A bunch of lie-mongers are conspiring to tell me it's the day before the last day of January in the year 2013. RIDICULOUS. But just in case that might be possible, here's my list of the books I enjoyed most out of the fifty I read in 2012. Most of the books were not actually published in 2012, but I want to tell you about the ones I liked best. If I took the time to write reviews of each, you might see this list sometime next year or perhaps in 2015, so let's just keep it simple. I can stand behind these with complete confidence, so look them up if you want to read something good!
Novels
The Handmaid's Tale – Margaret Atwood
Thunderer – Felix Gilman
The Dead Zone – Stephen King
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
Story Collections
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature – Patrick Somerville
At the Mouth of the River of Bees – Kij Johnson
After the Apocalypse – Maureen F. McHugh
Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight – Cat Rambo
In the Palace of Repose – Holly Phillips
Anthologies
(I didn't read many of these in 2012)
Dark Faith, edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon
Brave New Worlds, edited by John Joseph Adams
Non-fiction
Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon
To Each Their Darkness – Gary A. Braunbeck
Adventures in the Screen Trade – William Goldman
500 Ways to Be a Better Writer – Chuck Wendig
Making a Good Writer Great – Linda Seger
