1. The Brethren
   By John Grisham. Doubleday.

2. Girl with a Pearl Earring
   By Tracy Chevalier. Dutton.

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
   By J.K. Rowling. Levine/Scholastic.

4. Beowulf
   By Seamus Heaney. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
   By J.K. Rowling. Levine/Scholastic.

6. Gertrude and Claudius
   By John Updike. Knopf.

7. The Lion's Game
   By Nelson DeMille. Warner.

8. Waiting
   By Ha Jin. Pantheon.

9. The Danish Girl
   By David Ebershoff. Viking.

10. Disgrace
    By J.M. Coetzee. Viking.

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