In One Person by John Irving
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,526 books — 15,073 voters

The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Medicine and Literature
1,987 books — 2,229 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesDodsworth by Sinclair LewisMarjorie Morningstar by Herman WoukRabbit, Run by John UpdikeThe Thurber Carnival by James Thurber
Retro Reads
164 books — 136 voters

The Brimstone Journals by Ron KoertgeWitness by Karen HesseOut of the Dust by Karen HesseOne of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya SonesWhat My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Novels in Verse
459 books — 777 voters
Pale Gray for Guilt by John D. MacDonaldMaster of the Moor by Ruth RendellThe Ivory Grin by Ross MacdonaldTrio for Blunt Instruments by Rex Stout
Detective Fiction
1,240 books — 1,140 voters

The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Best Literary Mysteries
2,659 books — 5,032 voters
The Goodbye Look by Ross MacdonaldNightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonaldAnd Be a Villain by Rex StoutPoison by Ed McBainGod Save The Child by Robert B. Parker
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,307 books — 2,547 voters