1. Wolf Hall, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

By Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt, $27.00) Is it wrong to love a book that romanticizes one of the most powerful, calculating figures in British history? He enabled Henry XIII in his divorces and beheadi

2. Hunger Games, Written by: Cheryl and Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

...ntion of even those of us raised on too much tv; reading it began to feel like a compulsion itself. -- Katie ...

3. Madapple, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by Christina Meldrum (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99) An engrossing tale that jumps back and forth between a courtroom drama that only slowly explains itself and a first-person narrative that

4. Gus Is a Fish, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by Claire Babin (Enchanted Lion Books, $14.95) Let Gus inspire you as he lets his imagination take him on this exciting water adventure.

5. Gods of Manhattan, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by Scott Mebus (Dutton, $17.99) A fantasy adventure that brings together people from New York's past and some contemporary kids with some hidden talents of their own, as they try to save Manhattan

6. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by R. L. LaFevers (Houghton Mifflin, $6.99) Evil curses, bumbling adults, possessed cats--this book is as fun as it sounds. For all those kids out there that are secretly sure they are a bit mor

7. Looking for Alaska, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by John Green (Puffin, $7.99) This is a great teen novel about a guy starting off in a new place, looking for inspiration, finding it in perhaps the wrong people, and learning a thing or two about h

8. I Think of You, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Ahdaf Soueif (Knopf, $13.00) The Map of Love is one of my favorite novels, so I had high expectations of Soueif’s new book. I wasn’t disappointed. Her stories are subtle, beautiful, a

9. The Palace of Laughter, Written by: Katie
(Staff Picks/Childrens)

by Jon Berkeley (HarperCollins, $16.99) The story of an orphan boy on the run, who stumbles upon a circus that’s more than it appears. He rescues a girl who seems to have wings, and obviously