Salon's Ultimate Book Guide 2012

1.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,358,962 ratings
2.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,620 ratings
3.
Broken Harbour
Broken Harbour 3.95 avg rating β€” 107,827 ratings
5.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating β€” 592,751 ratings
8.
Flatscreen
Flatscreen 3.09 avg rating β€” 848 ratings
9.
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles 3.66 avg rating β€” 94,142 ratings
10.
Glaciers
Glaciers 3.78 avg rating β€” 5,792 ratings
11.
Building Stories
Building Stories 4.33 avg rating β€” 7,323 ratings
12.
The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club 3.81 avg rating β€” 55,529 ratings
13.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating β€” 102,959 ratings
14.
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars 3.95 avg rating β€” 69,790 ratings
15.
HHhH
HHhH 4.07 avg rating β€” 27,468 ratings
16.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating β€” 45,383 ratings
17.
Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins 3.68 avg rating β€” 182,971 ratings
18.
We Sinners
We Sinners 3.52 avg rating β€” 1,330 ratings
19.
Dare Me
Dare Me 3.24 avg rating β€” 29,871 ratings
20.
How to Get into the Twin Palms
How to Get into the Twin Palms 3.45 avg rating β€” 1,077 ratings
20.
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures 3.28 avg rating β€” 5,549 ratings
22.
Seating Arrangements
Seating Arrangements 3.08 avg rating β€” 23,112 ratings
23.
In Between Days
In Between Days 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,829 ratings
24.
Inside
Inside 3.48 avg rating β€” 3,919 ratings
25.
The Starboard Sea
The Starboard Sea 3.66 avg rating β€” 4,676 ratings
26.
Battleborn
Battleborn 4.12 avg rating β€” 5,354 ratings
27.
Threats
Threats 3.02 avg rating β€” 2,461 ratings
28.
The World Without You
The World Without You 3.38 avg rating β€” 3,371 ratings
29.
Understories
Understories 3.59 avg rating β€” 332 ratings
30.
Arcadia
Arcadia 3.73 avg rating β€” 25,925 ratings
31.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,862,422 ratings
32.
The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets
The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets 3.31 avg rating β€” 739 ratings
33.
Heroines
Heroines 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,584 ratings
34.
May We Be Forgiven
May We Be Forgiven 3.67 avg rating β€” 16,616 ratings
35.
Four New Messages
Four New Messages 3.18 avg rating β€” 454 ratings
36.
Prosperous Friends
Prosperous Friends 3.02 avg rating β€” 294 ratings
37.
Maidenhead
Maidenhead 3.10 avg rating β€” 639 ratings
38.
Narcopolis
Narcopolis 3.44 avg rating β€” 7,871 ratings
39.
Contents May Have Shifted
Contents May Have Shifted 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,744 ratings
41.
The Vanishers
The Vanishers 3.13 avg rating β€” 3,305 ratings
42.
A Partial History of Lost Causes
A Partial History of Lost Causes 3.64 avg rating β€” 2,729 ratings
44.
The Headmaster's Wager
The Headmaster's Wager 3.88 avg rating β€” 5,120 ratings
45.
The Life of Objects
The Life of Objects 3.35 avg rating β€” 1,317 ratings
46.
The Lola Quartet
The Lola Quartet 3.57 avg rating β€” 12,963 ratings
47.
When It Happens to You
When It Happens to You 3.58 avg rating β€” 5,732 ratings
48.
How Should a Person Be?
How Should a Person Be? 3.33 avg rating β€” 16,646 ratings
49.
The Mercury Fountain
The Mercury Fountain 3.31 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
50.
Gathering of Waters
Gathering of Waters 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,797 ratings
51.
Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir
Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir 3.65 avg rating β€” 3,513 ratings
52.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Lion Sleeps Tonight 4.11 avg rating β€” 188 ratings
53.
The Devil in Silver
The Devil in Silver 3.54 avg rating β€” 7,169 ratings
54.
A Working Theory of Love
A Working Theory of Love 3.28 avg rating β€” 2,777 ratings
55.
Thrall
Thrall 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,678 ratings
56.
Love Bomb
Love Bomb 3.15 avg rating β€” 532 ratings
57.
Disaster Preparedness: A Memoir
Disaster Preparedness: A Memoir 3.53 avg rating β€” 761 ratings
58.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating β€” 44,470 ratings
59.
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot 4.13 avg rating β€” 11,035 ratings
60.
Reinventing Bach
Reinventing Bach
by: Paul Elie
3.81 avg rating β€” 235 ratings
62.
The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira
The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira 3.64 avg rating β€” 589 ratings
63.
All We Know: Three Lives
All We Know: Three Lives 3.57 avg rating β€” 269 ratings
64.
With the Animals
With the Animals 3.86 avg rating β€” 190 ratings
65.
Sky Saw
Sky Saw 3.56 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
66.
Dear Life
Dear Life 3.75 avg rating β€” 39,632 ratings
67.
True Believers
True Believers 3.60 avg rating β€” 2,097 ratings
68.
Breed
Breed 3.17 avg rating β€” 4,333 ratings