Check back weekly throughout March to see various “Best” books of 2012
WEEK FOUR
Independent Publisher Book Awards
POPULAR FICTION: Vertical by Rex Pickett
LITERARY FICTION: Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
YOUNG ADULT FICTION (YA): In Trouble by Ellen Levine
SCI-FI/FANTASY: Stranded by Douglas Wentworth
HISTORICAL FICTION: The Darcys: The Ruling Passion by Linda Berdoll
HORROR: Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi
MYSTERY/COZY/NOIR: Murder on Music Row: A Music Industry Thriller by Stuart Dill
SUSPENSE/THRILLER (TIE): Department Thirteen: There’s Nowhere to Run by James Houston Turner and If Thy Right Hand by Robin Lamont
WEEK THREE
National Book Awards (National Book Foundation)
FICTION: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
NONFICTION: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
POETRY: Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations by David Ferry
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE: Goblin Secrets by William Alexander
Newbery Medal (Childrens)
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Pulitzer Prize
No winners for 2012. The Three Finalists: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
WEEK TWO
For Mystery fans everywhere….
Edgar Award Winners 2012 (Mystery Writers of America)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR: Bent Road by Lori Roy
BEST FACT CRIME: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
BEST SHORT STORY: “The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY: “Pilot” – Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD: “A Good Man of Business” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by David Ingram
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 25, 2012) Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry
WEEK ONE
Fiction: The Casual Vacancy, by J.K Rowling
Mystery/Thriller: Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Historical Fiction: The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman
Fantasy: The Wind Through The Keyhole, by Stephen King (Illustrations Jae Lee)
Paranormal Fantasy: Shadow of the Night, by Deborah Harkness
Science Fiction: The Long Earth, by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
Romance: Fifty Shades Freed, by E.L. James
Horror: The Twelve, by Justin Cronin
Memoir: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
History/Biography: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, by Sally Bedell Smith
Nonfiction: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain
Food/Cookbooks: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier, by Ree Drummond
Humor: Let’s Pretend That Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir, by Jenny Lawson
Graphic Novels/Comics: The Walking Dead, Vol 16: A Larger World, by Robert Kirkman, (Illustrations Charlie Adlard)
Poetry: A Thousand Mornings, by Mary Oliver
(Additional Children’s books etc available at Goodreads)