As in previous years, I’ll be using this page to track books I want to read in the year 2012 as well as post links to reviews of books as I read them. In contrast to previous years where I post a list of specific books I want to read – with some success – I will instead be using the wishlist in my Library Thing catalog. As of December 31, 2011 there are 144 books I want to read listed. I know I won’t be able to read them all and can’t even begin to narrow the list down to something more manageable so this year I’m going to fly by the seat of my pants and pick books as the mood moves me.
I will be maintaining lists of books I want to read for Lincoln’s Birthday, Lent, my Around the World for a Good Book project, and the William & Mary Boston Alumni Chapter Book Group.
I’ll keep track of all the books I actually read in 2012 at the bottom of this page. You can also check out how I did the last couple of years on my Book Lists ‘08, Book Lists ’09, Book Lists ’10 and Book Lists’ 11 pages. Visit Library Thing to see every book I’ve ever read as well as my 100 favorite books of all time.
Lincoln’s Birthday book
- The Fiery Trial : Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner
Spiritual Reading For Lent
- Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life by James Martin
- Catholicism at the Crossroads by Paul Lakeland.
- God after Darwin by John F. Haught
- God and Empire by John Dominic Crossan.
- Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
- Why stay Catholic? by Michael Leach.
Around the World For A Good Book
- Algeria:Fantasia : An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar
- Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Denmark: Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
- Israel: To the end of the land by David Grossman
- North Korea: The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
Books Read in 2012
January
- A Soul To Steal by Rob Blackwell
- Pedaling Revolution by Jeff Mapes
- Saturday by Ian MacEwan (A)
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
February
- Green Metropolis by David Owen (A)
- Best Mets by Matthew Silverman
- Moon Yellowstone & Grand Teton: Including Jackson Hole by Don Pitcher
- The Rough Guide to Yellowstone & Grand Teton by Stephen Timblin
- A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
March
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill
- The Sandman : Preludes & Nocturnes : [volume 1] by Neil Gaiman
- The Fiery Trial : Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner
- Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
April
- Doctor Who. Volume 1, Fugitive by Tony Lee
- Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life by James Martin
- God After Darwin by John F. Haught
May
- The House of Silk by Anthony Horwitz
- Sleepwalk With Me by Mike Birbilia
- The Walking Dead Book 2 by Robert Kirkman
- Bookhunter by Jason Shiga
- Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand (A)
- A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit
