Welcome to the Best Books of 2010, our choices for the very best out of a year's worth of reading. You'll find great books for all kinds of readers in our top 100 editors' picks and customer favourites lists.
Top 100 Editors' Picks
Topping our own list is Room, Emma Donoghue's remarkably original novel about of a boy named, Jack, and his mother's determination to keep him safe in a world he simply knows as Room. See our top ten favourites here:
Our top 100 customer favourites are ranked according to customer orders on Amazon.com through mid-November. (Only books published for the first time in 2010 are eligible.) The list starts with these bestsellers:
Topping our list of the best books for teens is Will Grayson, Will Grayson, a story about two kids who happen to have the same name and their struggle to figure out how to be themselves.
Tony DiTerlizzi's wonderfully inventive book, The Search for WondLa, about a girl's search for another human in an alien world is our top pick for middle readers.
We discovered quite a few lovable picture books in 2010, but none so much as David Wiesner's, Art & Max, a spectacular romp through a variety of artistic styles and carefree creativity.