best books of the year: comics

Jeff Lemire - The Nobody

Kolbeinn Karlsson - The Troll King

Joann Sfar - The Little Prince

books of the year: non-fiction

John Clute - Canary Fever

Paul Cronin - Herzog on Herzog

Gary K Wolfe - Bearings

books of the year: poetry

Richard Wilbur - Anterooms

I'm cheating now: it's the only poetry book I've read this year but it's a great book.