National Book Award Finalists - 2012

1.
Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir
Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir 3.65 avg rating — 3,513 ratings
2.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,569 ratings
3.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,366 ratings
4.
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 19,289 ratings
5.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,886 ratings
6.
Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)
Endangered (Ape Quartet #1) 4.04 avg rating — 6,139 ratings
7.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating — 26,459 ratings
8.
A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King 3.29 avg rating — 29,386 ratings
8.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating — 114,824 ratings
10.
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 4.08 avg rating — 7,067 ratings
11.
Never Fall Down
Never Fall Down 4.17 avg rating — 12,216 ratings
12.
Heavenly Bodies (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
Heavenly Bodies (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 68 ratings
13.
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East 3.63 avg rating — 2,539 ratings
14.
Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations
Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations 3.87 avg rating — 316 ratings
15.
Fast Animal
Fast Animal 4.24 avg rating — 178 ratings
16.
Night of the Republic
Night of the Republic 3.37 avg rating — 216 ratings
17.
Meme
Meme 3.01 avg rating — 99 ratings
18.
Goblin Secrets (Zombay, #1)
Goblin Secrets (Zombay, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 2,315 ratings
19.
Out of Reach
Out of Reach 3.56 avg rating — 2,366 ratings
20.
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon 4.13 avg rating — 20,580 ratings