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title: "Best Reads of 2010"
description: "BEST IN SHOW Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-eating-the-dinosaur-by-chuck-klosterman/ My number 1, absolute favourite book this year,..."
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date: 2010-12-27
modified: 2010-12-27
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# Best Reads of 2010

**BEST IN SHOW**

[!(https://somisguided.com/wp-content/uploads/eating-the-dinosaur.jpg)](http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-eating-the-dinosaur-by-chuck-klosterman/)

**Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman**

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-eating-the-dinosaur-by-chuck-klosterman/

My number 1, absolute favourite book this year, was *Eating the Dinosaur*, Chuck Klosterman’s sixth book.

Scribner, 2010

$19.99 paperback

[![](http://www.somisguided.com/images/uploads/waterproof-bible-kaufman.jpg)](http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-the-waterproof-bible-by-andrew-kaufman/)

**The Waterproof Bible by Andrew Kaufman**

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-the-waterproof-bible-by-andrew-kaufman/

Kaufman’s first novel is a brilliant allegorical tale partly set in Winnipeg. I loved everything about this book and will continue to read and re-read it until Kaufman publishes another novel.

Random House Canada, 2010

$27.00 hardcover

**MY TOP FICTION READS**

The Retreat by David Bergen: Great summer novel set in Kenora, ON.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-the-retreat-by-david-bergen/

Border Songs by Jim Lynch: Love Jim Lynch, author of *The Highest Tide*. Quirky fiction.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-border-songs-by-jim-lynch/

Little Bee by Chris Cleave: Reminded me of Andrea Levy’s *Small Island*. Illuminating fiction about the immigrant experience in the UK.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-little-bee-by-chris-cleave/

Bedtime Story by Robert J. Wiersema: A story within a story about a boy and a magical book.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-bedtime-story-by-robert-j.-wiersema/

**MY TOP KIDS READ**

The Dread Crew by Kate Inglis: Rollicking pirates invade a small town. Great word play.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-the-dread-crew-by-kate-inglis/

**MY TOP NON-FICTION READS**

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr: So good I couldn’t harness my thoughts into a coherent review.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-the-shallows-by-nicholas-carr

The Big Short by Michael Lewis: Sub-prime mortgage crisis as page-turning thriller.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-the-big-short-by-michael-lewis/

Madame de Stael by Francine du Plessix Gray: Literary geekery.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-madame-de-stael-by-francine-de-plessix-gray/

Two Generals by Scott Chantler: Beautifully illustrated, graphic memoir of two generals in WWII.

http://www.somisguided.com/weblog/comments/book-review-two-generals-by-scott-chantler/