Send to KindleAmazon just put out a list of what its editors have chosen as the best books so far of 2012.
Here they are:
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo: A Pulitzer-winning author writes the true story of struggle and hope in a Mumbai slum.
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: Plot twists and revelations make this a psychological thriller of the highest order.
3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green: Two kids with cancer deal with the big subjects—life, love, and death—in this perfect blend of levity and heart-swelling emotion.
4. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain: Questions of privilege, power, and heroism swirl in this debut novel about recently returned Iraq War veterans invited to attend a Cowboys football game.
5. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro: The fourth installment in Caro’s authoritative biographical series on Lyndon Baines Johnson – a masterpiece in nonfiction.
6. The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson: A superb novel about freedom, sacrifice and violence, set within the dark borders of North Korea.
7. Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt: A singular portrait of a girl and her family transformed during the late-80s AIDS epidemic.
8. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed: A memoir of a 1,100-mile journey that nearly broke the author to pieces, before she used those pieces to rebuild her life.
9. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker: Speculative fiction and a girl’s coming-of-age story meet in this gripping debut.
10. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve Coll: An examination of the largest, most profitable company in history by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
You can also view the best books of the year by category here on Amazon.
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