Posted by Kara on Monday, Dec 17, 2012
Library staff love to read and share their favorite books. As 2012 comes to a close, we thought others would enjoy knowing our favorites for the year. We had a lot of fun putting together this list of ICPL Favorite Books of 2012. Watch the Staff Picks Blog this week for lists of books within individual genres. Today's list is our "Best of the Best" list. These books received nominations from more than one staff person.
We hope you enjoy these lists and would love to hear which books were your favorites in 2012.
The #1 ICPL Staff recommendation for 2012 is John Green's Young Adult book, "The Fault in our Stars"
There was a tie for the #2 book between Gillian Flynn's Fiction book, "Gone Girl" and Katherine Boo's Nonfiction book "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity"
Honorable Mention Titles: (in alphabetic order by title)
| Fiction | Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter |
| Fiction | Bring Up the Bodies | Hilary Mantel |
| Fiction | Dog Stars | Peter Heller |
| Nonfiction | Mortality | Christopher Hitchens |
| jEasy | Olivia and the Fairy Princesses | Ian Falconer |
| Nonfiction | Paris: A Love Story | Kati Morton |
| Nonfiction | Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking | Susan Cain |
| Science Fiction | Redshirts | John Scalzi |
| jEasy | Sleep Like a Tiger | Mary Logue |
| Fiction | Train Dreams | Denis Johnson |
| Fiction | The Year We Left Home (2013 All Iowa Reads Book Selection) | Jean Thompson |
About the Author
Kara was the Community and Access Services Coordinator. She retired in June 2020.