THE BEST ADULTNONFICTION OF 2013

After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story Michael Hainey • 070.92 HA

The Alchemist : Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire Neil Irwin • 332.11 IR

The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide Gary J. Bass • 327.7305 BA

Book of Ages: the Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin Jill Lepore • 973.3092 LE

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism Doris Kearns Goodwin • 973.911 GO

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick • 973.3312 PH

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety Eric Schlosser • 363.17 SC

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation Michael Pollan • 641.5 PO

Cooked Seed: A Memoir Anchee Min • B MIN

Country Girl: A Memoir Edna O’Brien • 823.914 OB

Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House Peter Baker • 973.931 BA

The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son Pat Conroy • B CONROY

Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami Gretel Ehrlich • 363.34 EH

Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State T.D. Allman • 975.9 AL

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital Sheri Fink • 362.11 FI

A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Childhood Qais Akbar Omar • 958.104 OM

Fosse Sam Wasson • 792.8209 WA

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Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 James Oakes • 973.714 OA Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief Lawrence Wright • 299.936 WR

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder Charles Graeber • 364.152 GR

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Mary Roach • 612.3 RO

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Rick Atkinson • 940.5421 AT

Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields Wendy Lower • 940.53 LO

A House in the Sky: A Memoir Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett • 070.92 LI

How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate Wendy Moore • 823.6 MO

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832Alan Taylor • 975.503 TA

Johnny Cash: The Life Robert Hilburn • B CASH

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Scott Anderson • 940.4124 AN

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Sheryl Sandberg • 658.4 SA

Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance Carla Kaplan • 700.92 KA

Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal Michael D’Antonio • 261.8327 DA

My Brother’s Book Maurice Sendak • 811.54 SE

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence Joseph J. Ellis • 973.3 EL

Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Michael Moss• 613.2 MO

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend Glenn Frankel • 791.43 FR

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark • 940.311 CL

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way Amanda Ripley • 370.9 RI

The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of CheeseMichael Paterniti • 637.3092 PA

Thank You for Your Service David Finkel • 362.8609 FI

This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus, plenty of valet parking! — in America’s Gilded CapitalMark Leibovich • 306.2097 LE

Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight over World War II, 1939-1941 Lynne Olson • 940.53 OL

To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care Cris Beam • 362.73 BE

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation Dan Fagin • 363.7209 FA

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America George Packer • 973.924 PA

Wave Sonali Deraniyagala • 954.9303 DE

The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA Scott C. Johnson • 070.92 JO

Year Zero: A History of 1945 Ian Buruma • 940.5314 BU

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