SK CHOICE/ TOP 20 BOOKS 05-11-11

1. THE BOND: OUR KINSHIP WITH ANIMALS--WAYNE PACELLE * (3 weeks at #1)

NonFiction/Exploring the bonds between humans and animals.

2. A FRIEND FOR EINSTEIN, THE SMALLEST STALLION--CHARLIE CANTRELL

NonFiction/The story of the miniature horse named Einstein.

3. THE TROUBLED MAN--HENNING MANKELL *

Fiction/The 11th and final outing for Swedish Detective Kurt Wallander.

4. BURIED PREY--JOHN SANDFORD

Fiction/A cold case comes back to haunt Lucas Davenport.

5. IF YOU ASK ME--BETTY WHITE

NonFiction/The beloved actress offers stories from on and off stage.

6. UNFAMILIAR FISHES--SARAH VOWELL

NonFiction/A historical look at the Americanization of Hawaii.

7. THE GALLOW'S BIRD--CAMILLA LACKBERG

Fiction/Swedish Detective Hedstrom investigates inexplicable accidents.

8. CASPER THE COMMUTING CAT--SUSAN FINDEN

NonFiction/Story of the small town British cat who rode the bus every day.

9. HISS OF DEATH--RITA MAE BROWN

Fiction/Harry and her animals investigate murders in Crozet.

10. UNTIL TUESDAY--LUIS CARLOS MONTALVAN

NonFiction/An Iraq War veteran's bond with his service dog, a Golden Retriever.

11. RAWHIDE DOWN--DEL QUENTON

NonFiction/The story of the 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan.

12. THE LAST MEAL--DENNIS SHERE

NonFiction/The story of defending a man accused of mass murder in Illinois.

13. THE DEVIL'S EDGE--STEPHEN BOOTH

Fiction/Inspector's Cooper & Fry track down murderous home invaders.

14. WAR HORSE--MICHAEL MORPUGO

Fiction/A story of WWI as told by the horse's point of view.

15. THE SHADOW WOMAN--AKE EDWARDSON

Fiction/Swedish Inspector Winter searches for a killer and a missing child.

16. THE SIXTH MAN--DAVID BALDACCI

Fiction/King & Maxwell investigate the killing of a serial killer.

17. THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X--KEIGO HIGASHINO

Fiction/A neighbor helps a woman cover up a crime in this bestseller from Japan.

18. CLEOPATRA--STACY SCHIFF *

NonFiction/A biography of the last Queen of Egypt.

19. THE TRINITY SIX--CHARLES CUMMING

Fiction/The search for the traitor of the Cambridge Spy Ring.

20. THE HELP--KATHRYN STOCKETT

Fiction/A tale of 3 black housekeepers in Mississippi in the 1960s.

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*--DENOTES TITLE REACHED #1 ON THE CHART