10 best books of 2012 – fiction

Here are the Monitor's picks for the best novels of 2012.

8. 'The Yellow Birds,' by Kevin Powers

This debut novel by an Iraq war veteran creates a vivid and haunting portrait of friendship and war as a young soldier remembers the death of his teenage friend. (Check out our review here.)

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