Washington Post Book World: The Best Novels of 2010

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Though the title includes the word "novels" some are collections of stories and there is at least one book of poetry on this list.

  1. 1.
    The Autobiography of Fidel Castro
    by Norberto Fuentes

  2. 2.
    Broken
    by Karin Fossum

  3. 3.
    The Confession: A Novel
    by John Grisham

  4. 4.
    Day for Night: A Novel
    by Frederick Reiken

  5. 5.
    Deep Creek
    by Dana Hand

  6. 6.
    Driving on the Rim
    by Thomas McGuane

  7. 7.
    Father of the Rain: A Novel
    by Lily King

  8. 8.
    A Fierce Radiance: A Novel
    by Lauren Belfer

  9. 9.
    A Geography of Secrets
    by Frederick Reuss

  10. 10.
    The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
    by Heidi W. Durrow

  11. 11.
    The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest
    by Stieg Larsson

  12. 12.
    The Girl with Glass Feet: A Novel
    by Ali Shaw

  13. 13.
    Go, Mutants!: A Novel
    by Larry Doyle

  14. 14.
    House Rules: A Novel
    by Jodi Picoult

  15. 15.
    Human Chain: Poems
    by Seamus Heaney

  16. 16.
    I'd Know You Anywhere: A Novel
    by Laura Lippman

  17. 17.
    I Hotel
    by Karen Tei Yamashita

  18. 18.

  19. 19.
    The Infinities
    by John Banville

  20. 20.
    The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)
    by Julie Orringer

  21. 21.
    Kings of the Earth: A Novel
    by Jon Clinch

  22. 22.
    The Lake Shore Limited
    by Sue Miller

  23. 23.
    The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel
    by Brady Udall

  24. 24.
    The Long Song: A Novel
    by Andrea Levy

  25. 25.
    Lord of Misrule
    by Jaimy Gordon

  26. 26.
    Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel
    by Helen Simonson

  27. 27.
    Man in the Woods
    by Scott Spencer

  28. 28.
    Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
    by Karl Marlantes

  29. 29.
    The Other Family: A Novel
    by Joanna Trollope

  30. 30.
    Our Kind of Traitor: A Novel
    by John le Carre

  31. 31.
    The Passage: A Novel
    by Justin Cronin

  32. 33.
    Private Life
    by Jane Smiley

  33. 34.
    Savage Lands
    by Clare Clark

  34. 35.
    Selected Stories
    by William Trevor

  35. 36.
    Shadow Tag: A Novel (P.S.)
    by Louise Erdrich

  36. 37.
    Skippy Dies: A Novel
    by Paul Murray

  37. 38.
    The Slap: A Novel
    by Christos Tsiolkas

  38. 39.
    Snakewoman of Little Egypt: A Novel
    by Robert Hellenga

  39. 40.
    So Much for That: A Novel
    by Lionel Shriver

  40. 41.
    Take One Candle Light a Room: A novel
    by Susan Straight

  41. 42.
    The Thieves of Manhattan: A Novel
    by Adam Langer

  42. 44.
    The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel
    by David Mitchell

  43. 45.
    Trespass: A Novel
    by Rose Tremain

  44. 46.
    Under Heaven
    by Guy Gavriel Kay

  45. 47.

  46. 48.
    Union Atlantic
    by Adam Haslett

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Created by tassini on Jan 11, 2011.
 

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