Hardcover Fiction

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, Penguin

2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon, Harper Collins

3. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan, Delacorte

4. Michael Tolliver Lives, Armistead Maupin, Harper Collins

5. The Children of Hurin, J. R. R. Tolkien, Houghton

6. The Last Summer of You & Me, Ann Brashares, Penguin

7. Ghostwalk, Rebecca Stott, Delacorte

8. The Shadow Catcher, Marianne Wiggins, Scribner

9. Luncheon of the Boating Party, Susan Vreeland, Penguin

10. The Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani, Little Brown

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden & Hal Iggulden, Harper Collins

2. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore, Penguin

3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Collins

4. God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens, Little Brown

5. Presidential Courage, Michael Beschloss, Scribner

6. The Reagan Diaries, Ronald Reagan, Harper Collins

7. The Diana Chronicles, Tina Brown, Delacorte

8. Einstein: His Life & Universe, Walter Isaacson, Scribner

9. Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken, Penguin

10. A Woman in Charge, Carl Bernstein, Vintage

Paperback Fiction

1. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky, Random House

2. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, Workman

3. The Road, Cormac McCarthy, Random House

4. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, Penguin

5. Snow Flower & The Secret Fan, Lisa See, Bantam

6. The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai, Grove Press

7. Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier, Crown

8. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson, Little Brown

9. Foreign Correspondent, Alan Furst, Crown

10. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards, Penguin

Paperback Nonfiction

1. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, Penguin

2. Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin

3. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls, Simon & Schuster

4. Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama, Random House

5. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown

6. Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert, Vintage

7. The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, Random House

8. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion, Random House

9. Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin

10. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Scribner