BEST BOOKS 2013

BEST OF THE BEST

As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling by Anne Serling

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

BEST FICTION

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

Big Brother: A Novel by Lionel Shriver

BEST NONFICTION

As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling by Anne Serling

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

VERY HONORABLE MENTION

Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins

Fosse by Sam Wasson

Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro

HONORABLE MENTION

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson

Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards by Jan Reid

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

Wool by Hugh Howey

The Round House by Louis Erdrich

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Coreyography by Cory Feldman

People Who Eat Darkness - The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished From the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up, By Richard Lloyd Parry

Heads In Beds - A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality By Jacob Tomsky

Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss