1. A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America
Tom Zoellner, Viking ($26.95)
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic (8.99)
3. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage ($14.95)
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton ($17.99)
5. Queen of America: A Novel
Luis Alberto Urrea, Little, Brown ($25.99)
6. Death of a Red Heroine
Qiu Xiaolong, Soho Crime ($14.95)
7. The Cat’s Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf ($26)
8. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur ($15.99)
9. The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel
Tea Obreht, Random House ($15)
10. The Glamour of Being Real
Joanna Frueh, ErneRené ($10)
This article appears in Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2012.