My Favorite Five Books of 2012

As is the case every year, there were far more excellent books published in 2012 than I had time to read. And, truth be told, one or more of the books on my list may have actually been published in 2011 (or earlier… I think the first edition of The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson came out in 1999). But these are all incredible books I read for the first time in 2012, and which I recommend without hesitation.

Dead Harvest by Chris F. Holm

Sam Thornton is a wonderful protagonist, flawed and heroi...