1. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James, Vintage
2. Fifty Shades Darker, by E.L. James, Vintage
3. Fifty Shades Freed, by E.L. James, Vintage
4. The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, Back Bay
5. Caleb's Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks, Penguin
6. The Tiger's Wife, by Téa Obreht, Random House
7. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka, Anchor
8. The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine
9. Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell, Vintage
10. The Last Boyfriend, by Nora Roberts, Berkley
11. The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press
12. The Weird Sisters, by Eleanor Brown, Berkley
13. The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman, Scribner
14. The Snowman, by Jo Nesbø, Vintage
15. The House at Tyneford, by Natasha Solomons, Plume
ON THE RISE:
17. Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury
Ward's wrenching novel about the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty is the winner of the 2011 National Book Award for fiction.
