
7. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
8. Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions by Walt Whitman
9. Volt by Alan Heathcock
10. Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carre

In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read? What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.