1. Calico Joe, by John Grisham, Doubleday
2. Sacré Bleu, by Christopher Moore, Morrow
3. The Beginner's Goodbye, by Anne Tyler, Knopf
4. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon
5. Elegy for Eddie, by Jacqueline Winspear, Harper
6. The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes, Knopf
7. Beastly Things, by Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly
8. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain, Ballantine
9. The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, Little Brown
10. The Lifeboat, by Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books
11. The Shoemaker's Wife, by Adriana Trigiani, Harper
12. A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, Bantam
13. Death Comes to Pemberley, by P.D. James, Knopf
14. Carry the One, by Carol Anshaw, S&S
15. Defending Jacob, by William Landay, Delacorte
ON THE RISE:
17. The Cove, by Ron Rash, Ecco Press
Rash's lyrical, heart-rending novel of a doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at war is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
