2010 Tournament of Books Finalists

1.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,909 ratings
2.
The Detour
The Detour 3.51 avg rating — 1,980 ratings
3.
Lowboy
Lowboy
by: John Wray
3.20 avg rating — 3,229 ratings
4.
The Lacuna
The Lacuna 3.82 avg rating — 73,031 ratings
5.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,504 ratings
5.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 3.83 avg rating — 45,893 ratings
7.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,986 ratings
8.
Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars 4.08 avg rating — 115,748 ratings
9.
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss 3.95 avg rating — 61,680 ratings
10.
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 340,717 ratings
11.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,161 ratings
12.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,623 ratings
12.
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4) 3.93 avg rating — 47,510 ratings
14.
Miles from Nowhere
Miles from Nowhere
by: Nami Mun
3.61 avg rating — 3,223 ratings
15.
Sebastian Bergman (Sebastian Bergman, #1)
Sebastian Bergman (Sebastian Bergman, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 14,279 ratings
16.
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic 4.09 avg rating — 2,732 ratings
17.
Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet
Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet 3.82 avg rating — 606 ratings
18.
Fever Chart
Fever Chart 3.82 avg rating — 442 ratings
18.
Norway
Norway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 253 ratings
20.
Burnt Shadows
Burnt Shadows 3.93 avg rating — 8,510 ratings
20.
Dead Like You (Roy Grace, #6)
Dead Like You (Roy Grace, #6) 4.16 avg rating — 11,191 ratings
22.
That Old Cape Magic
That Old Cape Magic 3.36 avg rating — 18,464 ratings
23.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth 4.05 avg rating — 20,346 ratings
23.
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void 3.95 avg rating — 59,458 ratings
25.
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned 3.88 avg rating — 9,090 ratings
25.
Uncle Freddie and the Prince of Wales
Uncle Freddie and the Prince of Wales 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
27.
The Anthologist (The Paul Chowder Chronicles #1)
The Anthologist (The Paul Chowder Chronicles #1) 3.76 avg rating — 4,068 ratings
27.
The Boozy Baker: 75 Recipes for Spirited Sweets
The Boozy Baker: 75 Recipes for Spirited Sweets 4.15 avg rating — 406 ratings
29.
A Gate at the Stairs
A Gate at the Stairs 3.18 avg rating — 18,669 ratings
29.
Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction
Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction 3.45 avg rating — 239 ratings
31.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,807 ratings
31.
Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction 3.49 avg rating — 649 ratings
33.
Big Machine
Big Machine 3.40 avg rating — 4,477 ratings
33.
Quick Nordic Knits: 50 Socks, Hats and Mittens
Quick Nordic Knits: 50 Socks, Hats and Mittens 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
35.
Summer Lies
Summer Lies 3.76 avg rating — 2,309 ratings
36.
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean 3.64 avg rating — 600 ratings
37.
Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire
Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire 3.78 avg rating — 781 ratings
38.
I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38)
I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38) 4.36 avg rating — 59,577 ratings
39.
The Extinction Club
The Extinction Club 3.54 avg rating — 418 ratings
40.
All My Friends Are Dead
All My Friends Are Dead 4.14 avg rating — 32,680 ratings
41.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 786,994 ratings
42.
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts 3.95 avg rating — 60,496 ratings
43.
Ivan and the Dogs
Ivan and the Dogs 3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings
44.
The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 41,034 ratings
45.
Traitors of the Tower
Traitors of the Tower 3.78 avg rating — 1,599 ratings
46.
Alphabet Killer: The True Story of the Double Initial Murders
Alphabet Killer: The True Story of the Double Initial Murders 3.12 avg rating — 99 ratings
47.
The Bones of Avalon (John Dee Papers #1)
The Bones of Avalon (John Dee Papers #1) 3.69 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
48.
Druids: A Very Short Introduction
Druids: A Very Short Introduction 3.65 avg rating — 516 ratings
49.
The Woodcutter
The Woodcutter 4.09 avg rating — 5,786 ratings
50.
