New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 182,951 ratings
2.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,352 ratings
3.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,595 ratings
4.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating — 114,809 ratings
5.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,561 ratings
6.
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior 3.82 avg rating — 100,157 ratings
7.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,887 ratings
8.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating — 26,457 ratings
9.
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth 3.44 avg rating — 51,880 ratings
10.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,432 ratings
11.
Canada
Canada 3.52 avg rating — 27,802 ratings
12.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,460 ratings
13.
HHhH
HHhH 4.07 avg rating — 27,464 ratings
14.
Dear Life
Dear Life 3.75 avg rating — 39,622 ratings
15.
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity 4.27 avg rating — 22,183 ratings
16.
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue 3.40 avg rating — 21,576 ratings
17.
Alif the Unseen
Alif the Unseen 3.84 avg rating — 17,850 ratings
18.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,369 ratings
19.
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 3.89 avg rating — 24,499 ratings
20.
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories 4.17 avg rating — 4,556 ratings
21.
Arcadia
Arcadia 3.73 avg rating — 25,921 ratings
22.
The Testament of Mary
The Testament of Mary 3.65 avg rating — 18,183 ratings
23.
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by: Tom Reiss
4.02 avg rating — 21,030 ratings
24.
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman 3.79 avg rating — 22,902 ratings
25.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank 3.74 avg rating — 8,193 ratings
26.
Home
Home 3.83 avg rating — 27,289 ratings
27.
In One Person
In One Person 3.70 avg rating — 27,465 ratings
28.
Carry the One
Carry the One 3.12 avg rating — 10,098 ratings
29.
Swimming Home
Swimming Home 3.43 avg rating — 15,999 ratings
30.
How Should a Person Be?
How Should a Person Be? 3.33 avg rating — 16,642 ratings
31.
Shine Shine Shine
Shine Shine Shine 3.43 avg rating — 8,684 ratings
32.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic 4.42 avg rating — 20,023 ratings
33.
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power 4.05 avg rating — 42,294 ratings
34.
Fobbit
Fobbit 3.53 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
35.
Hope: A Tragedy
Hope: A Tragedy 3.45 avg rating — 5,463 ratings
36.
Watergate
Watergate 3.60 avg rating — 1,835 ratings
37.
Sessiz Ev
Sessiz Ev 3.74 avg rating — 9,635 ratings
38.
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis 4.11 avg rating — 9,933 ratings
39.
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 4.08 avg rating — 7,063 ratings
40.
Building Stories
Building Stories 4.33 avg rating — 7,322 ratings
41.
A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King 3.29 avg rating — 29,384 ratings
42.
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama 3.71 avg rating — 35,011 ratings
43.
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 3.80 avg rating — 5,642 ratings
44.
How Music Works
How Music Works 4.01 avg rating — 27,468 ratings
45.
At Last (Patrick Melrose, #5)
At Last (Patrick Melrose, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 5,788 ratings
46.
Gods Without Men
Gods Without Men 3.65 avg rating — 4,349 ratings
46.
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
by: Jim Holt
3.81 avg rating — 6,740 ratings
48.
City of Bohane
City of Bohane 3.84 avg rating — 4,903 ratings
49.
The Right-Hand Shore
The Right-Hand Shore 3.62 avg rating — 786 ratings
50.
San Miguel
San Miguel 3.69 avg rating — 4,586 ratings
51.
Married Love and Other Stories
Married Love and Other Stories 3.66 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
52.
Gathering of Waters
Gathering of Waters 4.01 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
53.
By Blood
By Blood 3.57 avg rating — 2,753 ratings
54.
Pure (Pure, #1)
Pure (Pure, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 25,236 ratings
55.
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy 3.66 avg rating — 702 ratings
56.
The Starboard Sea
The Starboard Sea 3.66 avg rating — 4,676 ratings
57.
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 19,288 ratings
58.
An American Spy (Milo Weaver, #3)
An American Spy (Milo Weaver, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 5,111 ratings
59.
On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths
On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths 3.88 avg rating — 169 ratings
60.
Shout Her Lovely Name
Shout Her Lovely Name 3.52 avg rating — 917 ratings
61.
Trois femmes puissantes
Trois femmes puissantes 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
62.
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution 3.75 avg rating — 1,948 ratings
63.
Barack Obama: The Story
Barack Obama: The Story 4.08 avg rating — 1,236 ratings
64.
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History 4.23 avg rating — 756 ratings
65.
Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan 3.99 avg rating — 992 ratings
66.
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life 3.64 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
67.
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future 3.78 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
68.
Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival
Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival 3.79 avg rating — 289 ratings
69.
Almost Never
Almost Never 3.70 avg rating — 529 ratings
70.
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 3.97 avg rating — 9,652 ratings
71.
The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food
The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food 4.12 avg rating — 500 ratings
72.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.44 avg rating — 992 ratings
73.
Enchantments
Enchantments 3.20 avg rating — 2,461 ratings
73.
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God 3.94 avg rating — 954 ratings
75.
All We Know: Three Lives
All We Know: Three Lives 3.57 avg rating — 269 ratings
76.
A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States
A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States 3.73 avg rating — 291 ratings
77.
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History 3.84 avg rating — 2,632 ratings
78.
The Obamas
The Obamas 3.69 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
79.
My Poets
My Poets 3.92 avg rating — 183 ratings
79.
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring 3.91 avg rating — 933 ratings
81.
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality 3.77 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
82.
Saul Steinberg: A Biography
Saul Steinberg: A Biography 4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings
83.
The Social Conquest of Earth
The Social Conquest of Earth 4.01 avg rating — 4,286 ratings
84.
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy 4.08 avg rating — 4,310 ratings
85.
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History 3.99 avg rating — 225 ratings
86.
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown 4.02 avg rating — 714 ratings
87.
The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories
The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories 3.69 avg rating — 65 ratings
88.
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party 3.99 avg rating — 399 ratings
89.
The Devil in Silver
The Devil in Silver 3.54 avg rating — 7,166 ratings
90.
The Forgetting Tree
The Forgetting Tree 3.06 avg rating — 1,863 ratings
91.
Toby's Room (Life Class, #2)
Toby's Room (Life Class, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 4,867 ratings
92.
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama 3.72 avg rating — 352 ratings
93.
American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf 4.16 avg rating — 306 ratings
94.
Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate
Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings
95.
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas 4.09 avg rating — 520 ratings
96.
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness 4.13 avg rating — 180 ratings
97.
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats 3.53 avg rating — 693 ratings
98.
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer 3.79 avg rating — 451 ratings
99.
Sometimes there is a Void – Memoirs of an Outsider
Sometimes there is a Void – Memoirs of an Outsider
by: Zakes Mda
3.98 avg rating — 114 ratings
100.
Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution
Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution 3.83 avg rating — 356 ratings