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1. Specimen Days- Michael Cunningham (Jan 3 2010)
2. The Guernsey Literary and the Potato Peel Pie Society- Mary Ann Shaffer (Jan 7 2010)
3. Memory Keeper's Daughter- Kim Edwards (Jan 12 2010)
4. Howl and Other Poems- Allen Ginsberg (Feb 17 2010)
5. Push- Sapphire (Feb 18 2010)
6. Love Poems- Carol Ann Duffy (Feb 21 2010)
7. Biomimicry- Innovation Inspired by Nature- Janine M. Benyus (Feb 23 2010)
8. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier- Ishmael Beah (Feb 26 2010)
9. Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old-Self- Edited by Rolf Harris Foreward by: Sir Elton John (Feb 26 2010)
10. The Polysyllabic Spree- Nick Hornby (Feb 27 2010)
11. Housekeeping vs. the Dirt- Nick Hornby (Feb 27 2010)
12. Letters to a Young Poet- Rainer Maria Rilke (Feb 28 2010)
13. Ariel- Sylvia Plath* (March 11 2010)
14. Diving into the Wreck- Adrienne Rich (March 26 2010)
15. The Sea House- Esther Freud (April 24 2010)
16. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man- James Joyce (April 29 2010)
17. Satan Says- Sharon Olds (May 2 2010)
18. Night Train to Lisbon- Pascal Mercier (May 5 2010)
19. A Single Man- Christopher Isherwood (May 6 2010)
20. Snuff- Chuck Palahniuk (May 7 2010)
21. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini (May 10 2010)
22. 31 Songs- Nick Hornby (May 13 2010)
23. Notes on a Scandal- Zoe Heller (May 18 2010)
24. The Bishop's Man- Linden MacIntyre (May 21 2010)
25. The Invisible Man- H.G. Wells (June 16th 2010)
26. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella- Stephanie Meyer (June 17 2010)
27. Pretty Dead- Francesca Lia Block (June 20 2010)
28. Dancing Naked: A Novel by Shelley Hrdlitschka (June 21 2010)
29. Standing Female Nude- Carol Ann Duffy (June 22 2010)
30. The Waters & The Wild- Francesca Lia Block (June 23 2010)
31. The Gargoyle- Andrew Davidson (June 26 2010)
32. Your Native Land, Your Life- Adrienne Rich (June 27 2010)
33. This Side of Brightness- Colum McCann (June 27 2010)
34. Shakespeare Wrote for Money- Nick Hornby (June 28 2010)
35. Blood Roses- Francesca Lia Block (June 29 2010)
36. After the Quake: Stories- Haruki Murakami (June 29 2010)
37. The Father- Sharon Olds (July 1 2010)
38. The Art of War- Sun Tzu (July 2 2010)
39. Sputnik Sweetheart- Haruki Murakami (July 3 2010)
40. An Atlas of the Difficult World- Adrienne Rich (July 3 2010)
41. Looking for Alaska- John Green (July 5 2010)
42. An Abundance of Katherines- John Green (July 6 2010)
43. Everything in this Country Must- Colum McCann (July 10 2010)
44. After Dark- Haruki Murakami (July 10 2010)
45. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini (July 11 2010)
46. Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles- Jeanette Winterson (July 11 2010)
47. Boy Meets Boy- David Levithan (July 12 2010)
48. The Year of Magical Thinking- Joan Didion (July 13 2010)
49. The Time Machine- H.G. Wells (July 14 2010)
50. Ruby- Francesca Lia Block and Carmen Station (July 14 2010)
51. The Body- Stephen King (July 16 2010) - AB
52. The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman (July 20 2010)
53. Julie & Julia- Julie Powell (July 22 2010)
54. Secret Daughter- Shilpi Somaya Gowda (July 23 2010)
55. Harmless- Dana Reinhardt (July 26 2010)
56. What is the What- Dave Eggers (July 26 2010)
57. how to (un)cage a girl- Francesca Lia Block (July 26 2010)
58. Ignorance- Milan Kundera (July 29 2010)
59. Something Wicked This Way Comes- Ray Bradbury (July 30 2010) AB
60. Downtown Owl- Chuck Klosterman (July 31 2010)
61. So Many Ways To Begin- Jon McGregor (August 1 2010)
62. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas- John Boyne (August 3 2010)
63. Zoli- Colum McCann (August 3 2010)
64. Slam- Nick Hornby (August 5 2010)
65. Psyche in a Dress- Francesca Lia Block (August 5 2010)
66. Thirteen Reasons Why- Jay Asher (August 6 2010)
67. Half Broke Horses- Jeannette Walls (August 6 2010)
68. Cleaving- Julie Powell (August 8 2010)
69. Ash- Malinda Lo (August 9 2010)
70. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury (August 9 2010)- AB
71. Life is Elsewhere- Milan Kundera (August 9 2010)
72. The Two Kinds of Decay- Sarah Manguso (August 9 2010)
73. The Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata by Adolfo Bioy Casares (August 10 2010)
74. The Book Thief- Markus Zusak (August 11 2010)
75. Once Was Lost- Sara Zarr (August 12 2010)
76. Written on the Body- Jeanette Winterson (August 12 2010)
77. Wintergirls- Laurie Halse Anderson (August 13 2010)
