| 1 | The Help 3 stars | Kathryn Stockett | A young white woman tells the story of black maids in 1960s Mississippi (F) |
| 2 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Youth: Girl takes sister's place in a real world survivor game in a post-apocalyptic U.S. (F) |
| 3 | Heaven is for Real 3 stars | Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent | Subtitle: "A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" (NF) |
| 4 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen | Love, drama in a circus in the 1930s (F) |
| 5 | Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins | Youth: Katniss and Peeta are targeted as rebels after winning the Hunger Games; second in series (F) |
| 6 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever | Jeff Kinney | Youth: Greg is trapped with his family during a blizzard after he is accused of damaging school property (F) |
| 7 | Mockingjay | Suzanne Collins | Youth: Katniss must give herself completely to the rebellion for it to succeed; final in series (F) |
| 8 | Steve Jobs: A Biography | Walter Isaacson | Biography recounts the life of the late founder of Apple (NF) |
| 9 | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | Stieg Larsson | Journalist is hired to investigate the disappearance of an heir to a wealthy family (F) |
| 10 | Unbroken | Laura Hillenbrand | Subtitle: "A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" (NF) |
| 11 | The Girl Who Played With Fire | Stieg Larsson | An Eastern European sex-trafficking ring propels this sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (F) |
| 12 | Inheritance | Christopher Paolini | Youth: Eragon and his dragon must topple an evil king to restore justice to their land; fourth in series (F) |
| 13 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | Stieg Larsson | Lisbeth Salander is accused of murder and turns to journalist Mikael Blomkvist for help; last in series (F) |
| 14 | The Son of Neptune: The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two | Rick Riordan | Youth: Demigods Jason, Piper and Leo continue quest; second in series (F) |
| 15 | Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America | Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard | The Fox News host writes an account of President Lincoln's death at the hand of John Wilkes Booth (NF) |
| 16 | The Litigators | John Grisham | Partners in a two-bit law firm land a big case that could make them rich (F) |
| 17 | A Stolen Life | Jaycee Dugard | Memoir: Kidnapping victim recounts 18 years of captivity and abuse (NF) |
| 18 | A Game of Thrones | George R.R. Martin | Trouble and coldness descend on a kingdom where the seasons are out of balance; book one in series (F) |
| 19 | The Confession | John Grisham | The wrong man awaits execution in the rape and murder of a high school cheerleader (F) |
| 20 | The Best of Me | Nicholas Sparks | Lovers torn apart by unforeseen events reunite 25 years later (F) |
| 21 | Smokin' Seventeen | Janet Evanovich | Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum investigates a series of killings; 17th in series (F) |
| 22 | Bossypants | Tina Fey | The comedy writer and star of 30 Rock riffs on her life and career (NF) |
| 23 | 11/22/63 | Stephen King | A teacher travels back in time to try to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (F) |
| 24 | Cutting for Stone | Abraham Verghese | A 50-year epic that begins with the birth of conjoined twins to an Indian nun in 1950s Ethiopia (F) |
| 25 | The Throne of Fire | Rick Riordan | Youth: Carter Kane and his sister Sadie continue their quest to save the world; second in series (F) |
