The Washington Post published their “best of 2012” lists, with their Top 10 list mixing consensus favorites with a few new contenders (Marigold is published by Stanford’s Woodrow Wilson Center). NONFICTION Behind The Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo House of Stone, Anthony Shadid Iron Curtain, Anne Applebaum Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam, James G. Hershberg Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson FICTION Arcadia, Lauren Groff Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel Broken Harbor, Tana French Canada, Richard Ford As usual, the paper also recommends 50 notable works of […]