Cause that night, swinging by candlelight in that cramped room, everything warring in me settled down.

12.

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan - The everything nominated Canadian novel tells the tragic story of jazz band in Hitler's Berlin and occupied Paris. Well written, but not showy, it really paints an exquisite picture of time and place. And the dialogue shared by the men is like the music they created. Just a very good read.