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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.

6. 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity,' by Katherine Boo

Boo spent almost four years in Annawadi, a slum near the international Mumbai airport, and introduces the reader to Annawadi residents such as teenager Abdul, who is accused of attacking a disabled woman; teacher Asha who works to get her daughter out of Annawadi; and young Meena who wants to escape an arranged marriage. (Check out the Monitor's review here.)

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