"It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have."
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BC?-AD 65) [The Younger] Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, tutor
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307269997);
Last week: 1;
Weeks on List: 14
"The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy."
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The Help
by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, ISBN: 9780399155345);
Last week: 2;
Weeks on List: *
"This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February 2009 Indie Next List Great Read."
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Star Island
by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307272584);
Last week: 3;
Weeks on List: 5
"Hiaasen's hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane."
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Three Stations
by Martin Cruz Smith (S&S, ISBN: 9780743276740);
Last week: 5;
Weeks on List: 2
"The seventh Arkady Renko novel by the bestselling author of Stalin's Ghost."
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell (Random House, ISBN: 9781400065455);
Last week: 4;
Weeks on List: 9
"The riveting new novel by the author of Cloud Atlas is a July Indie Next List Great Read."
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Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart (Random House, ISBN: 9781400066407);
Last week: 7;
Weeks on List: 5
"The new satiric novel by the author of Absurdistan is an August Indie Next List Great Read."
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The Cookbook Collector
by Allegra Goodman (Dial, ISBN: 9780385340854);
Last week: 6;
Weeks on List: 7
"The wonderful new novel by the author of Intuition is a July Indie Next List Great Read."
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The Red Queen
by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, ISBN: 9781416563723);
Last week: 10;
Weeks on List: 4
"The new Cousins' War novel by the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl."
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The Postcard Killers
by James Patterson, Liza Marklund (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316089517);
Last week: 9;
Weeks on List: 2
"NYPD detective Jacob Kanon investigates the murders of couples vacationing in Europe."
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The Rembrandt Affair
by Daniel Silva (Putnam, ISBN: 9780399156588);
Last week: 8;
Weeks on List: 6
"Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in Silva's latest thriller."
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The Passage
by Justin Cronin (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345504968);
Last week: 13;
Weeks on List: 12
"Cronin's terrifying and entertaining new novel is the #1 June Indie Next List Great Read pick."
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I Curse the River of Time
by Per Petterson (Graywolf, ISBN: 9781555975562);
Last week: 11;
Weeks on List: 3
"The latest novel by the author of Out Stealing Horses is an August Indie Next List Great Read."
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
by Aimee Bender (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385501125);
Last week: 12;
Weeks on List: 13
"Bender's memorable novel about a young girl with a magical gift is a June Indie Next List Great Read."
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The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
by Julia Stuart (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385533287);
Last week: 14;
Weeks on List: 3
"Stuart's charming second novel is an August Indie Next List Great Read."
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Faithful Place
by Tana French (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021871);
Weeks on List: 6
"The mesmerizing new novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness is the #1 July Indie Next List Great Read."
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