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NYT Ten Best Books of 2010

The Gray Lady has spoken. Here are the ten best of 2010 from the New York Times.

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Freedom: A Novel
by Jonathan Franzen
Staff Pick
In his new novel, Jonathan Franzen surpasses the achievements of his National Book Award-winner, The Corrections. Freedom examines every major theme in American life — politics, class, work, culture, and sex, to name a few — through the lens of one... (read more)

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Room
by Emma Donoghue
Staff Pick
Emma Donoghue is a truly versatile writer. Although utterly unlike Slammerkin and her other books, Room earns a place of honor while distinguishing itself with a gripping subject that never sinks into gloom, but always floats on a current of Donoghue's... (read more)

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A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan
Staff Pick
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer — from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a... (read more)

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Cleopatra: A Life
by Stacy Schiff
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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The Warmth of Other Suns is a fascinating epic narrative of the Great Migration by the brilliant and beautiful Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson.... (read more)

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Selected Stories
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The New Yorker Stories
by Ann Beattie
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Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet
by Jennifer Homans
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