Best Books of 2009RoomThe Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksMatterhornThe TigerUnbrokenFreedomFaunaThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's NestThe Big ShortLight Lifting

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:
Room

1. Room
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Matterhorn

3. Matterhorn
The Tiger

4. The Tiger
Unbroken

5. Unbroken
Freedom

6. Freedom
Fauna

7. Fauna
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Big Short

9. The Big Short
Light Lifting

10. Light Lifting
See all the books in our Top 100 Editors' Picks
Top 100 Customer Favourites
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:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Secret daughter

2. Secret Daughter
Sh*t My Dad Says

3. Sh*t My Dad Says
The Book of Awesome

4. The Book of Awesome
Women, Food, and God

5. Women, Food, and God
The Big Short

6. The Big Short
Freedom

7. Freedom
Fall of Giants

8. Fall of Giants
Dead in the Family

9. Dead in the Family
Life

10. Life
See all the books in our Top 100 Customer Favourites


Best Books for Young Readers


Top 10 Picks for Teens

Will Grayson, Will Grayson 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.

See our top 10 picks for teens


Top Ten Picks for Middle Readers

The Search for WondLa 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.

See our top 10 picks for middle readers


Top 10 Picture Books

Art & Max 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.

See our top 10 picture books