1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo, Random House
2. Quiet, by Susan Cain, Crown
3. Bringing Up Bébé, by Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press
4. Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson, S&S
5. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, by Elaine Pagels, Viking
6. The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, Random House
7. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
8. American Sniper, by Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow
9. The End of Illness, by David B. Agus, M.D., Free Press
10. Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman, FSG
11. House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East, by Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
12. Killing Lincoln, by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt
13. Goodnight iPad, by Ann Droyd, Blue Rider
14. Go the F**k to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic
15. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson, Crown
ON THE RISE:
17. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, by Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press
Winterson's memoir of her search for belonging, love, and identity is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
