Kirkus Best Fiction of 2012

1.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,502 ratings
2.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,602 ratings
3.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 4.03 avg rating — 147,991 ratings
4.
The Book of Jonas
The Book of Jonas 3.59 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
5.
Hand Me Down
Hand Me Down 3.60 avg rating — 763 ratings
6.
The Orchardist
The Orchardist 3.80 avg rating — 47,692 ratings
7.
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue 3.40 avg rating — 21,577 ratings
8.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,565 ratings
9.
Defending Jacob
Defending Jacob really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 308,592 ratings
10.
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles 3.66 avg rating — 94,141 ratings
11.
Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 182,961 ratings
12.
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls 3.89 avg rating — 42,270 ratings
13.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,887 ratings
14.
Dear Life
Dear Life 3.75 avg rating — 39,626 ratings
15.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating — 28,994 ratings
16.
The Cove
The Cove
by: Ron Rash
3.70 avg rating — 12,378 ratings
17.
Building Stories
Building Stories 4.33 avg rating — 7,322 ratings
18.
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 174,907 ratings
19.
The Stockholm Octavo
The Stockholm Octavo 3.43 avg rating — 3,933 ratings
20.
Canada
Canada 3.52 avg rating — 27,803 ratings
21.
Arcadia
Arcadia 3.73 avg rating — 25,921 ratings
22.
Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand
Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand 3.82 avg rating — 296,853 ratings
23.
The Buzzard Table (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #18)
The Buzzard Table (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #18) 3.91 avg rating — 2,967 ratings
24.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating — 26,457 ratings
25.
Illuminations
Illuminations 3.99 avg rating — 4,851 ratings
26.
The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4)
The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,503 ratings
27.
The Infinite Tides
The Infinite Tides 3.64 avg rating — 713 ratings
28.
A Violet Season
A Violet Season 3.75 avg rating — 423 ratings
29.
Office Girl
Office Girl
by: Joe Meno
3.19 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
30.
I've Got Your Number
I've Got Your Number 3.94 avg rating — 236,883 ratings
31.
Say You're Sorry (Joseph O'Loughlin #6)
Say You're Sorry (Joseph O'Loughlin #6) 4.21 avg rating — 13,059 ratings
32.
American Dervish
American Dervish 3.71 avg rating — 9,386 ratings
32.
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories 4.17 avg rating — 4,556 ratings
34.
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come 3.45 avg rating — 3,090 ratings
35.
The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10)
The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 25,110 ratings
35.
Poison Flower (Jane Whitefield, #7)
Poison Flower (Jane Whitefield, #7) 4.07 avg rating — 3,529 ratings
37.
Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky, #1)
Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 3,925 ratings
38.
Tarnished Knight (The Lost Stars, #1)
Tarnished Knight (The Lost Stars, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 5,257 ratings
39.
In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan 4.07 avg rating — 21,737 ratings
40.
A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King 3.29 avg rating — 29,385 ratings
41.
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 22,751 ratings
42.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank 3.74 avg rating — 8,193 ratings
43.
The Professionals (Stevens & Windermere, #1)
The Professionals (Stevens & Windermere, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
44.
Edge of Dark Water
Edge of Dark Water 3.95 avg rating — 3,841 ratings
45.
El sueño del celta
El sueño del celta 3.85 avg rating — 9,868 ratings
45.
The Year of the Gadfly
The Year of the Gadfly 3.46 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
47.
The Cassandra Project
The Cassandra Project 3.47 avg rating — 1,495 ratings
48.
The Prophet
The Prophet 3.79 avg rating — 6,629 ratings
49.
And When She Was Good
And When She Was Good 3.50 avg rating — 14,249 ratings
50.
The Solitary House (Charles Maddox, #2)
The Solitary House (Charles Maddox, #2) 3.40 avg rating — 2,189 ratings
51.
Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
by: Jo Nesbø
4.11 avg rating — 50,485 ratings
51.
The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files, #4)
The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 11,310 ratings
53.
Hope: A Tragedy
Hope: A Tragedy 3.45 avg rating — 5,464 ratings
54.
The Undertow
The Undertow
by: Jo Baker
3.52 avg rating — 854 ratings
55.
Lazarus Is Dead
Lazarus Is Dead 3.73 avg rating — 355 ratings
56.
