A little late... who am I kidding, a LOT late. Anyway, here it is...

My best reads of 2010:

1. Easily topping the list are the three books comprising the Millennium trilogy

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The movies are also very good (the last two only recently became available for the US). They are Swedish and thus subtitled for us English speaking folk... but that wasn't a distraction for me, and added to their authenticity.

2. Best non-fiction

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

3. Best science fiction: this is a tie between

the Dread Empire's Fall trilogy by Walter Jon Williams
and Player of Games by Iain Banks

4. Honorable mention goes to

Pharoah's Army by Tobias Wolff
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonsen
The Deliverance of Physick Dane by Katherine Howe



A complete list (along with commentary) of the books I read in 2010 can be found here.