Mosaic's Best Books of 2012 (9 books)

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Freelance editor Clarence V. Reynolds reads thousands of books every year. Mosaic Literary Magazine asked him to whittle that list down to the best of the year. After much tumult and discussion here's his list of seven stellar tomes.

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1		Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan 3.70 avg rating — 17,776 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		By Love Possessed by Lorna Goodison 3.74 avg rating — 152 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle 3.54 avg rating — 7,606 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 4,091 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz 3.74 avg rating — 100,295 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Trois femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye 3.23 avg rating — 4,378 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		We Are Taking Only What We Need by Stephanie Powell Watts (Goodreads Author) 3.39 avg rating — 661 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama by Rachel L. Swarns 3.73 avg rating — 357 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe 4.04 avg rating — 2,850 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

9 books · 2 voters · list created December 20th, 2012 by Ron Kavanaugh (votes) .

Tags: by-love-possessed-stories, chinua-achebe, clarence-v-reynolds, esi-edugyan, freeman, half-blood-blues, junot-díaz, leonard-pitts-jr, lorna-goodison, marie-ndiaye, mosaic, rachel-l-swarns, stephanie-powell-watts, the-devil-in-silver, this-is-how-you-lose-her, three-strong-women, victor-lavalle, we-are-taking-only-what-we-need, white

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