The number one bestseller on the L.A. times book list is Tenth of December. This book has been on the bestseller list for 8 weeks, starting on January 27th, 2013. Tenth of December is written by George Saunders. Random House published this book on January 8th 2013. The book consists of, “short stories examining what happens when we are brought up short by life.” The 10 short stories are from the last six years of Saunder’s life. Those published in various magazines between 1995 and 2009. This book is going for twenty-six dollars at your local bookstore. George Saunder’s book has been seen to “achieve a vivid synergy between the ridiculous culture we have built for ourselves and the heartbreak and longing of our inner lives.”

The short story title’s consist of; “Victory Lap” (The New Yorker, 2009), “Sticks” (Harper’s, 1995, “Puppy” (The New Yorker, 2007), “Escape from Spiderhead” (The New Yorker, 2010), “Exhortation” (part of “Four Institutional Monologues” from McSweeney’s #4, 2000), “Al Roosten” (The New Yorker, 2009), “The Semplica Girl Diaries” (The New Yorker, 2012), “Home” (The New Yorker, 2011), “My Chivalric Fiasco” (Harper’s, 2011), “Tenth of December” (The New Yorker, 2011). This book had a critically mixed positive reception due to the fact, that the stories are not cohesive.