Once again this year, staring down a long holiday I don’t feel like humoring my friends and commenting on the state of the economy this week. SO — for a change of pace — here’s my list of 2010 reads with some marked *** for highly recommended (in the order I read them this year).

Too Big To Fail (***) – Andrew Sorkin

Superfreakanomics – Levitt/Dubner

Last Man Standing – David Baldacci

I, Sniper – Stephen Hunter

Past Due (***) – Peter Goodman

The Tourist – Olen Steinhauer

Power of 2 (***) – Wagner/Muller

Zilch (***) – Nancy Lublin

The Postcard Killers – Patterson/Marklund

A Short History of Financial Euphoria (***) – John Kenneth Galbraith

Devil Take the Hindmost – Edward Chancellor

The Paris Vendetta – Steve Berry

Fall of Giants (***) – Ken Follett

Life (***) – Keith Richards

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (***) – Jan Reid

The Bullpen Gospels (***) – Dick Hayhurst

I, Alex Cross – James Patterson

Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead – David Meerman

Paradise Screwed (***) – Carl Heissen

Treason – Don Brown

Sh*t My Dad Says (***) – Justin Halpern

Happy Holidays !  (updated 12/25/10)