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San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2012

Here is a list of the San Francisco Chronicle's best books of 2012. How many of these have you read?
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Aerogrammes: And Other Stories (Tania James)
Aerogrammes: And Other Stories
1
Tania James
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
2
Alison Bechdel
Astray (Emma Donoghue)
Astray
3
Emma Donoghue
Battleborn (Claire Vaye Watkins)
Battleborn
4
Claire Vaye Watkins
Beautiful Ruins (Jess Walter)
Beautiful Ruins
5
Jess Walter
Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing
6
The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies (David Thomson)
The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies
7
David Thomson
Blasphemy (Sherman Alexie)
Blasphemy
8
Sherman Alexie
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (Florence Williams)
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
9
Florence Williams
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
10
Hilary Mantel
Building Stories (Chris Ware)
Building Stories
11
Chris Ware
Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner (Lily Raff McCaulou)
Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner
12
Lily Raff McCaulou
Capital (John Lanchester)
Capital
13
John Lanchester
Cézanne: A Life (Alex Danchev)
Cézanne: A Life
14
Alex Danchev
City of Bohane (Kevin Barry)
City of Bohane
15
Kevin Barry
Contents May Have Shifted
Contents May Have Shifted
16
Crazy Brave (Joy Harjo)
Crazy Brave
17
Joy Harjo
David Park: A Painter's Life (Nancy Boas)
David Park: A Painter's Life
18
Nancy Boas
Detroit City Is the Place to Be (Mark Binelli)
Detroit City Is the Place to Be
19
Mark Binelli
Dirt (David Vann)
Dirt
20
David Vann
The Dog Stars (Peter Heller)
The Dog Stars
21
Peter Heller
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies (Ben Macintyre)
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
22
Ben Macintyre
Dreaming in French (Alice Kaplan)
Dreaming in French
23
Alice Kaplan
Drifting House (Krys Lee)
Drifting House
24
Krys Lee
Enchantment (Thaisa Frank)
Enchantment
25
Thaisa Frank
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
26
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King (Rich Cohen)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
27
Rich Cohen
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence V. Texas (Dale Carpenter)
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence V. Texas
28
Dale Carpenter
Forgotten Country (Catherine Chung)
Forgotten Country
29
Catherine Chung
Fraternity (Diane Brady)
Fraternity
30
Diane Brady
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi (Aman Sethi)
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
31
Aman Sethi
God's Hotel (Victoria Sweet)
God's Hotel
32
Victoria Sweet
Gods Without Men (Hari Kunzru)
Gods Without Men
33
Hari Kunzru
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
34
Gillian Flynn
Gone to the Forest (Katie Kitamura)
Gone to the Forest
35
Katie Kitamura
The Great Animal Orchestra (Bernie Krause)
The Great Animal Orchestra
36
Bernie Krause
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness (Kevin Young)
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
37
Kevin Young
Half-Blood Blues
Half-Blood Blues
38
Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories (Lucia Perillo)
Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories
39
Lucia Perillo
Hhhh (Laurent Binet)
Hhhh
40
Laurent Binet
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