Amazon.com Releases “Best Books of 2013” Lists (Multiple Categories)

Amazon.com has just released their package of “Best Books of 2013” lists as selected by their editors.
Some of the lists available include:

Top 100 Overall

• Print books
• Kindle/ebook

Top 10 Overall

1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
3. Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
4. Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson
5. Pilgrim’s Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier byTom Kizzia
6. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
7. Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders
8. The Son by Philipp Meyer
9. A House in the Sky: A Memoir by Amanda Lindhout
10. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

By Category

• Audiobooks
  • Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls 
• Children’s books
  • The Day the Crayons Quit (Picture Books)
  • Counting by 7s (Middle Grade – ages 9-12)
• Comic and Graphic Novels

• Cookbooks

• Digital Singles

• History

• Literature & Fiction

• Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

• Romance

• Teen and Young Adult
  •  Eleanor & Park
• Many More Categories (Look for Them in the Left Rail)

Direct to All “Best Books of 2013” Lists

Freebie For Kindle Users

Amazon has compiled a Best Books of 2013: Reader’s Guide, a free Kindle book featuring a variety of interviews, essays and excerpts, including a piece from Donna Tartt about her writing process, an essay about touring around the country with Khaled Hosseini, an interview with David Finkel about his research, and more. The guide is available for all U.S. customers at www.amazon.com/bestbooksguide.

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