This a picture of me with Emily Choate, who noted that this was some world-class smirking. I also think we look like distant cousins at a family reunion who are being forced to hug each other.
2013 List:
27. Night Fairy, Laura Amy Schlitz
26. Floating Islands, Rachel Neumeier
24-25. Winterkind, Summerkin, Sarah Prineas
23. The Road from Gap Creek, Robert Morgan
22. Gap Creek, Robert Morgan
21. Siberia, Ian Frazier
20. The Dog Stars, Peter Heller
19. We Are Water, Wally Lamb
18. The Law of the Broken Earth, Rachel Neumeier
17. The Gollum and the Jinni, Helene Wecker
16. The Snow Leopard, Peter Mathiessen
15. Canada, Richard Ford
13-14. The Gray Wolf Throne, The Crimson Crown, Cinda Williams Chima
11-12. Blood of Dragons, The Princess and the Piebald Prince, Robin Hobb.
10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5-9. The Kellys and the O’Kellys, John Calidgate, Mr. Scarborough’s Family, The Macdermonts of Ballycloran, The Claverings, Anthony Trollope
4. Splendors and Glooms, Laura Amy Schlitz
3. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, The Countess of Carnavon
2. Marion Fay, Anthony Trollope
1. Castle Richmond, Anthony Trollope
4. The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkein
3. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Exiled Queen, Cinda Williams Chima
1. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy