Updated Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 07:01 AM
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For Adults
1. Dancers Among Us, Jordan Matter
2. Help, Thanks, Wow, Anne Lamott
3. Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris
4. Jerusalem: A Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
5. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, Timothy Egan
For Children
1. The Books of Beginning: The Emerald Atlas, John Stephens
2. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Ivy & Bean, Annie Barrows
4. This Moose Belongs to Me, Oliver Jeffers
5. Wildwood, Colin Meloy
