Amazon's Books of the Year: Top 100 Picks for 2012

1.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating β€” 5,580,167 ratings
2.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,358,247 ratings
3.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,595 ratings
4.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 190,386 ratings
5.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating β€” 465,695 ratings
6.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 4.03 avg rating β€” 147,988 ratings
7.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating β€” 102,948 ratings
8.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 214,013 ratings
9.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,352 ratings
10.
The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club 3.81 avg rating β€” 55,523 ratings
11.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating β€” 99,561 ratings
12.
Defending Jacob
Defending Jacob really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 308,588 ratings
13.
Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins 3.68 avg rating β€” 182,951 ratings
14.
Mortality
Mortality 4.12 avg rating β€” 29,012 ratings
15.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 850,420 ratings
16.
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 β€” 22,183 ratings
17.
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles 3.66 avg rating β€” 94,137 ratings
18.
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth 3.44 avg rating β€” 51,880 ratings
19.
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior 3.82 avg rating β€” 100,157 ratings
20.
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 β€” 114,809 ratings
21.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating β€” 166,394 ratings
22.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating β€” 45,369 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 β€” 21,030 ratings
24.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,861,159 ratings
25.
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars 3.95 avg rating β€” 69,773 ratings
26.
The Orchardist
The Orchardist 3.80 avg rating β€” 47,692 ratings
27.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating β€” 30,887 ratings
28.
Dear Life
Dear Life 3.75 avg rating β€” 39,622 ratings
29.
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue 3.40 avg rating β€” 21,576 ratings
30.
The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
The Twelve (The Passage, #2) 4.03 avg rating β€” 104,803 ratings
31.
Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
Phantom (Harry Hole, #9) 4.11 avg rating β€” 50,483 ratings
32.
Half Blood Blues
Half Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating β€” 17,536 ratings
33.
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder 4.10 avg rating β€” 55,990 ratings
34.
A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King 3.29 avg rating β€” 29,384 ratings
35.
Every Day (Every Day, #1)
Every Day (Every Day, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 241,678 ratings
36.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 4.13 avg rating β€” 549,070 ratings
37.
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) 4.40 avg rating β€” 19,288 ratings
38.
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,065,434 ratings
39.
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power 4.05 avg rating β€” 42,294 ratings
40.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating β€” 26,457 ratings
41.
Carry the One
Carry the One 3.12 avg rating β€” 10,098 ratings
42.
Fobbit
Fobbit 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,143 ratings
43.
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Failβ€”But Some Don't
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Failβ€”But Some Don't 3.97 avg rating β€” 51,882 ratings
44.
Sutton
Sutton 3.84 avg rating β€” 10,610 ratings
45.
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire 4.15 avg rating β€” 4,122 ratings
46.
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 β€” 9,933 ratings
47.
Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-loving New York
Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-loving New York 3.66 avg rating β€” 2,026 ratings
48.
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat 3.85 avg rating β€” 10,086 ratings
49.
Why We Broke Up
Why We Broke Up 3.47 avg rating β€” 59,285 ratings
50.
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) 4.38 avg rating β€” 172,968 ratings
51.
Fraternity
Fraternity 3.86 avg rating β€” 423 ratings
51.
The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society
The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society 3.39 avg rating β€” 660 ratings
53.
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving 3.78 avg rating β€” 11,190 ratings
53.
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman 3.79 avg rating β€” 22,902 ratings
55.
The Headmaster's Wager
The Headmaster's Wager 3.88 avg rating β€” 5,120 ratings
56.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir 3.65 avg rating β€” 9,221 ratings
57.
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking 4.04 avg rating β€” 15,949 ratings
58.
Wilderness
Wilderness 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,680 ratings
59.
Dare Me
Dare Me 3.24 avg rating β€” 29,869 ratings
60.
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 β€” 24,499 ratings
60.
Threats
Threats 3.02 avg rating β€” 2,460 ratings
62.
The Middlesteins
The Middlesteins 3.44 avg rating β€” 20,847 ratings
63.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank 3.74 avg rating β€” 8,193 ratings
64.
Lionel Asbo: State of England
Lionel Asbo: State of England 3.32 avg rating β€” 4,598 ratings
65.
Shine Shine Shine
Shine Shine Shine 3.43 avg rating β€” 8,684 ratings
66.
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power 3.99 avg rating β€” 4,162 ratings
67.
The Absolutist
The Absolutist 4.10 avg rating β€” 22,487 ratings
68.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating β€” 44,460 ratings
69.
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1) 3.77 avg rating β€” 34,842 ratings
70.
May We Be Forgiven
May We Be Forgiven 3.67 avg rating β€” 16,613 ratings
71.
By Blood
By Blood 3.57 avg rating β€” 2,753 ratings
72.
Life Among Giants
Life Among Giants 3.43 avg rating β€” 2,890 ratings
73.
500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,148 ratings
74.
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,955 ratings
75.
How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself 3.35 avg rating β€” 519 ratings
76.
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories 3.85 avg rating β€” 3,128 ratings
77.
America Again
America Again 3.85 avg rating β€” 13,066 ratings
78.
My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays
My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays 3.61 avg rating β€” 2,264 ratings
79.
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories 3.43 avg rating β€” 1,352 ratings
80.
In Sunlight and in Shadow
In Sunlight and in Shadow 3.55 avg rating β€” 4,133 ratings
80.
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 3.57 avg rating β€” 1,691 ratings
82.
Toby's Room (Life Class, #2)
Toby's Room (Life Class, #2) 3.77 avg rating β€” 4,867 ratings
83.
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by: Mark Owen
4.03 avg rating β€” 56,925 ratings
84.
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden 3.85 avg rating β€” 3,360 ratings
85.
The Thief
The Thief 3.52 avg rating β€” 8,128 ratings
86.
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are 3.83 avg rating β€” 2,095 ratings
87.
My Mother Was Nuts
My Mother Was Nuts 3.84 avg rating β€” 14,044 ratings
88.
Hallucinations
Hallucinations 3.93 avg rating β€” 24,811 ratings
89.
Live by Night (Coughlin, #2)
Live by Night (Coughlin, #2) 3.92 avg rating β€” 26,119 ratings
90.
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 4.08 avg rating β€” 7,063 ratings
91.
Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson
Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson 3.79 avg rating β€” 551 ratings
92.
When It Happens to You
When It Happens to You 3.58 avg rating β€” 5,732 ratings
93.
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,997 ratings
94.
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City 3.77 avg rating β€” 670 ratings
95.
Afterwards
Afterwards 3.81 avg rating β€” 18,965 ratings
96.
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness 4.03 avg rating β€” 38,460 ratings
97.
Truth Like the Sun
Truth Like the Sun
by: Jim Lynch
3.34 avg rating β€” 1,671 ratings
98.
The Coldest Night
The Coldest Night 3.43 avg rating β€” 1,094 ratings
99.
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Χ€Χͺאום Χ“Χ€Χ™Χ§Χ” Χ‘Χ“ΧœΧͺ 3.92 avg rating β€” 7,970 ratings
100.
Delicacy
Delicacy 3.81 avg rating β€” 24,576 ratings