Best Books of 2010
My favorites in bold. No single book really stood out this year, which is pretty sad. Maybe next year I'll have a hard time choosing!
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Soul of a Chef - Michael Ruhlman
Blue Kansas Sky - Michael Bishop
The Translator - John Crowley
Wisconsin Death Trip - Michael Lesy
Galileo's Dream - Kim Stanley Robinson
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
Last Call - Tim Powers
The Two-Bear Mambo - Joe R. Lansdale
Modern Japanese Stories - Ivan I. Morris, ed.
People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
The Japanese Chronicles - Nicolas Bouvier
A Prayer for the Dying - Stewart O'Nan
The Genocides - Thomas M. Disch
Ars Magica - Judith Tarr
The Book of the Dun Cow - Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Pirate Freedom - Gene Wolfe
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Basho
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Branch Point - Mona Clee
The Age of Wonder - Richard Holmes
The Alchemy of Stone - Ekaterina Sedia
Usagi Yojimbo, books 3 and 5 - Stan Sakai
Kraken - China Mieville
Right- Wing Populism in America - Chip Berlet
A Princess of Roumania - Paul Park
Man in the Dark - Paul Auster
The Art of Adolf Wolfli - Elka Spoerri
Songs of the Dying Earth - Gardner Dozois, ed.
The Road to Dune - Frank Herbert
(Dune - Frank Herbert)
(Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert)
(Children of Dune - Frank Herbert)
(God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert)
(Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa - Jan Potocki
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
The Collected Stories of PKD, vol. 2 - Philip K. Dick
Sleeping in Flame - Jonathan Carroll
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami
I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett
Petronella - Jay Williams
The Practical Princess - Jay Williams
What I Learned from Being a Cheerleader - Adrianne Ambrose
Against All Things Ending - Stephen R. Donaldson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Soul of a Chef - Michael Ruhlman
Blue Kansas Sky - Michael Bishop
The Translator - John Crowley
Wisconsin Death Trip - Michael Lesy
Galileo's Dream - Kim Stanley Robinson
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
Last Call - Tim Powers
The Two-Bear Mambo - Joe R. Lansdale
Modern Japanese Stories - Ivan I. Morris, ed.
People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
The Japanese Chronicles - Nicolas Bouvier
A Prayer for the Dying - Stewart O'Nan
The Genocides - Thomas M. Disch
Ars Magica - Judith Tarr
The Book of the Dun Cow - Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Pirate Freedom - Gene Wolfe
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Basho
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Branch Point - Mona Clee
The Age of Wonder - Richard Holmes
The Alchemy of Stone - Ekaterina Sedia
Usagi Yojimbo, books 3 and 5 - Stan Sakai
Kraken - China Mieville
Right- Wing Populism in America - Chip Berlet
A Princess of Roumania - Paul Park
Man in the Dark - Paul Auster
The Art of Adolf Wolfli - Elka Spoerri
Songs of the Dying Earth - Gardner Dozois, ed.
The Road to Dune - Frank Herbert
(Dune - Frank Herbert)
(Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert)
(Children of Dune - Frank Herbert)
(God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert)
(Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa - Jan Potocki
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
The Collected Stories of PKD, vol. 2 - Philip K. Dick
Sleeping in Flame - Jonathan Carroll
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami
I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett
Petronella - Jay Williams
The Practical Princess - Jay Williams
What I Learned from Being a Cheerleader - Adrianne Ambrose
Against All Things Ending - Stephen R. Donaldson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot