We haven’t done one of these in a long time, and I thought it would be interesting to review our best sellers for the past 6 months. Further Tens will be listed in the appropriate categories in the Forums. But, on with the show!

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
10: The Help – Kathryn Stockett. HC $24.95 A wonderful first novel about one family’s hired help in 1960′s Mississippi. Highly recommended. Available in paperback January 2011.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
9: The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan. PB $7.99 The first book in the Percy Jackson series, spawning a hit (if not very good) film. He’s begun a new series, The Kane Chronicles, of which the first book, Red Pyramid, is now available in hardcover for $17.99.

Let the Great World Spin by Colm McCann
8: Let The Great World Spin – Colum McCann. $15 A novel in story form by the great Irish writer.

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
7: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson. PB $7.99, Trade $15 (slightly larger print), Audiobook $35. Probably the most well known Swedish thriller of the past few years, a book that really does live up to the hype. Be warned, in the movie, while holding quite close to the plot of the novel, the brutality is just as hard to watch as it is to read about.

6: Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story – Willem Lange. HC $16.99 A beautifully written and illustrated Christmas story suitable for all ages. And it takes place in Vermont!

Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
5: Cutting For Stone – Adam Verghese PB $15.95 A beloved novel about the Biblical journey of two brothers in Addis Ababa.

Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson
4: Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Greg Mortenson HC $26.95 The followup to the wonderful Three Cups of Tea PB $16

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
3: Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout PB $14. Another novel in story form, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
2: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission To Promote Peace…One School At a Time - Greg Mortenson. PB $16 Utterly inspiring, if not the best written, biographical tale of how the author fell into building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Food Rules: An Eater's Manifest by Michael Pollan
1: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manifesto - Michael Pollan. PB $11 Don’t have time to read Omnivore’s Dilemma? Food Rules is the concise version.
Well, those are the top 10 – have you read any of them? Have you read all of them? Give us your thoughts in the comments, and keep an eye on the forums for the rest of the Tens!
Cheers
Clea