1 THE ASSOCIATE by John Grisham

A young law school student is blackmailed by a firm with shady details of his past to provide inside information on a billion-dollar lawsuit case.

2 MY LIFE IN FRANCE (Movie tie-in edition) by Julia Child

This is the memoir of Julia Child, an American who brought the joys of French cooking to many and the person whom the recent film Julie & Julia was based on.

3 THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE (Movie tie-in edition)

by Audrey Niffenegger

A remarkable love story of a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course.

4 HAVE A LITTLE FAITH by Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds--two men, two faiths, two communities.

5 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson

A fantastic thriller where the heroine Lisbeth Salander pairs with a journalist to investigate a sinister criminal enterprise.

6 THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon is on the case again as he investigates a kidnapping that leads him into the secretive world of Masonic rites and intrigue.

7 THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

by Mark Haddon

An autistic teen genius' investigation of his neighbor's dead dog unravels a larger set of intrigue that leads to disturbing questions with his own life.

8 WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES by David Sedaris

A collection of essays from humorist David Sedaris on conundrums of daily life to the most deeply resonant human truths. 

9 LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel

This Booker-prize winner is a superb story of a boy trapped on a lifeboat with dangerous wild animals, in the process offering rich examinations of religion, isolation, and love. 

10 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC (Movie tie-in edition) by Sophie Kinsella

Kinsella's international bestseller is the basis of a feature film with Becky Bloomwood, America's favorite shopaholic.

Top 10 Non-fiction

1 WHAT THE DOG SAW: ESSAYS by Malcolm Gladwell

This is a collection of Gladwell's most fascinating stories from The New Yorker magazine that cover a diverse range of topics.

2 OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell

The author of Tipping Point and Blink looks at how highly successful people did it and what factors were involved.

3 THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell

Gladwell argues that for many problems, the right intervention at the right time can start a cascade of change and help develop strategies to solve these problems.

4 MICROTRENDS by Mark Penn

America's ever-splintering societal subsets are explored from “Soccer Moms” to “Niching of Sports.”

5  NUDGE by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

This explores how “choice architecture” can be used and exploited to benefit public policies.

6 TAIWAN A-Z- THE ESSENTIAL CULTURAL GUIDE

by Amy C. Liu

Whether you want to learn more about Taiwan culture personally or help your newly arrived colleagues this is the book that people have been requesting for years.

7 WHEN CHINA RULES THE WORLD by Martin Jacques

A monumental look at how the rise of China will impact the West due to its size, its history and its unique perception and identity that is completely different from Western ideals.

8 BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell

This is an entertaining and illuminating look at how we make snap judgments—about people's intentions, the authenticity of a work of art, even military strategy.

9 NE--T 100 YEARS by George Freidman

This bold book sees a strategic intelligence expert provide a global forecast of war and peace in the upcoming century.

10  SUPERFREAKONOMICS by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

The writers of the hit bestseller Freakonomics are back with this “sequel” that again takes a unique look on many topics with the use of economics.