Thursday, 24 January 2013

The Best Books of 2012

The Best Books of 2012

General Fiction
Romance
Mystery & Thriller
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Paranormal Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror


General Fiction



All Nominees 74,417 votes total

11,525 votes
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

7,841 votes
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin

6,072 votes
Home Front by Kristin Hannah

5,531 votes
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

4,913 votes
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz

4,709 votes
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

4,590 votes
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

4,140 votes
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

3,889 votes
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks

3,878 votes
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson

2,731 votes
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

2,165 votes
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

1,817 votes
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

1,581 votes
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner

1,554 votes
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

762 votes
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron

472 votes
A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison

392 votes
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon

216 votes
Canada by Richard Ford

149 votes
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain




Romance



All Nominees 89,096 votes total

22,976 votes
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

8,306 votes
Bared to You by Sylvia Day

7,522 votes
Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward

7,177 votes
The Witness by Nora Roberts

6,382 votes
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost

6,013 votes
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

5,176 votes
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson

4,883 votes
Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard

4,755 votes
Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley

3,140 votes
Lothaire by Kresley Cole

2,026 votes
Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec

1,717 votes
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst

1,580 votes
The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter

1,461 votes
Love Unrehearsed by Tina Reber

1,039 votes
Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian

1,022 votes
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn

586 votes
Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts

542 votes
Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander

513 votes
About That Night by Julie James

333 votes
Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell




Mystery & Thriller



All Nominees 78,280 votes total

27,502 votes
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

6,364 votes
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb

5,243 votes
11th Hour by James Patterson

5,196 votes
Defending Jacob by William Landay

4,242 votes
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

3,734 votes
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva

3,475 votes
One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf

3,371 votes
Bloodline by James Rollins

3,362 votes
Broken Harbor by Tana French

2,904 votes
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith

2,024 votes
The Innocent by David Baldacci

1,948 votes
Criminal by Karin Slaughter

1,705 votes
Guilty Wives by James Patterson

1,670 votes
Stay Close by Harlan Coben

1,161 votes
Taken by Robert Crais

909 votes
Frozen Heat by Richard Castle

674 votes
Black List by Brad Thor

454 votes
A Wanted Man by Lee Child

454 votes
Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King

404 votes
Phantom by Jo Nesbø




Historical Fiction



All Nominees 54,779 votes total

6,918 votes
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

6,516 votes
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

5,662 votes
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

4,956 votes
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

4,360 votes
Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell

3,889 votes
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

3,633 votes
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

2,952 votes
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

2,691 votes
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

2,564 votes
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian

1,805 votes
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey

1,553 votes
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

1,274 votes
The Baker's Daughter by Sarah McCoy

1,230 votes
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye

1,071 votes
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory

1,047 votes
Winter of the World by Ken Follett

726 votes
The Healing by Jonathan Odell

419 votes
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott

243 votes
The Second Empress by Michelle Moran

166 votes
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin




Fantasy



All Nominees 47,647 votes total

8,226 votes
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

5,221 votes
The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde

4,510 votes
The First Confessor by Terry Goodkind

4,332 votes
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

3,491 votes
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

3,142 votes
The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan

2,893 votes
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb

2,483 votes
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin

2,266 votes
Some Kind Of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce

1,969 votes
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

1,331 votes
Bridge of Dreams by Anne Bishop

1,070 votes
Casket of Souls by Lynn Flewelling

1,039 votes
Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan

930 votes
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

797 votes
The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham

779 votes
Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara

572 votes
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson

409 votes
Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks

298 votes
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie

184 votes
The Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson
 



Paranormal Fantasy



All Nominees 68,672 votes total

12,660 votes
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

5,917 votes
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich

5,393 votes
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison

4,780 votes
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

4,590 votes
Timeless by Gail Carriger

4,587 votes
Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead

4,477 votes
Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones

4,329 votes
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews

4,265 votes
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

4,192 votes
Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong

2,328 votes
Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton

1,831 votes
Tricked by Kevin Hearne

1,755 votes
Iced by Karen Marie Moning

1,496 votes
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

1,149 votes
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

1,130 votes
Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane

798 votes
By a Thread by Jennifer Estep

592 votes
Biting Cold by Chloe Neill

530 votes
The Reckoning by Alma Katsu

304 votes
Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance




Science Fiction



All Nominees 42,683 votes total

7,670 votes
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett

5,624 votes
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

4,618 votes
Redshirts by John Scalzi

4,584 votes
Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

3,416 votes
Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card

2,839 votes
Year Zero by Rob Reid

2,579 votes
The Janus Affair by Philippa Ballantine

2,204 votes
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway

1,812 votes
Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch

1,506 votes
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

759 votes
Endgame by Ann Aguirre

668 votes
Deep Sky by Patrick Lee

649 votes
Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez

572 votes
Invincible by Jack Campbell

521 votes
A Rising Thunder by David Weber

430 votes
Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds

422 votes
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

311 votes
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

286 votes
Incursion by Aleksandr Voinov

189 votes
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks



Horror



All Nominees 41,104 votes total

7,414 votes
The Twelve by Justin Cronin

6,549 votes
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

3,945 votes
On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

3,909 votes
Blackout by Mira Grant

3,614 votes
Nocturnal by Scott Sigler

2,632 votes
This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong

2,200 votes
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon

1,843 votes
White Horse by Alex Adams

1,759 votes
Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth

1,508 votes
Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale

1,016 votes
Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan

974 votes
Zombie Fallout 5 by Mark Tufo

761 votes
14 by Peter Clines

697 votes
Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry

651 votes
Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia

404 votes
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

301 votes
I, Zombie by Hugh Howey

215 votes
Breed by Chase Novak

87 votes
The Void by Brett J. Talley

48 votes
The Croning by Laird Barron

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Sincerelyours

And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their Fellow Men!


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