Every year we see more “best books of the year so far” lists landing in June, and this year iBooks beats the bellwether announcement from Amazon with their own picks. (Because of the weighting of the publishing schedule towards the fall, many of the “so far” picks get bumped in final “best of the year” competition. Last year, for example, 6 of Amazon’s half-year picks made it onto the final, consensus Very Best Books of the Year lists.) iBooks presents four lists: Favorite Bestsellers, Surprise Hits We Loved, Books We Couldn’t Put Down, and Stories We Can’t Shake. A number of […]