1 THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham. An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.

2 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. A detective raising 10 children alone must stop a killer who has targeted New York’s rich and powerful.

3 THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.

4 FOOL, by Christopher Moore. King Lear’s fool tries to set things right in this comic, bawdy version.

5 BONE CROSSED, by Patricia Briggs. A shapeshifter who works as an auto mechanic in Washington State is menaced by a vampire.

6 TRUE COLORS, by Kristin Hannah. Rivalries, betrayal and forgiveness among three sisters.

7 THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death

8 THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. A journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.

9 PLUM SPOOKY, by Janet Evanovich. The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum hunts an evil genius and his sidekick, who are hiding in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.

10 VERY VALENTINE, by Adriana Trigiani. An Italian-American shoemaker and her grandmother return to Italy to learn techniques to save their Greenwich Village company; the first book in a trilogy