Hello readers, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Jen, Winston and I had a lovely season – one about which I will share more in another post. As it’s now 2013, and the official time for best of/looking back posts, I thought I’d share what I read in 2012, as I have in the past (with varying success). As I mentioned last year, I started tracking my reading with Goodreads, to my delight in writing this post! Here’s a photo:
And you can click the photo for more details about what I read this year. In brief, I read 38 books last year, which is far less than I would like to have read, but it was three books a month. I read 12,725 pages overall, and this is not counting our periodicals. The longest book I read was The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now edited by Harold Holzer. So, without further ado, here are the 38 books I read in 2012. Check back next week for my top 5 books from last year!
- Rembrandt’s Eyes
Schama, Simon
Jan 26, 2012 - Makers of Modern Architecture: From Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry
Filler, Martin
Feb 02, 2012 - Louis Kahn: Essential Texts
Kahn, Louis I.
Feb 11, 2012 - Thomas Eakins: Art, Medicine, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia
Werbel, Amy
Feb 26, 2012 - Logotopia: The Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination
Klant, Diane
Mar 2012 - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Gleick, James
Mar 14, 2012 - The American Future: A History
Schama, Simon
Mar 31, 2012 - Pure Drivel
Martin, Steve
Mar 31, 2012 - The Night Bookmobile
Niffenegger, Audrey
Mar 31, 2012 - Books: A Living History
Lyons, Martyn
Apr 2012 - The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now
Holzer, Harold
Apr 14, 2012 - Light in Architecture and Art : The Work of Dan Flavin
Bell, Tiffany
Apr 15, 2012 - The Art of Raising a Puppy
Skete, Monks of New
May 25, 2012 - How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: The Classic Manual for Dog Owners
Skete, Monks of New
May 28, 2012 - The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
Caro, Robert A.
Jun 14, 2012 - Hark! A Vagrant
Beaton, Kate
Jun 15, 2012 - Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter
Albers, Patricia
Jun 16, 2012 - Never Learn Anything From History
Beaton, Kate
Jun 19, 2012 - Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Garfield, Simon
Jul 04, 2012 - Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean
Wolk, Douglas
Jul 18, 2012 - The Well-Made Book: Lectures by Daniel Berkeley Updike
Updike, Daniel Berkeley
Jul 19, 2012 - Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer
Gorey, Edward
Jul 21, 2012 - Horoscopes for the Dead
Collins, Billy
Jul 24, 2012 - Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
Carré, John le
Aug 03, 2012 - A Murder of Quality (George Smiley, #2)
Carré, John le
Aug 06, 2012 - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley #3)
Carré, John le
Aug 09, 2012 - The Looking Glass War (George Smiley, #4)
Carré, John le
Aug 20, 2012 - London: A Social History
Porter, Roy
Aug 20, 2012 - Mellon: An American Life
Cannadine, David
Sep 19, 2012 - A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
Morris, Errol
Sep 24, 2012 - Through the Children’s Gate: A Home in New York
Gopnik, Adam
Sep 26, 2012 - Thomas Eakins
Goodrich, Lloyd
Oct 28, 2012 - Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
Fleming, Ian
Nov 09, 2012 - Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
Fleming, Ian
Nov 20, 2012 - Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
Fleming, Ian
Nov 23, 2012 - Wolf Hall (Wolf Hall, #1)
Mantel, Hilary
Dec 06, 2012 - Zeitoun
Eggers, Dave
Dec 09, 2012 - The American Leonardo: A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money
Brewer, John
Dec 20, 2012
