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10 best books of 2012, according to Amazon's editors

The staff of book giant Amazon selected their picks for the 10 best titles of 2012. Here's the full list.

- Monitor Staff

3. 'Gone Girl,' by Gillian Flynn

Author and former television critic Gillian Flynn delivers a super-twisty thriller in this story about Amy, a wife who disappears from a mansion in on the Mississippi just as she's preparing to celebrate her fifth wedding anniversary. Husband Nick seems the obvious suspect – although entries from Amy's diaries suggest that the situation may be far more complex. (Check out the Monitor's review here.)


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