Announcing the July/August 76 Top Ten

Announcing the July/August 76 Top Ten.

News of the full 76 next week.

Thank you for all the great nominations!

Carl

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1. THE SOLACE OF LEAVING EARLY, by Haven Kimmel (Doubleday, $23.95, 0385499833; June)

2. LIFE OF PI, by Yann Martel (Harcourt, $25, 0151008116; June)

3. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown, $21.95, 0316666343; July)

4. PERMA RED, by Debra Magpie Earling (Blue Hen, $24.95, 039914899X; June)

5. THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK, by Stephen L. Carter (Knopf, $26.95, 0375413634; June)

6. THE MONK DOWNSTAIRS, by Tim Farrington (HarperSanFrancisco, $22.95, 0062517856; July)

7. PERFECT MATCH, by Jodi Picoult (Pocket, $25, 0743418727; May)

8. FRAGRANT HARBOR, by John Lanchester (Putnam, $25.95, 0399148663; June)

9. MORAL HAZARD, by Kate Jennings (4th Estate/ HarperCollins, $21.95, 0007141084; May 28)

10. WITHOUT RESERVATIONS: The Travels of an Independent Woman, by Alice Steinbach (Random House, $13.95 paper, 0375758453; March)