78. Define Normal-Julie Anne Peters (August 13 2010)
79. Water For Elephants- Sara Gruen (August 16 2010)
80. After- Amy Efaw (August 18 2010)
81. Primavera- Francesca Lia Block (August 18 2010)
82. Identity- Milan Kundera (August 19 2010)
83. I Know Some Things- Edited by Lorrie Moore (August 22 2010)
84. Crank- Ellen Hopkins (August 23 2010)
85. Night- Elie Wiesel (August 25 2010) AB
86. Vanishing And Other Stories- Deborah Willis (August 25 2010)
87. Keeping the Moon- Sarah Dessen (August 26 2010)
88. Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It- Maile Meloy (August 26 2010)
89. The Martian Chronicles- Ray Bradbury (August 30 2010) AB
90. If I Stay- Gayle Forman (September 2 2010)
91. Dancer- Colum McCann (September 4 2010)
92. I'd Know You Anywhere- Laura Lippman (September 5 2010)
93. How To Talk To A Widower- Jonathan Tropper (September 7 2010)
94. Identical- Ellen Hopkins (September 8 2010)
95. The Dream of a Common Language: Poems, 1974-1977- Adrienne Rich (September 9 2010)
96. Almost Perfect- Brian Katcher (September 10 2010)
97. The Lacuna- Barbara Kingsolver (September 14 2010)
98. Madness: A Bipolar Life- Marya Hornbacher (September 15 2010)
99. The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins (September 17 2010)
100. My Name Is Memory- Ann Brashares (September 18 2010)
101. Tell All- Chuck Palahniuk (September 18 2010)
102. Ape House- Sara Gruen (September 20 2010)
103. This Is Where I Leave You- Jonathan Tropper (September 21 2010)
104. Burned- Ellen Hopkins (September 22 2010)
105. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories- Vincent Lam (September 25 2010)
106. Serendipity Market- Penny Blubaugh (September 25 2010)
107. Prom Nights From Hell- Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephanie Meyer and Lauren Myracle (September 27 2010)
108. Up From The Blue- Susan Henderson (October 2 2010)
109. Glass- Ellen Hopkins (October 3 2010)
110. The Recipe Club- Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel (October 4 2010)
111. Birthday Letters- Ted Hughes (October 5 2010)
112. Twisted- Laurie Halse Anderson (October 6 2010)
113. Veronika Decides to Die- Paulo Coelho (October 8 2010)
114. The Next Queen of Heaven- Gregory Maguire (October 10 2010)
115. Fire in the Blood- Irène Némirovsky (October 11 2010)
116. Chains- Laurie Halse Anderson (October 12 2010)
117. Like a Man Gone Mad- Samuel Hazo (October 13 2010)
118. As the Sycamore Grows- Jennie Helderman (October 14 2010)
119. Ruby and the Stone Age Diet- Martin Millar (October 15 2010)
120. The Art of Disappearing- Ivy Pochoda (October 17 2010) + Author Interview
121. Stopping for Death- Selected by Carol Ann Duffy (October 17 2010)
122. The Mermaid's Pendant- LeAnn Neal Reilly (October 20 2010)
123. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares- Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (October 20 2010)
124. Great House- Nicole Krauss (October 22 2010)
125. Catalyst- Laurie Halse Anderson (October 30 2010)
126. Of Bees and Mist- Erick Setiawan (October 30 2010)
127. All I Ever Wanted- Kristin Higgins (November 3 2010)
128. Bones of Faerie- Janni Lee Simner (November 3 2010)
129. Arsenic and Clam Chowder: Murder in Gilded Age New York- James D. Livingston (November 5 2010)
130. Unstoppable in Stilettos- Lauren Ruotolo (November 6 2010)
131. By Nightfall- Michael Cunningham (November 7 2010)
132. Everything I Never Wanted To Be- Dina Kucera (November 7 2010)
133. The Everafter- Amy Huntley (November 8 2010)
134. Birthmarked- Caragh M. O'Brien (November 10 2010)
135. Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins (November 10 2010)
136. Mockingjay- Suzanne Collins (November 11 2010)
137. Outside the Ordinary World- Dori Ostermiller (November 20 2010)
138. Heidegger's Glasses- Thaisa Frank (November 28 2010)
139. Stay With Me- Sandra Barron Rodriguez (December 4 2010)
140. Choker- Elizabeth Woods (December 10 2010)
141. Salting Roses- Lorelle Marinello (December 11 2010)
142. The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel- Paulo Coelho (December 12 2010)
143. Every Riven Thing- Christian Wiman (December 13 2010)
144. Left Neglected- Lisa Genova (December 16 2010)
145. A Secret Gift- Ted Gup (December 18 2010)
146. Room- Emma Donoghue (December 23 2010)
147. Bending Toward the Sun- Leslie Gilbert-Lurie with Rita Lurie (December 24 2010)
148. Lost Lustre- Josh Karlen (December 26 2010)
149. Slice of Cherry- Dia Reeves (December 27 2010)
150. The Weird Sisters- Eleanor Brown (December 30 2010) + Author Interview
