Though we missed it initially (as did, apparently, most everyone else) Canada’s dominant bookseller Indigo named their top 13 books of 2013 last week: Benediction, Kent Haruf The Orenda, Joseph Boyden The Son, Philipp Meyer The Spark: A Mother’s Story Of Nurturing Genius, Kristine Barnett An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth, Chris Hadfield I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt Thank You For Your Service, David Finkel Five Days At Memorial, Sheri Fink The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion The Reason I Jump, Naoki Higashida The Dinner, Herman Koch
