With picks aggregated from a total of 58 sources in all, the clear consensus for the 2013 “book of the year” has ended in…a tie. George Saunders’ TENTH OF DECEMBER and Donna Tartt’s THE GOLDFINCH stood well above all others in the final count, each garnering 25 picks. (That ties them with the votes for Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies a year ago, but leaves them short of the 2012 book of the year, Katherine Boo’s Behind The Beautiful Forevers, which made 29 different lists.) Not only did those two works of fiction tie for the top honors, but […]