Hudson Picks it's Best Books of 2010

Yet another "Best Books of 2010" list, this time from Hudson Booksellers (located at an airport terminal near you). A company press release stated that the books were "selected through a nominated short list and voting process by a panel of the company's booksellers and managers across the country. Books were selected for achievements ranging from literary style and innovation, entertainment value and readability, to timeliness and treatment of subjects and themes. The Big Short by Michael Lewis was chosen as Book of the Year.


Best Fiction (listed in alphabetical order by author): 
  1. The Passage – Justin Cronin* 
  2. Room – Emma Donoghue* 
  3. A Visit from the Goon Squad– Jennifer Egan, 
  4. Freedom – Jonathan Franzen* 
  5. Tinkers – Paul Harding* 
  6. The Eden Hunter – Skip Horack 
  7. Matterhorn – Karl Marlantes* 
  8. Super Sad True Love Story – Gary Shteyngart* 
  9. Bitter in the Mouth – Monique Truong 
  10. The Lonely Polygamist – Brady Udall*
*hypermodern collectibles

Best Non Fiction:
  1. The Possessed – Elif Batuman, 
  2. Let's Take the Long Way Home – Gail Caldwell, 
  3. The Wave – Susan Casey, 
  4. Sh*t My Dad Says – Justin Halpern, 
  5. Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand, 
  6. Fatal System Error –Joseph Menn, 
  7. Birdology – Sy Montgomery, 
  8. The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee,
  9. Last Call – Daniel Okrent, 
  10. Packing for Mars – Mary Roach
Best Young Readers: 
  1. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins, 
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth – Jeff Kinney, 
  3. I am Number Four – Pittacus Lore, 
  4. It's a Book – Lane Smith, 
  5. Art & Max – David Wiesner
Best Business Interest: 
  1. Switch – Chip & Dean Heath, 
  2. Delivering Happiness – Tony Hsieh, 
  3. Getting Naked – Patrick Lencioni, 
  4. The Big Short – Michael Lewis, 
  5. Aftershock – Robert Reich

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