Bookseller Top Tens! Part Two

You thought I forgot, didn't you.  It's okay, I would have thought that too.  I was just waiting until you were no longer burnt out from end-of-the-year, top-ten lists.  Clever, aren't I?  After great delay, here is the much hankered after, second edition of Bookseller Top Tens (Part One, here).  As a reminder, these lists are top ten books read in 2012, no matter when they were published.  Here goes!

Terry at Lake Forest Park
Despite instruction that the lists didn't need to be in any kind of order, Terry has labeled his number ones...what's more, he even separated his lists into fiction and non-fiction.  So organized!

Fiction

• #1 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
• The Detour by Andromeda Romano-Lax
• May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
• The Sea of Tears by Nani Power
• The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad
• We Sinners by Hanna Pylvainen

Non-Ficton

• #1 My Poets by Maureen M. McLane
• Empire of Liberty by Gordon Wood
• Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age by Susan Jacoby
• The Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, an American Painter by Glyn Vincent 

Andrew at Ravenna
In one last brave, bookseller act before he heads off into the sunset, here is Andrew's top ten.  Happy trails, Andrew, we'll miss you!

1. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
2. Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
3. City of Thieves by David Benioff 
4. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
5. Bender by Dean Young
6. The Puppet and The Dwarf by Slavoj Zizek
7. Love : An Index by Rebecca Lindberg 
8. Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto by Gianni Rodari
9. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain 
10. Guide to Getting It On by Paul Joannides

Adam at Lake Forest Park

Adam is one of my all-time favorite book recommend-ers (he's great for movies too).  His tastes are unusual, eclectic, often unknown, but always interesting.  It's a good idea to pay attention to what Adam is reading.

• The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas 
• The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture by David Mamet
• On the Overgrown Path by David Herter
• The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell 
• Diary of an Early American Boy by Eric Sloane 
• The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
• The Public Image by Muriel Spark
• Cardboard by Doug TenNapel 
• All Quiet on the Orient Express by Magnus Mills
• My Kind of Girl by Buddhadeva Bose

Emily M. at Ravenna

We got ourselves another Top Eleven...wouldn't you know it, the other person who picked eleven; also named Emily (Check out Top Tens Part One).  Cheaters!  I wonder if all Emilys are cheaters.  Well, I suppose they are forgiven, but I've got my eye on them.

• Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
• Finally by Wendy Mass
• Smile by Raina Telgemeier
• Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd
• Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
• Family of Poems edited by Caroline Kennedy
• Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Stead
• Lessons From a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• A Year of Mornings by Marie Vettese
• Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Jessica B. at Lake Forest Park
One of the great things about the top ten lists is finding out who has similar tastes.  Turns out, I should probably read some of Jessica's picks, because there are quite a few on her list that I have loved.  Also, I think she has the best title...The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? Question Mark!

• And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
• Glaciers by Alexis Smith
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
• Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Owen at Ravenna
Owen says that his number one for the year is How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti.  I don't know, Owen.  You tell me.  How should a person be?

• Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
• Another Country by James Baldwin
• Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater
• Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
• How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life by Sheila Heti
• City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
• Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine Saint-Exupery
• King City by Brandon Graham
• The Carter Family: Don't Forget this Song by David Lasley and Frank Young
• Sea Runners by Ivan Doig

Jane at Lake Forest Park
Jane is another bookseller who had trouble narrowing her favorites down.  But she says that her #1 of 2012 is Leon and Louise, but that is subject to fluctuation...depending on the day...and the weather.

• Life : An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
• Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
• Papa Hemingway by A.E. Hotchner
• The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig
• The Orchardist by Amanda Copland
• Leon and Louise by Alex Capus
• Grace by T. Greenwood
• Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
• Reunion at Red Paint Bay by George Harrar
• House Girl by Tara Conklin

Annie at Lake Forest Park
Annie says that Garth Nix is her second favorite author after Michael Ende.  Well, Garth Nix is pretty awesome, so maybe we should check out this Michael Ende character.

1. A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
2. Hold Me Closer Necromancer/Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride
3. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4. Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition by Timothy Zahn
5. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
6. Passion Play by Beth Bernobich
7. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne Valente
8. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
9. North of Beautiful by Justina Chen
10. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Erin B. at Ravenna

Hey!  That's me!  Saved the best for last...am I right?

• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
• America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't (the audiobook) by Stephen T. Colbert 
• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
• Just Kids by Patti Smith
• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
• Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson
• The Terror by Dan Simmons
• Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence 
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente
• Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

So that's it.  A great sampling of what we loved last year.  And already we are hard at work on our 2013 lists.