City of the Lost
City of the Lost 3.93 avg rating — 615 ratings
56.
The News from Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story
The News from Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story 3.81 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
58.
Accidents of Providence
Accidents of Providence 3.34 avg rating — 984 ratings
59.
Hell or High Water (Nola Céspedes, #1)
Hell or High Water (Nola Céspedes, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 897 ratings
60.
The Investigation
The Investigation 3.15 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
61.
A Woman of Consequence (A Dido Kent Mystery #3)
A Woman of Consequence (A Dido Kent Mystery #3)
by: Anna Dean
3.93 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
62.
Cliff Walk (Liam Mulligan, #2)
Cliff Walk (Liam Mulligan, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 703 ratings
63.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels 3.76 avg rating — 78 ratings
64.
The Scar
The Scar 3.91 avg rating — 1,529 ratings
65.
Absolution
Absolution 3.58 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
66.
The Bedlam Detective (Sebastian Becker, #2)
The Bedlam Detective (Sebastian Becker, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
67.
Simple (Richard Christie, #6)
Simple (Richard Christie, #6) 3.51 avg rating — 155 ratings
68.
City of Women
City of Women 3.79 avg rating — 18,020 ratings
69.
Bloodland
Bloodland 3.54 avg rating — 607 ratings
70.
Thing Itself (The Brighton Trilogy, 3)
Thing Itself (The Brighton Trilogy, 3) 3.47 avg rating — 57 ratings
71.
Somebody to Love (Gideon's Cove, #3)
Somebody to Love (Gideon's Cove, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 13,685 ratings
72.
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (Burton & Swinburne, #3)
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (Burton & Swinburne, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 1,915 ratings
73.
The Survivor
The Survivor 4.04 avg rating — 6,023 ratings
74.
The Broken Ones
The Broken Ones 3.66 avg rating — 757 ratings
75.
Zoo Time
Zoo Time 2.90 avg rating — 872 ratings
76.
Aerogrammes: and Other Stories
Aerogrammes: and Other Stories 3.69 avg rating — 408 ratings
77.
Istanbul Passage
Istanbul Passage 3.64 avg rating — 6,757 ratings
78.
Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor, #2)
Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 17,066 ratings
79.
Dead Anyway (Arthur Cathcart #1)
Dead Anyway (Arthur Cathcart #1) 3.63 avg rating — 836 ratings
80.
Lenin's Kisses
Lenin's Kisses 3.80 avg rating — 604 ratings
81.
Young Philby
Young Philby 3.45 avg rating — 627 ratings
82.
Rizzo's Daughter (Joe Rizzo, #3)
Rizzo's Daughter (Joe Rizzo, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 125 ratings
83.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
84.
Something Red
Something Red 3.58 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
85.
The Coldest Night
The Coldest Night 3.43 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
86.
Children in Reindeer Woods
Children in Reindeer Woods 3.48 avg rating — 171 ratings
87.
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories 3.43 avg rating — 1,352 ratings
88.
The Girl Next Door (Carter Ross, #3)
The Girl Next Door (Carter Ross, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 1,268 ratings
89.
Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories
Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories 3.43 avg rating — 431 ratings
90.
The Great Escape (Wynette, Texas, #7)
The Great Escape (Wynette, Texas, #7) 3.86 avg rating — 15,140 ratings
91.
Moje pierwsze samobójstwo
Moje pierwsze samobójstwo 3.66 avg rating — 665 ratings
92.
The Fallen Angel (Gabriel Allon, #12)
The Fallen Angel (Gabriel Allon, #12) 4.21 avg rating — 29,560 ratings
93.
We're Flying: Stories
We're Flying: Stories 3.69 avg rating — 404 ratings
94.
The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories
The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories 3.69 avg rating — 65 ratings
95.
Kings of Midnight (Crissa Stone, #2)
Kings of Midnight (Crissa Stone, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 408 ratings
96.
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here 3.31 avg rating — 1,397 ratings
97.
The Coldest War (The Milkweed Triptych, #2)
The Coldest War (The Milkweed Triptych, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 3,776 ratings
98.
Hostage
Hostage 3.49 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
99.
The Hermetic Millennia (Count to the Eschaton Sequence, #2)
The Hermetic Millennia (Count to the Eschaton Sequence, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 667 ratings