In anticipation of the library awards season (middle of this month), here’s my favorite reads from the past year.

Teen:
Peeps
Outbreak: Plagues that Changed History
A Certain Slant of Light
Mummies: the newest, coolest & creepiest from around the world

Adult:
Assassination Vacation (on audio)
Extraordinary exhibitions: the wonderful remains of an enormous head, the whimsiphusicon & death to the savage Unitarians: broadsides from the collection of Ricky Jay
The Areas of My Expertise
Psycho Ex Game
Walking In Circles Before Lying Down
World War Z
Kampung Boy