Plague Child (Tom Neave, #1)
Plague Child (Tom Neave, #1) 3.33 avg rating — 330 ratings
51.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 58,088 ratings
52.
The Winter of Our Disconnect
The Winter of Our Disconnect 3.56 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
53.
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes 4.54 avg rating — 2,107 ratings
54.
Proust's Overcoat: The True Story of One Man's Passion for All Things Proust
Proust's Overcoat: The True Story of One Man's Passion for All Things Proust 3.61 avg rating — 553 ratings
55.
Chattering: Stories
Chattering: Stories 3.41 avg rating — 109 ratings
56.
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life 4.01 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
57.
A Capital Crime (DI Ted Stratton, #3)
A Capital Crime (DI Ted Stratton, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 243 ratings
58.
Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII 4.13 avg rating — 4,394 ratings
59.
What I Don't Know about Animals
What I Don't Know about Animals 3.55 avg rating — 164 ratings
60.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating — 9,173 ratings
61.
The Fry Chronicles
The Fry Chronicles 3.85 avg rating — 22,640 ratings
62.
Mr Chartwell
Mr Chartwell 3.41 avg rating — 2,211 ratings
63.
Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl
Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl 3.88 avg rating — 1,448 ratings
64.
And the Land Lay Still
And the Land Lay Still 4.25 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
65.
A Mountain of Crumbs
A Mountain of Crumbs 3.78 avg rating — 2,955 ratings
66.
Foster
Foster 4.32 avg rating — 141,219 ratings
67.
The Garden of Betrayal
The Garden of Betrayal
by: Lee Vance
3.34 avg rating — 170 ratings
68.
Haunt Me Still (Kate Stanley, #2)
Haunt Me Still (Kate Stanley, #2) 3.39 avg rating — 2,411 ratings
69.
A Plague of Heretics (Crowner John Mystery #14)
A Plague of Heretics (Crowner John Mystery #14) 4.29 avg rating — 556 ratings
70.
Ice Cold (Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles, #8)
Ice Cold (Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles, #8) 4.19 avg rating — 51,240 ratings
71.
Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey
Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey 3.93 avg rating — 2,500 ratings
72.
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin 4.33 avg rating — 13,981 ratings
73.
The Song House
The Song House 2.98 avg rating — 141 ratings
74.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,777 ratings
75.
Never Look Away
Never Look Away 4.04 avg rating — 20,335 ratings
76.
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
77.
Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans 3.69 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
78.
A Vision of Loveliness
A Vision of Loveliness 3.33 avg rating — 293 ratings
79.
Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala, #1)
Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,752 ratings
80.
Elegy for April
Elegy for April 3.69 avg rating — 3,751 ratings
81.
Blood Knots: Of Fathers, Friendship and Fishing
Blood Knots: Of Fathers, Friendship and Fishing 4.24 avg rating — 221 ratings
82.
The Invention of Childhood
The Invention of Childhood 3.84 avg rating — 143 ratings
83.
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake #5)
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake #5) 4.36 avg rating — 22,227 ratings
84.
In-Flight Entertainment
In-Flight Entertainment 3.10 avg rating — 344 ratings
85.
The Lessons
The Lessons 3.62 avg rating — 2,708 ratings
86.
Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating — 20,150 ratings
87.
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris 3.66 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
88.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 3.90 avg rating — 144,376 ratings
89.
Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth
Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth 3.82 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
90.
Solar
Solar 3.29 avg rating — 28,951 ratings
91.
The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
The Woman Who Shot Mussolini 3.53 avg rating — 232 ratings
92.
Faithful Place
Faithful Place really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 129,770 ratings
93.
Trespass
Trespass 3.58 avg rating — 5,094 ratings
94.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,616 ratings
95.
Captain of Rome (Masters of the Sea, #2)
Captain of Rome (Masters of the Sea, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 466 ratings
96.
Must you go?: my life with Harold Pinter
Must you go?: my life with Harold Pinter 3.62 avg rating — 1,032 ratings