Welcome to the new Kirkus website and our Best Fiction and Nonfiction coverage for 2010. We know that Best Books is one of our most highly anticipated issues of the year, and 2010 is no different. We’ve culled through thousands of reviews from the past year to select those we consider to be most outstanding. This year’s Best Books issue also coincides with many other improvements we’re making to the new Kirkus, including our redesigned, relaunched website, so all this great coverage—features, author interviews, book spotlights, lists galore and exclusive web-only content—is now available for everyone online. Please sit back, click through, enjoy and share 2010’s Best Fiction and Nonfiction. – The Editors