BOOKS
Fiction
1. The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaajte [Knopf]
2. Caribou Island by David Vann [Harper]
3. The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanha [Greywolf Press]
4. A Stranger on the Planet by Adam Schwartz [Soho Press]
5. The Astral by Kate Christensen [Doubleday]
6. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett [Harper]
7. The Submission by Amy Waldman [F,S&G]
8. Irma Voth by Miriam Toews [Harper]
9. The Rape of the Muse by Michael Stein [The Permanent Press]
10. The Lies Have It by Jill Edmondson [Iguana]
11. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta [St. Martins]
12. My New American Life by Francine Prose [Harper]
13. Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward [Random House]
14. The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom & Party Girl by Marc Schuster [The Permanent Press]
15. The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen [Riverhead]
16. The Ringer by Jenny Shank [The Permanent Press]
17. Slant by Timothy Wang [Tincture]
18. The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen [Crown]
19. The Social Climber’s Handbook by Molly Jong-Fast [Villard]
20. Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson [Ecco]
Non-fiction
1. The Orchard by Theresa Weir [Grand Central Publishing]
2. Rape New York by Jana Leo [The Feminist Press]
3. This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman [Harper]
4. Townie by Andre Dubus III [W.W. Norton]
5. Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write about Real Sex edited by Erica Jong [ECCO]
FILM
Melancholia
Take Shelter
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Young Adult
MEEK’S CUTOFF
Win Win
Margin Call
Another Earth
The Future
Crazy Stupid Love
The Muppets
Drive
The Tree of Life
My Week with Marilyn
TV
Downton Abbey
Mad Men
Californication
True Blood
Mildred Pierce
Nurse Betty
Portlandia
Parks and Recreation
Big Love
