With about 50 “votes” counted, we are closing in on our final aggregations of the very best of the “best books of the year,” now with full lists in all of our tracked categories. The fiction picks remain dominant, in keeping with the year’s sales and mood, and Percival Everett’s JAMES towers above all others. The rest of the adult lists are pretty firm at this point, with a little room at the bottom, particularly among nonfiction. Next week we’ll share the PM staff’s own picks and at the end of the week we will publish the final lists, with editor, […]