Shelf Awareness 30 Best Books 2013

1.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,551 ratings
2.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,777 ratings
3.
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
by: Eli Brown
3.90 avg rating — 8,466 ratings
4.
Benediction (Plainsong, #3)
Benediction (Plainsong, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 22,866 ratings
5.
Norwegian by Night (Sheldon Horowitz #2)
Norwegian by Night (Sheldon Horowitz #2) 3.94 avg rating — 16,630 ratings
6.
The Returned
The Returned 3.31 avg rating — 15,898 ratings
7.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,044 ratings
8.
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family 3.81 avg rating — 12,441 ratings
9.
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 3.88 avg rating — 52,423 ratings
10.
Battle Bunny
Battle Bunny 4.10 avg rating — 3,559 ratings
11.
Locomotive
Locomotive 4.13 avg rating — 6,141 ratings
12.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 55,467 ratings
13.
Love Among the Particles
Love Among the Particles 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings
14.
The Son
The Son 4.03 avg rating — 37,218 ratings
15.
Truth in Advertising
Truth in Advertising 3.72 avg rating — 3,210 ratings
16.
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football 4.05 avg rating — 4,257 ratings
17.
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire 3.98 avg rating — 1,049 ratings
18.
My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer 4.11 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
19.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,666 ratings
20.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,331 ratings
21.
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father 4.05 avg rating — 4,077 ratings
22.
Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods
Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods 3.71 avg rating — 912 ratings
23.
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary 4.05 avg rating — 1,442 ratings
24.
Go
Go
by: Chip Kidd
4.11 avg rating — 1,952 ratings
25.
Boxers & Saints
Boxers & Saints 4.22 avg rating — 1,943 ratings
26.
Far Far Away
Far Far Away 3.87 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
27.
Picture Me Gone
Picture Me Gone 3.38 avg rating — 4,513 ratings
28.
What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings
What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings 4.07 avg rating — 491 ratings
29.
The Real Boy
The Real Boy
by: Anne Ursu
3.97 avg rating — 6,187 ratings
30.
The Dark
The Dark 4.08 avg rating — 13,350 ratings