Book lovers discussion

So I'm curious - what were your favorite reads of 2010?

Mine are

The Hunger Games trilogy
Outlander
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Fingersmith
The Rice Mother

My favorite reads for 2010 were:

The Passage
The Unit
The Book Thief
Dracula
Her Fearful Symmetry

I'm planning to read The Book Thief and Dracula next year! Glad to hear they are noteworthy :-)

Sarah, I'm planning on reading Fingersmith next year - so I'm glad you included it in your 2010 favorites. I'm looking forward to it.

You will definitely enjoy both The Book Thief and Dracula - they are definitely noteworthy reads.

Happy Holidays!

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Game Change
The Book Thief
A Dog's Purpose
My Reading Life

One of my goals for 2011 is to squeeze in a classic and a nonfiction every month. Most of my books for 2010 were new or within the last 5 years. I had a good balance between fiction and nonfiction and hope to keep that going.

I think the Collected Works of Roger Zelazny books were my favorites, although my reread of the entire Matt Helm series was a lot of fun, too. For nonfiction, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach was definitely the top read. She does such a great job handling tough subjects.

In 2010, I read some great historical fiction. I particularly enjoyed,"The Redemption of Alexander Seaton" and "Game of Sorrows", both by Shona MacLean and featuring the same main character. I also loved "The Owl Killers" by Karen Maitland and "The White Queen" by Philippa Gregory. "The Book of Negroes" by Lawrence Hill was very good and I loved "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.

My favorite book of 2010 was "Message in a Bottle by NS

Have just remembered - how could I forget!! - loved the Stieg Larsson Millenium Trilogy.

here's all of mine --

Pillars of the Earth
World Without End
The historian(reread)

I have read some teriffic books this year - and a few not so good, these are my favourites;
Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy
Shona MacLean's The Redemption of Alexander Seaton and A Game of Sorrows
Kathryn Stockett's The Help
Dawn French's A Tiny Bit Marvellous
CJ Sansom's Dissolution
David Nicholls's One day

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Cutting for Stone
Across the Nightingale Floor
Let the Right One In
Catching Fire
Fingersmith
City of Thieves
the last 2 books of The Millenium Series....
to name a few!

Good books, Shelli!

I read "The Art of Racing in the Rain" this year, too. That was a fantastic book. Not my normal read at all, in fact, I should have hated it, but I loved it!
;-)

You can't hate Enzo ;)

No, you can't. Afterward, I read a Dog on It by Spencer Quinn. Not as good as "Racing in the Rain" but it was fun.

Jim, is that a series? I think I've seen them at Borders, there's two of them, right?

Yes. I haven't read the 2d one yet, though.

Mine have to be;
City of Bones
One for the Money
8th Confession
Bloodwork