Fiction

1. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," by David Wroblewski.

2. "The Enchantress of Florence," by Salman Rushdie.

3. "Swan Peak," by James Lee Burke.

4. "Chasing Darkness," by Robert Crais.

5. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," by Junot Diaz.

6. "Unaccustomed Earth," by Jhumpa Lahiri.

7. "Fearless Fourteen," by Janet Evanovich.

8. "The Spies of Warsaw," by Alan Furst.

9. "The Art of Racing in the Rain," by Garth Stein.

10. "The Host," by Stephanie Meyer.

Nonfiction

1. "When You Are Engulfed in Flames," by David Sedaris.

2. "Goodnight Bush," by Erich Origen and Gan Golan.

3. "Deceptively Delicious," by Jessica Seinfeld.

4. "The Last Lecture," by Randy Pausch.

5. "My Stroke of Insight," by Jill Bolte Taylor.

6. "In Defense of Food," by Michael Pollan.

7. "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder," by Vincent Bugliosi.

8. "The Post-American World," by Fareed Zakaria.

9. "What Happened," by Scott McClellan.

10. "The Secret," by Rhonda Byrne.

Trade paperback fiction

1. "On Chesil Beach," by Ian McEwan.

2. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," by Michael Chabon.

3. "The Shack," by William P. Young.

4. "Away," by Amy Bloom.

5. "Divisadero," by Michael Ondaatje.

6. "Water for Elephants," by

7. "Loving Frank," by Nancy Horan.

8. "Out Stealing Horses," by Per Petterson.

9. "The Alchemist," by Paulo Coelho.

10. "In the Woods," by Tana French.

Trade paperback nonfiction

1. "Three Cups of Tea," by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

2. "A New Earth," by Eckhart Tolle.

3. "Eat, Pray, Love," by Elizabeth Gilbert.

4. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver.

5. "Dreams From My Father," by Barack Obama.

6. "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar," by Thomas Cathcart.

7. "Big Russ and Me," by Tim Russert.

8. "The Omnivore's Dilemma," by Michael Pollan.

9. "The Audacity of Hope," y Barack Obama.

10. "The Power of Now," by Eckhart Tolle.

Mass market paperback

1. "The Secret Servant," by Daniel Silva.

2. "The Tin Roof Blowdown," by James Lee Burke.

3. "The Pillars of the Earth," by Ken Follett.

4. "Lean Mean Thirteen," by Janet Evanovich.

5. "Suffer the Little Children," by Donna Leon.

— Northern California Independent Booksellers Association