The Best of 2012

Posted: January 4, 2013 in Best of the Year

So, the end of 2012 totally snuck up on us here at Elitist Book Reviews. One minute we were looking at all of our most anticipated novels for 2012, and the next they were all on our collective bookshelves.

And man, did we have some great reads this year. We haven’t even had time to post reviews for all of them yet–don’t worry, they are coming.

So, here is our list of favorites for the year. They aren’t in any particular order, and we cheat wherever we want (if you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying hard enough).

BEST OF 2012:

CALIBAN’S WAR – JAMES S.A. Corey – Review
THE KING’S BLOOD – Daniel Abraham – Review
SCOURGE OF THE BETRAYER – Jeff Salyards – Review
MONSTER HUNTER LEGION – Larry Correia – Review
THE BLINDING KNIFE – Brent Weeks – Review
RANGE OF GHOSTS – Elizabeth Bear – Review
THE COLDEST WAR – Ian Tregillis – Review
KING OF THORNS – Mark Lawrence – Review
RED COUNTRY – Joe Abercrombie – Review
THE DUSK WATCHMAN – Tom Lloyd – Review
THE DAEMON PRISM – Carol Berg – Review
ASSASSIN’S CODE – Jonathan Maberry – Review
THE DIVINERS – Libba Bray – Review
PARTIALS – Dan Wells – Review

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

FORGE OF DARKNESS – Steven Erikson – Review
EXPEDITION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON – Mark Hodder – Review
THE PROVIDENCE RIDER – Robert McCammon – Review
LEGION – Brandon Sanderson – Review
THE HOLLOW CITY – Dan Wells – Review
COLD DAYS – Jim Butcher – Review

WORST OF 2012:

11/22/63 – Stephen King – Review
NOCTURNAL – Scott Sigler – Review
ANGEL – Nicole Marrow – Review

THE BEST COMING IN 2013…

A MEMORY OF LIGHT – Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Actually we’ve already read it. look for a review on January 8th, 2013)
ABADDON’S GATE – James S.A. Corey
THE TYRANT’S LAW – Daniel Abraham
REPUBLIC OF THIEVES – Scott Lynch (PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!!!!!!!!!!)
PROMISE OF BLOOD – Brian McClellan (Already been read, actually. Awesome.)
NO RETURN – Zachary Jernigan
THE GRIMNOIR CHRONICLES: WARBOUND – Larry Correia
FRAGMENTS – Dan Wells
THE BLOOD MIRROR – Brent Weeks
Stormlight #2 – Brandon Sanderson
SHATTERED PILLARS – Elizabeth Bear
GRAVEYARD CHILD – M. L. N. Hanover
FROST BURNED – Patricia Briggs
EXTINCTION MACHINE – Jonathan Maberry
EMPEROR OF THORNS – Mark Lawrence

And yeah, we could keep listing anticipated reads. I mean, good grief, there is an unbelievable amount of stuff coming out.

What were your favorite reads? What are you looking forward to?

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