1. The Tiger's Wife, by Téa Obreht, Random House
2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Berkley
3. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, Vintage
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, Anchor
5. Sarah's Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin
6. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, Picador
7. Room, by Emma Donoghue, Back Bay
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, Harper
10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
11. An Object of Beauty, by Steve Martin, Grand Central
12. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
13. Started Early, Took My Dog, by Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books
14. Sing You Home, by Jodi Picoult, Atria
15. The Best American Short Stories 2011, by Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner
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22. The Sherlockian, by Graham Moore, Twelve
A literary researcher is inducted into The Baker Street Irregulars and is thrust into the hunt for a killer and the missing diary of Arthur Conan Doyle.
