Books Read in 2012
favorites marked in bold
rereads underlined
YOUNG ADULT NOVELS
The Thief of Always, by Clive Barker
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
The Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
Every Day, by David Levithan
NOVELS
The Human Stain, by Philip Roth
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
Wise Blood, by Flannery O'Connor
Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Handmaids Tale, by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
The Milagro Beanfield War, by John Nichols
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Silas Marner, by George Eliot
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker
The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
No Good Deeds, by Laura Lippman
Every Secret Thing, by Laura Lippman
The Most Dangerous Thing, by Laura Lippman
To The Power of Three, by Laura Lippman
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, by Douglas Adams
SPANISH
Los Informantes, por Juan Gabriel Vasquez
El asombroso viaje de Pamponio Flato, por Eduardo Mendoza
SHORT STORIES/NOVELLAS
A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, translated by Naomi Lewis
A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde
The Torturer's Apprentice, by John Biguenet
Beasts and Super-Beasts, by Saki
The Fall of the House of Usher and other tales, by Edgar Allan Poe
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War, by Amrose Bierce
PLAYS
Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare
NON-FICTION
Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico, by T. R. Fehrenbach
The Undercover Economist, by Tim Harford
Obscene in the Extreme, by Rick Wartzman
Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky
No Gender Left Behind, by Rebecca Kling
Butch is a Noun, by S. Bear Bergman
Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938, by John Brooks
Living Justice, by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Tycoon's War, by Stephen Dando-Collins
A Popular History of Minnesota, by Norman K. Risjord
In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
rereads underlined
YOUNG ADULT NOVELS
The Thief of Always, by Clive Barker
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
The Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
Every Day, by David Levithan
NOVELS
The Human Stain, by Philip Roth
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
Wise Blood, by Flannery O'Connor
Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Handmaids Tale, by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
The Milagro Beanfield War, by John Nichols
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Silas Marner, by George Eliot
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker
The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
No Good Deeds, by Laura Lippman
Every Secret Thing, by Laura Lippman
The Most Dangerous Thing, by Laura Lippman
To The Power of Three, by Laura Lippman
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, by Douglas Adams
SPANISH
Los Informantes, por Juan Gabriel Vasquez
El asombroso viaje de Pamponio Flato, por Eduardo Mendoza
SHORT STORIES/NOVELLAS
A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, translated by Naomi Lewis
A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde
The Torturer's Apprentice, by John Biguenet
Beasts and Super-Beasts, by Saki
The Fall of the House of Usher and other tales, by Edgar Allan Poe
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War, by Amrose Bierce
PLAYS
Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare
NON-FICTION
Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico, by T. R. Fehrenbach
The Undercover Economist, by Tim Harford
Obscene in the Extreme, by Rick Wartzman
Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky
No Gender Left Behind, by Rebecca Kling
Butch is a Noun, by S. Bear Bergman
Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938, by John Brooks
Living Justice, by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Tycoon's War, by Stephen Dando-Collins
A Popular History of Minnesota, by Norman K. Risjord
In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson