2012 in Review: Books

* is a reread. Bold is a recommendation.

Yours Until Dawn; Medeiros
Worthy Any Price; Kleypas
Lipstick Jungle; Bushnell
Lady Sophia's Lover; Kleypas
*Calico Captive; George Speare
You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl; Rivenbark
The Wall St. Journal Complete Home Owner's Guidebook; Crook
Foreign Affairs; Lurie
Death Comes to Pemberley; James
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History; Barry (with this and Into the Silence, I'd recommend if you're already interested in the topics--they're both BIG books)
The Complete Persepolis; Satrapi
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest; Davis
Stories I Only Tell My Friends; Lowe
Bad Heir Day; Holden
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and Murders of a President; Millard
Swamplandia!; Russell
The Scottish Prisoner; Gabaldon
40 Love; Wickham
Write More Good; The Bureau Chiefs
Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything; Foer
The Marriage Plot; Eugenides
The Governess Affair; Milan
*Size 12 Is Not Fat; Cabot
*Size 14 Is Not Fat Either; Cabot
*Big Boned; Cabot
Truly, Madly; Webber
The Next Best Thing; Weiner
Because You're Mine; Kleypas
A Little Bit Wild; Dahl
Size 12 and Ready to Rock; Cabot
The Cat's Table; Ondaatje
Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, & the Great Season a Pitcher Ever Had; Achorn
Columbine; Cullen
Keeping the Castle: A Tale of Romances, Riches, and Real Estate; Kindl
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing; Fforde
A Desirable Residence; Wickham
A Midnight Clear; Wharton
Redshirts; Scalzi
*The Trolley to Yesterday; Bellairs
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking; Cain
How to Be a Woman; Moran
Death of a President: November 1963; Manchester
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever; O'Reilly & Dugard
Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss; Richards
Fasting, Feasting; Desai
*Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game; Lewis
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand; Simonson
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence; de Becker
A Christmas Carol; Dickens
Confectionately Yours: Save the Cupcake!; Papademetriou
All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey With Jane; Smith
The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down With the Titanic; Turner
My Year With Eleanor; Hancock