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Category Archives: best of 2012
Readers’ Choice: Best Books of 2012
Your votes are counted and the results are in! In this week’s edition of BookPageXTRA, we announced the Readers’ Choice: Best Books of 2012—your 25 favorite books of the year. With more than 3,000 votes cast in the survey, one … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #5, ‘The Lifeboat’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. Part 12 Angry Men, part Lord of the Flies, Charlotte Rogan’s unforgettable debut is a haunting tale of survival. It’s … Continue reading
25 best book titles of 2012
A great title doesn’t necessarily ensure a great book, but there’s something to be said for a solid hook. The editors of BookPage have selected the 25 best book titles of 2012 (scroll down for the full alphabetical list): … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #19, ‘Love’s Winning Plays’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. Sometimes you just need a book that makes you laugh—all the better if it lampoons the sacred church … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #9, ‘Bring Up the Bodies’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. Hilary Mantel is a genius, full stop. Sequels often disappoint, but Bring Up the Bodies, which follows charismatic Thomas Cromwell … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #3, ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. Novels dealing with painful subjects in a serious fashion might get more awards (not to mention nods from Oprah) but … Continue reading
Last chance: Vote for your favorite book of 2012
Our associate publisher is in New York City for the week on a business trip. Here in the office in Nashville, we’ve been enjoying her reports filled with fun, bookish photos—like this one, from her hotel! She also sent a … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #46, ‘A Good American’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. It may sound obvious, but A Good American is a quintessentially American story: A man and woman come to this … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #25, ‘You Came Back’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. Christopher Coake explores the agony and the ecstasy of love and parenthood in You Came Back. Seven years … Continue reading
Monday contest: Top 10 of 2012
Listen up, all you non-contest types, the ones who KNOW you won’t win and never enter anything: Today’s giveaway is so exciting that even some BookPage staffers are dying to have a shot at it (no, that’s not allowed under … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #27, ‘Joseph Anton’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini called for Salman Rushdie’s death for his “blasphemous” novel The Satanic Verses, a move which not … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #33, ‘Heading Out to Wonderful’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. In his runaway bestseller A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick showcased his irresistible ability to combine artful sentences with drawn out, … Continue reading
Best Books of 2012: #39, ‘Winter Journal’
As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. Paul Auster made his breakthrough debut with his memoir The Invention of Solitude; 30 years later, he looks at his … Continue reading
