FICTION
1. Bring Up the Bodies. By Hilary Mantel. HENRY HOLT.
2. Canada. By Richard Ford. ECCO.
3. Mockingjay. By Suzanne Collins. SCHOLASTIC.
4. Home. By Toni Morrison. KNOPF.
5. Catching Fire. By Suzanne Collins. SCHOLASTIC.
6. In One Person. By John Irving. SIMON & SCHUSTER.
7. The Right-Hand Shore. By Christopher Tilghman.
FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX.
8. Defending Jacob. By William Landay. DELACORTE.
9. The Serpent’s Shadow. By Rick Riordan. HYPERION.
10. Red Book. By Deborah Copaken Kogan. VOICE.
NONFICTION
1. The Passage of Power. By Robert Caro. KNOPF.
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake. By Anna Quindlen.
RANDOM HOUSE.
3. 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said.
By Charles Wheelan. W.W. NORTON.
4. How Will You Measure Your Life.
By Clayton M. Christensen et al. HARPERBUSINESS.
5. The Swerve. By Stephen Greenblatt. W.W. NORTON.
6. End This Depression Now. By Paul Krugman. W.W. NORTON.
7. Wild. By Cheryl Strayed. KNOPF.
8. (tie) Plenty. By Yotam Ottolenghi. CHRONICLE.
8. Steve Jobs. By Walter Isaacson. SIMON & SCHUSTER.
8. A Song in the Night. By Bob Massie. NAN A. TALESE.
FICTION
1. Fifty Shades of Grey. By E. L. James. VINTAGE.
2. Fifty Shades Darker. By E. L. James. VINTAGE.
3. Fifty Shades Freed. By E. L. James. VINTAGE.
4. State of Wonder. By Ann Patchett. HARPER PERENNIAL.
5. Caleb’s Crossing. By Geraldine Brooks. PENGUIN.
6. Wolf Hall. By Hilary Mantel. PICADOR.
7. The Art of Fielding. By Chad Harbach. BACK BAY.
8. The Hunger Games. By Suzanne Collins. SCHOLASTIC.
9. Language of Flowers. By Vanessa Diffenbaugh. BALLANTINE.
10. The Buddha in the Attic. By Julie Otsuka. KNOPF.
NONFICTION
1. In the Garden of Beasts. By Erik Larson. BROADWAY.
2. Bossypants. By Tina Fey. REAGAN ARTHUR/BACK BAY.
3. The Greater Journey. By David McCullough. SIMON & SCHUSTER.
4. The Hare with Amber Eyes. By Edmund de Waal. PICADOR.
5. F in Exams. By Richard Benson. CHRONICLE.
6. Nothing Daunted. Dorothy Wickenden. SCRIBNER.
7. 2012/13 Boston Restaurants. By Zagat Survey. ZAGAT.
8. New Jim Crow. By Michelle Alexander. NEW.
9. (tie) Fabulicious! By Teresa Giudice. RUNNING.
9. Cooler Smarter. By The Union of Concerned Scientists et al.
ISLAND
Compiled from Andover Bookstore, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Porter Square Books, Spirit of ‘76, Spirit of ‘76-2, Wellesley Books.
