For those who can't get enough of lists, here's our top five picks in an assortment of categories.

Art and Photography

1. Pancha Tantra, by Walton Ford
2. Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, by William E. Wallace
3. Paris Underground: The Maps, Stations and Design of the Metro, by Mark Ovenden
4. Six-String Heroes: Photographs of Great Guitarists, by Neil Zlozower
5. Timeless Earth: 400 of the World's Most Important Places, from Hammond Atlases

Gentle Adventure Tales for Readers Young and Old

1. Odd and the Frost Giants, by Neil Gaiman
2. The Magician's Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo
3. My One Hundred Adventures, by Polly Horvath
4. Leaving the Bellweathers, by Kristin Clark Venuti
5. Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage, by Kaye Umansky

Local Interest—Really Local

1. Lake Washington 130 Homes, by David Dykstra
2. Walk Mercer Island, by Kris Kelsay
3. Cheese Deluxe, by Greg Palmer
4. Island Life, by Michael Sherer
5. The Motion of the Ocean, by Janna Cawrse Esarey

Novels of Matrimonial Enumeration

1. The First Wives Club, by Olivia Goldsmith
2. His Second Wife, by Ernest Poole
3. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff
4. The Twentieth Wife, by Indu Sundaresan
5. A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick

International Fiction

1. The Tanners, by Robert Walser (Switzerland)
2. The Appointment, by Herta Müller (Romania)
3. The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa (Japan)
4. Gourmet Rhapsody, by Muriel Barbery (France)
5. Poisonville, by Massimo Carlotto (Italy)