In One Person by John Irving
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,080 voters

The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Medicine and Literature
1,851 books — 2,013 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesDodsworth by Sinclair LewisMarjorie Morningstar by Herman WoukRabbit, Run by John UpdikeThe Thurber Carnival by James Thurber
Retro Reads
162 books — 133 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
427 books — 756 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
1,189 books — 1,084 voters

The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Best Literary Mysteries
2,556 books — 4,617 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
2,214 books — 2,304 voters