1. Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson, Back Bay
2. Dear Life, by Alice Munro, Vintage
3. Tenth of December: Stories, by George Saunders, Random House
4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple, Back Bay
5. Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter, Harper Perennial
6. A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki, Penguin
7. Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, Penguin
8. The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker, Harper Perennial
9. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloan, Picador
10. The Round House, by Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial
11. The Dinner, by Herman Koch, Hogarth
12. The Aviator's Wife, by Melanie Benjamin, Bantam
13. The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman, Scribner
14. Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial
15. The Orphan Master's Son, by Adam Johnson, Random House
On the Rise:
16. A Week in Winter, by Maeve Binchy, Anchor
Binchy's novel looks at the lives of people at an inn in Western Ireland with all of her trademark warmth and humor.
