Amazon's Top 100 Picks

Amazon.com has released its Best Books of 2010 lists. They have lists chosen by their editors and also by their customers (based upon sales).

However, you don't have to purchase many of the titles at Amazon.com to read these books. Many of them are available at the Carson-Newman Library in our lease books.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (#1 on customers list; #7 on editors list) - F LAR (Note: We have the earlier books in this series as well. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is available in the main stacks at 839.738 L329g; The Girl Who Played With Fire is available in the lease books at F LAR.)

Faithful Place by Tana French (#2 on editors list) - F FRE

Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris (#4 on customers list; #80 on editors list) - F HAR

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (#6 on editors list; #8 on customers list) - F FRA

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (#13 on editors list) - F SIM

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (#19 on customers list) - F EVA

Room by Emma Donoghue (#35 on editors list; #90 on customers list) - F DON

61 Hours by Lee Child (#41 on customers list) - F CHI

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen (#43 on editors list) - F QUI

House Rules by Jodi Picoult (#48 on customers list) - F PIC

Bloodroot by Amy Greene (#49 on editors list) - F GRE

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (#50 on customers list) - F SPA

Great House by Nicole Krauss (#53 on editors list) - F KRA (Note: This book is short-listed for the National Book Award.)

The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (#60 on customers list) - F SIL

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (#64 on editors list) - F ORR

The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald (#68 on editors list) - F GRU

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (#69 on editors list; #84 on customers list) - F MIT

Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom (#75 on editors list) - F BLO

Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci (#75 on customers list) - F BAL

Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin (#87 on customers list) - F GIF

The Search by Nora Roberts (#97 on customers list) - F ROB

Some of the more recently released or soon-to-be-released books that are on Amazon.com's lists are under consideration for acquisition through Lease Books this month!