Fiction 2010: The Year She Finally Reads Ulysses
Explore the top fiction books of 2010, including the year she finally reads Ulysses. Discover must-read novels and literary gems from this iconic year in fiction.
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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the …
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Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey​ puts a stunning …
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The Children's Book
by Antonia Susan Byatt
A tale spanning the end of the Victorian era through World War I finds famous children's book author Olive Wellwood taking in a runaway and …
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Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and …
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The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
Includes a reading group guide, a conversation with the author, and an excerpt from "Between the assassinations."
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After You've Gone
by Jeffrey Lent
An epic novel of the first half of the twentieth century takes the reader to a Nova Scotian fishing town where young Henry Dorn chafes …
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Fires on the Plain
by Shohei Ooka
Anti-war novel as seen from the point of view of a losing army.
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Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • Colum McCann’s beloved novel inspired by Philippe Petit’s daring high-wire stunt, which is also depicted in the film The Walk …
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Noah's Compass
by Anne Tyler
Preparing to retire early from an unfulfilling teaching job, Liam Pennywell struggles to recall missing memories of the night before he awoke in the hospital …
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Elizabeth Street
by Laurie Fabiano
"Basing her story on her own family narratives and a deep understanding of Italian Americans, Fabiano] paints a vivid portrait not just of immigrants' lives …
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Tinkers
by Paul Harding
The Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times-bestselling debut novel about memory, consciousness, and man's place in the natural world.
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The Summer We Fell Apart
by Robin Antalek
The children of a once-brilliant playwright and a struggling actress, the four Haas siblings grew up in chaos—raised in an environment composed of neglect and …
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The Ask
by Sam Lipsyte
After he loses his job as a development officer at a university, family man Milo Burke is given a chance to regain his permission, but …
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Love Story
by Erich Segal
Oliver Barrett IV, a wealthy jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law . . …