12. Twelve drummers drumming
Now that would be loud! Here are 12 notable best seller books to beat your drums to instead:

• The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
• Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
• The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
• The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski
• The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
• The Shack, by William P. Young
• The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
• Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
• Sarah's Keys, by Tatiana de Rosnay

11. Eleven pipers piping, 
Let's get our pipes, look all colligate like, and peruse through these Non-Fiction type books:

• What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell
• Crush it!, by Gary Vaynerchuk
• $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better, by Christopher Steiner
• Always looking Up, by Michael J. Fox
• NurtureShock, by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
• Home Game, by Michael Lewis
• American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Jon Meacham
• Wicked Plants, by Amy Stewart
• Trust Agents, by Chris Brogan & Julien Smith
• True Compass: A Memoir, by Edward M. Kennedy
• Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom

10. Ten lords a-leaping, 
How about books a-leaping onto the movie screen? Read it before you see it:

• My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
• Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
• The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis
• The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
• Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
• New Moon, by Stephanie Meyer
• Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, by Julie Powell
• Precious, by Sapphire
• The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold

9. Nine ladies dancing, 
Here are 9 inspiring lady authors/characters who we think it would be fun to go dancing with:

• Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert herself)
• Velva Jean Learns to Drive, by Jennifer Niven (Character, Velva Jean)
• The Middle Place (Kelly Corrigan herself)
• Twenties Girl (Author, Sophie Kinsella)
• Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley (Character, Flavia)
• Traveling with Pomegranates (Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor themselves)
• The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder (Author, Rebecca Wells)
• Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls (Character, Lily Casey Smith)
• Knit the Season: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel (Author, Kate Jacobs)

8. Eight maids a-milking, 
Oh, come on, get with the times! Try vampires, zombie or some other kind of monster a-milking the blood out of their victims. Check out these creepy creature books:

• Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, by Jane Austen
• Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse), by Charlaine Harris
• Breaking Dawn (Twilight), by Stephenie Meyer
• Tempted (House of Night Novels), by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast
• Sandman Slim, by Richard Kadrey
• Monsterologist, by Bobbi Katz
• The Return: Nightfall (The Vampire Diaries), by L. J. Smith
• Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

7. Seven swans a-swimming, 
The swans are swimming with the fishes... just like some of the characters in these mystery books:

• Kindred in Death, by J. D. Robb
• Murder in the Latin Quarter, by Cara Black
• Breathless, by Dean Koontz
• Starvation Lake, by Bryan Gruley
• True Blue, by David Balducci
• The Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell
• Blood's A Rover, by James Ellroy

6. Six geese a-laying, 
How about we go "a-laying" with some romance books instead and get:

• Bed of Roses, by Nora Roberts
• April and Oliver, by Tess Callahan
• Rainwater, by Sandra Brown
• Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson
• Burn, by Linda Howard
• Southern Lights, by Danielle Steel

5. Five golden rings, 
How many books are there in "The Lord of the Rings"? Anyway, try these 5 Sci-Fier Fantasy books:

• Star Wars: Death Troopers, By Joe Schreiber
• Under the Dome, by Stephen King
• The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time), by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
• Boneshaker (Sci Fi Essential Books), by Cherie Priest
• The Magicians, by Lev Grossman

4. Four calling birds, 
Calling your momma to tell her a better team to root for than the one you like! We're calling out, stomping and shouting for sports! Get your sport on with:

• Open: An Autobiography, by Andre Agassi
• The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy, by Bill Simmons
• Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal, by Lance Armstrong
• Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played, by Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson

3. Three French hens, 
Are these cooked French Hens? How about you pick up some already plucked ones and a copy of:

• Mastering The Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver & Camille
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan

2. Two turtle doves, 
Why does it sound like that should be a chocolate to me? Probably because you can get those turtle chocolates with the nuts and the caramel, AND there are Dove Chocolates. For sweetness & peace's sake:

• Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, by Greg Mortenson
• Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

1. A partridge in a pear tree! 
We voted amungst ourselves, debated, and decided - our FAVORITE BB Book Club pick of the year was:

• Downtown Owl, by Chuck Klosterman