1. The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes
Scott Calhoun, Timber ($24.95)
2. The Glamour of Being Real
Joanna Frueh, ErneRené ($10)
3. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($8.99)
4. Anthropologies: A Family Memoir
Beth Alvarado, University of Iowa ($19.95)
5. The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel
Tea Obreht, Random House ($15)
6. My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir
Susan Fox Rogers, Cornell University ($21)
7. Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron, Algonquin ($24.95)
8. Every Thing on It
Shel Silverstein, HarperCollins ($19.99)
9. Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser
Lewis Richmond, Gotham ($22.50)
10. Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream
Arianna Huffington, Broadway ($14)
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2012.
