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NYT 100 Notable Books of 2012 - Page 2

The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
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Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue
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Colm Toibin: The Testament of Mary
Colm Toibin: The Testament of Mary
43
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her
44
Three Strong Women (Marie Ndiaye)
Three Strong Women
Marie Ndiaye
45
Toby's Room (Pat Barker)
Toby's Room
Pat Barker
46
Watergate (Thomas Mallon)
Watergate
Thomas Mallon
47
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
48
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
49
All We Know: Three Lives (Lisa Cohen)
All We Know: Three Lives
Lisa Cohen
50
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (Rachel A. Swarns)
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
Rachel A. Swarns
51
American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf (James Dodson)
American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
James Dodson
52
Are You My Mother?
Are You My Mother?
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
54
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
55
Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate (Ivor Noël Hume)
Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate
Ivor Noël Hume
56
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Reiss
57
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (Florence Williams)
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
Florence Williams
58
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (Charles Murray)
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
Charles Murray
59
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution (Rebecca Stott)
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
Rebecca Stott
60
A Disposition to Be Rich (Geoffrey C. Ward)
A Disposition to Be Rich
Geoffrey C. Ward
61
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon
62
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence V. Texas (Dale Carpenter)
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence V. Texas
Dale Carpenter
63
Deceit and Self-Deception by Robert Trivers
Deceit and Self-Deception by Robert Trivers
64
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness (Kevin Young)
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
Kevin Young
65
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (Laurent Dubois)
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
Laurent Dubois
66
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Paul Tough)
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough
67
How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works
David Byrne
68
Iron Curtain : The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956 (Anne Applebaum)
Iron Curtain : The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956
Anne Applebaum
69
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats (Roger Rosenblatt)
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats
Roger Rosenblatt
70
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History (John Fabian Witt)
Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History
John Fabian Witt
71
Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan (Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
72
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer (Susan Gubar)
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer
Susan Gubar
73
My Poets (Maureen N. McLane)
My Poets
Maureen N. McLane
74
The Obamas (Jodi Kantor)
The Obamas
Jodi Kantor
75
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms With His Sexuality (John R. Schwartz)
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms With His Sexuality
John R. Schwartz
76
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring (William Souder)
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
William Souder
77
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - And Future (Karen Elliott House)
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - And Future
Karen Elliott House
78
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown (R.J. Smith)
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
R.J. Smith
79
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
Robert A. Caro
80
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy (David Nasaw)
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
David Nasaw
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