Stephen King is a regular columnist for
Entertainment Weekly magazine and in the issue cover-dated December 17, 2010, Mr. King lists the 10 best books he's read this year, being careful to point out that this does NOT mean they were published this year. I'm feeling a bit culturally deprived because I have not read even one of these books, though a couple have been on my list of "want to read."
10.
City of Thieves
by David Benioff
9.
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett (the first one of these on my "want to read" list)
8.
Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
7.
Blood's a Rover 
by James Ellroy
6.
Matterhorn
by Karl Marlantes
5.
Last Night in Twisted River
by John Irving
4.
Savages
by Don Winslow
3.
I'd Know You Anywhere
by Laura Lippman
2.
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen (the second one of these on my "want to read" list)
1.
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
Have you read any of these books yet? If so, would you count them as a "best book read in 2010"?