The Amazon editors have spoken; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, Crown, is their top book of 2010 (the covers of the top four are shown above).

The only forthcoming title in the Top Ten is Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Random House, at #4 and due out 11/16.

Franzen’s Freedom, FSG, makes the cut; it’s at #6.

In addition to Unbroken, three more forthcoming titles make in the Top 100,

• The Memory Chalet, Tony Judt (Penguin, 11/9), #15

• Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King, (Scribner, 11/9), #25

• Decoded, Jay-Z, ( Spiegel & Grau, 11/16), #98

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