Tell me the best book you read in 2010

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<p>Cutting for Stone (closely followed by City of Thieves) was the best book I read last year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was interesting, informative, but not the most memorable book I of the year. </p>

<p>Gluckie–I’m a fan of Lee Child and Harlan Coban too. Also like Michael Connolly and a half-dozen other writers in the same genre. While I enjoy reading these, (they’re like mind candy) after a while I get the authors/plots/titles confused and just remember that I like the protagonist or the author’s writing style.</p>

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<p>Best in 2010 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.</p>

<p>Currently reading American Rose - fascinating biog of Gypsy Rose Lee.</p>

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<p>Cutting for Stone was m favorite.
Couldn’t wait for freedom to end. Really didn’t enjoy it.</p>

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<p>bromfield- I know exactly what you mean about getting them confused. I sometimes read a book halfway through before I realize I have read it before. I wish I had started keeping a list from the beginning…irritating when I buy the same book twice. At least I am consistent. :-)</p>

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<p>Cutting for Stone and the Book Thief are amazing, but I read them before 2010 :).
I would recommend The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, a long, completely enthralling tale of a Hungarian Jew in Paris and Budapest during the second world war; The Bells by Richard Harvelle about a castrato; and The Girl Who . . . series.</p>

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<p>Ok, this one may be controversial, but I liked- The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver.</p>

<p>(of course, The Help, and Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann are up there as contenders, which you already know,if you’ve been following Mary13 great CC book discussions )</p>

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<p>agree completely. I’m reading it right now and can’t wait to be done with it. what a collection of completely unlikeable characters!</p>

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<p>^^^I agree…in fact, I can’t get myself to finish it.</p>

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<p>Finished Freedom, but thoroughly disliked it. I did, however, enjoy The Corrections.</p>

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<p>^^same. that’s partly why I was looking forward to Freedom.</p>

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<p>Also liked the Lacuna.</p>

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<p>The Help.</p>

<p>I also hated Freedom.</p>

<p>Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell</p>

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<p>I loved Room, The Irresistible Henry House, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Help, Let the Great World Spin & Secrets of Eden. I liked the Shadow of the Wind, but not the last third. I am also a Harlan Coben fan - when I need something that requires no real concentration. I did not like Wolf Hall or Freedom. Maybe there is something wrong with my attention span :slight_smile: </p>

<p>One thing I discovered is that as much as I like my kindle - some books need to be real books. The Immortal Life, for example, was not well suited to the Kindle. I wanted to go back and re-read sections, and it is a pain in the butt to do that with the Kindle.</p>

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<p>The Help had me enthralled. Zeitoun was a powerful book, also profoundly disturbing, if you like to think you can trust your surroundings. Let the Great World Spin was a very satisfying read. </p>

<p>Just started re reading Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. by Rhoda Janzen. Fun, witty and references a subculture I know little about.</p>

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<p>I have The Help at the library, waiting to be picked up!</p>

<p>Just read Little Bee. Wonderful, touching, painful, all at once.</p>

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<p>Room was a book that was hard to put down.</p>

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<p>I really liked The Help…but I did not like the ending.</p>

<p>I read all 16 of the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich…not “classic literature” but they were the most fun of anything I’ve read in a long time.</p>

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<p>Tea Party Revival: The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn (The Tea Party Revolt Against Unconstrained Spending and Growth of the Federal Government) by Dr. B. Leland Baker </p>

<p>I had no idea that the whole tea party thing is very socially liberal. This book is an easy to read overview of the movement.</p>

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<p>Anyone read Ender’s Game? It was definitely one of my favorites this year.</p>

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<p>Gosh…I liked so many books this year.</p>

<p>The Book Thief
Sarah’s Key
Cutting For Stone
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Zeitoun
The Lacuna
Let The Great World Spin
The Last Child</p>

<p>Can’t remember them all! Now I have to think! :wink: Read the Help awhile ago…maybe this year or last, Faithful place by Tana French was interesting, The Girl Series…hmmmm will think of some more!</p>