The Books That Made The Most 'Best Of 2012′ Book Lists - Flavorwire

Best Books Of 2012 Lists Compiled
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: An employee at Foyles bookshop arranges copies of JK Rowling's latest novel 'The Casual Vacancy' which has gone on sale today starting at 8:00 am on September 27, 2012 in London, England. 'The Casual Vacancy' is JK Rowling's first book aimed at an adult readership and is centered on a parish council election in a small West Country town. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: An employee at Foyles bookshop arranges copies of JK Rowling's latest novel 'The Casual Vacancy' which has gone on sale today starting at 8:00 am on September 27, 2012 in London, England. 'The Casual Vacancy' is JK Rowling's first book aimed at an adult readership and is centered on a parish council election in a small West Country town. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

December means a lot of things. Our normally latent shopping gene starts itching like crazy, mint-flavored coffee starts sounding like a good idea, and every single media outlet (ourselves included) puts up their "best of" everything lists. Well, 'tis the season. In an effort to distill all those year's end book round-ups -- and let's face it, be a little meta -- we looked at 16 lists from 14 media organizations and counted up the books that tickled the most critics this year.

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