The New York Times has picked the 10 best books of 2012. Here are the lists:
FICTION
1 – BRING UP THE BODIES
By Hilary Mantel.
A John Macrae Book/ Henry Holt & Company, $28.
2 – BUILDING STORIES
By Chris Ware.
Pantheon Books, $50.
3 – A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING
By Dave Eggers.
McSweeney’s Books, $25.
4 – NW
By Zadie Smith.
The Penguin Press, $26.95.
5 – THE YELLOW BIRDS
By Kevin Powers.
Little, Brown & Company, $24.99.
NONFICTION
1 – BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
By Katherine Boo.
Random House, $27.
2 – FAR FROM THE TREE
Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
By Andrew Solomon.
Scribner, $37.50.
3 – THE PASSAGE OF POWER
The Years of Lyndon Johnson.
By Robert A. Caro.
Alfred A. Knopf, $35.
4 – THE PATRIARCH
The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.
By David Nasaw.
The Penguin Press, $40.
5 – WHY DOES THE WORLD EXIST?
An Existential Detective Story.
By Jim Holt.
Liveright Publishing/W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95.