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The Listener Best Books of 2012

Here is a list of the New Zealand Listener's best books of the year 2012. How many of these have you read?
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100 Lost Rock Albums From the 1970s (Matthew Ingram)
100 Lost Rock Albums From the 1970s
Matthew Ingram
2
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica (Chris Turney)
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
Chris Turney
3
2312 (Kim Stanley Robinson)
2312
Kim Stanley Robinson
4
The Absent One (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
The Absent One
Jussi Adler-Olsen
5
The Amber Amulet (Craig Silvey)
The Amber Amulet
Craig Silvey
6
An Indescribable Beauty (Friedrich August Krull)
An Indescribable Beauty
Friedrich August Krull
7
Ancient Light (John Banville)
Ancient Light
John Banville
8
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Oliver Burkeman)
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Oliver Burkeman
9
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel
10
The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature (Jane Stafford)
The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature
Jane Stafford
11
Avant Garde (Robin Maconie)
Avant Garde
Robin Maconie
12
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients (Ben Goldacre)
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Ben Goldacre
13
Beauties of the Octagonal Pool (Gregory O'Brien)
Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
Gregory O'Brien
14
The Big Music (Kirsty Gunn)
The Big Music
Kirsty Gunn
15
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain
16
Birds of Clay (Aleksandra Lane)
Birds of Clay
Aleksandra Lane
17
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
18
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka
19
Buller's Birds of New Zealand (Geoff Norman)
Buller's Birds of New Zealand
Geoff Norman
20
Canada
Canada
21
The Chemistry of Tears (Peter Carey)
The Chemistry of Tears
Peter Carey
22
Collected Poems 1956–2011 (Peter Bland)
Collected Poems 1956–2011
Peter Bland
23
The Comforter (Helen Lehndorf)
The Comforter
Helen Lehndorf
24
The Complete Poems (Philip Larkin)
The Complete Poems
Philip Larkin
25
The Convent (Maureen McCarthy)
The Convent
Maureen McCarthy
26
Country Girl
Country Girl
27
The Cove (Ron Rash)
The Cove
Ron Rash
28
The Darling North (Anne Kennedy)
The Darling North
Anne Kennedy
29
The Daylight Gate (Jeanette Winterson)
The Daylight Gate
Jeanette Winterson
30
Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems (Paula Green)
Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems
Paula Green
31
Dear Life: Stories (Alice Munro)
Dear Life: Stories
Alice Munro
32
Death on Demand (Paul Thomas)
Death on Demand
Paul Thomas
33
The Drover's Quest (Susan Brocker)
The Drover's Quest
Susan Brocker
34
The Edge of Nowhere (Elizabeth George)
The Edge of Nowhere
Elizabeth George
35
Elemental: Central Otago Poems (Brian Turner)
Elemental: Central Otago Poems
Brian Turner
36
The Elephant Keeper's Children (Peter Høeg)
The Elephant Keeper's Children
Peter Høeg
37
Farther Away (Jonathan Franzen)
Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen
38
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
39
The Forrests (Emily Perkins)
The Forrests
Emily Perkins
40
Friday Brown (Vikki Wakefield)
Friday Brown
Vikki Wakefield
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