Reading in 2012
In 2012 I read 150 new-to-me books, and about 40 books I'd read before. I don't record re-reads, but I do record the new ones, so this is the list, sorted and peered at. The numbers don't add up, before you ask, because I removed a number of titles for various reasons. (And no, I have not read 50 Shades...!)
Non-fiction, (very) roughly grouped by subject - 70
Living With Asperger Syndrome Joan Gomez
Born on a Blue Day Daniel Tammet
SuperSense, The Self Illusion Bruce Hood
The Psychic Tourist: A Voyage into the Curious World of Predicting the Future William Little
The Music Instinct Philip Ball
The Joy of Sin Simon Laham
The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind Jonah Lehrer
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error: The Meaning of Error in an Age of Certainty Kathryn Schultz
Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America And The World Barbara Ehrenreich
Teenagers: A Natural History David Bainbridge
Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing Katherine Aschenburg
What's Wrong with Eating People? & Do Llamas Fall in Love? Peter Cave
Bats Sing, Mice Giggle Karen Shanor & Jagmeet Kanwal
The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales from the Periodic Table Sam Kean
About The Size Of It Warwick Cairns
Is That A Fish In Your Ear? David Bellos
Never Eat Shredded Wheat Christopher Somerville
Reading the OED Ammon Shea
Filthy English: The How, Why, When & What of Everyday Swearing Peter Silverton
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English Henry Hitchings
Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling David Crystal
The 100 Words That Make The English Tony Thorne
The Library Book, various
The Horologicon Mark Forsyth
Reflections Diana Wynne Jones
Stasis Leaked Jane Killick
The Cambridge Guide to Fantasy Literature Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
The Classical Music Map of Britain Richard Fawkes
How The States Got Their Shapes Mark Stein
London's Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games: A Cautionary Tale Graeme Kent
London By Tube: A History of Underground Station Names David Revill
Vanished Kingdoms Norman Davies
Fagin's Children Jeanne Duckworth
The Time-Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England Ian Mortimer
All The Countries We've Ever Invaded Stuart Laycock
You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain Tim Moore
Real England: The Battle Against The Bland Paul Kingsnorth
An Edible History of Humanity Tom Standage
Taste Kate Colquhon
Population 485 Mark Perry
Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Bee Rowlat & May Witwit
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson: The Masters of Sitcom Christopher Stevens
Lady Worsley's Whim Hallie Rubenhold
Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister ed. Helena Whitbread
The First Time Kate Monro
One on One Craig Brown
Call The Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, In The Midst Of Life, Farewell to the East End Jennifer Worth
Speedbird Don Hill
Mummydaddy Jeremy Howe
Bossypants Tina Fey
Is It Just Me? Miranda Hart
Back Story David Mitchell
Paw Tracks In The Moonlight Denis O'Connor
The Hell Of It All, Dawn of the Dumb Charlie Brooker
Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks The Essential Alan Coren
No, It's Us Too! Miranda Hart
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson
Eyeballs Private Eye
School Fail Anna Tripp
Crap Dates ed. Rhodri Marsden
The Noticeably Stouter QI Book of General Ignorance John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off John Lloyd
The 100 Most Pointless Things In The World Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman
Knit, Swirl Sandra McIver
The Essential Guide to Colour Knitting Techniques Margaret Radcliffe
Fiction - 67
Baby Blues scrapbooks 26-28
The German Boy Patricia Wastvedt
The Two Week Wait Sarah Rayner
Winter Warmers Carole Matthews
Ophelia O and the Ante-Natal Mysteries Tanya Jones
Don't You Forget About Me Alexandra Potter
The Secrets Between Us, Missing You, The Love of My Life Louise Douglas
Breaking the Silence, The Lost Daughter, The Midwife's Confession, Before the Storm, The Shadow Wife, The Good Father, Secrets She Left Behind Diane Chamberlain
One Breath Away, These Things Hidden Heather Gudenkauf
Oh Dear Silvia Dawn French
Before I Met You Lisa Jewell
Stranded, The First Wife Emily Barr
The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society Barbara Zitwer
If Wishes Were Husbands Elizabeth Kyne
Plan C Lois Cahall
The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs Christina Hopkinson
I've Got Your Number Sophie Kinsella
Life and Soul of the Party Mike Gayle
Before I Go To Sleep S J Watson
Case Histories, One Good Turn Kate Atkinson
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9 Maxim Jakubowski
Cat O' Nine Tales Jeffrey Archer
The Maintenance of Headway Magnus Mills
The Itinerant Lodger, A Piece Of The Sky Is Missing, It Had To Be You, The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger David Nobbs
Dear Enemy Jean Webster
The Sky's Dark Labyrinth Stuart Clark
The King-Maker's Daughter Philippa Gregory
Master and God Lindsey Davies
Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Theft: A Love Story Peter Carey
The Other Thomas Tryon
A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker
Shadow of Night Deborah Harkness
The Islanders Christopher Priest
Ready Player One Ernest Cline
The Woman Who Died A Lot Jasper Fforde
Half-Sick of Shadows David Logan
Whispers Under Ground Ben Aaronovitch
The Long Earth Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
Dodger Terry Pratchett
A Blink of the Screen Terry Pratchett
Among Others Jo Walton
A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge
Earth Girl Janet Edwards
Forgotten, Revived Cat Patrick
Questors Joan Lennon
Here Lies Bridget Paige Harbison
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Moby Dick, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Gideon Defoe
Books by male authors: ~76
Books by female authors: ~67
(joint authoring affects these numbers)
Non-fiction, (very) roughly grouped by subject - 70
Living With Asperger Syndrome Joan Gomez
Born on a Blue Day Daniel Tammet
SuperSense, The Self Illusion Bruce Hood
The Psychic Tourist: A Voyage into the Curious World of Predicting the Future William Little
The Music Instinct Philip Ball
The Joy of Sin Simon Laham
The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind Jonah Lehrer
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error: The Meaning of Error in an Age of Certainty Kathryn Schultz
Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America And The World Barbara Ehrenreich
Teenagers: A Natural History David Bainbridge
Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing Katherine Aschenburg
What's Wrong with Eating People? & Do Llamas Fall in Love? Peter Cave
Bats Sing, Mice Giggle Karen Shanor & Jagmeet Kanwal
The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales from the Periodic Table Sam Kean
About The Size Of It Warwick Cairns
Is That A Fish In Your Ear? David Bellos
Never Eat Shredded Wheat Christopher Somerville
Reading the OED Ammon Shea
Filthy English: The How, Why, When & What of Everyday Swearing Peter Silverton
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English Henry Hitchings
Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling David Crystal
The 100 Words That Make The English Tony Thorne
The Library Book, various
The Horologicon Mark Forsyth
Reflections Diana Wynne Jones
Stasis Leaked Jane Killick
The Cambridge Guide to Fantasy Literature Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
The Classical Music Map of Britain Richard Fawkes
How The States Got Their Shapes Mark Stein
London's Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games: A Cautionary Tale Graeme Kent
London By Tube: A History of Underground Station Names David Revill
Vanished Kingdoms Norman Davies
Fagin's Children Jeanne Duckworth
The Time-Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England Ian Mortimer
All The Countries We've Ever Invaded Stuart Laycock
You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain Tim Moore
Real England: The Battle Against The Bland Paul Kingsnorth
An Edible History of Humanity Tom Standage
Taste Kate Colquhon
Population 485 Mark Perry
Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Bee Rowlat & May Witwit
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson: The Masters of Sitcom Christopher Stevens
Lady Worsley's Whim Hallie Rubenhold
Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister ed. Helena Whitbread
The First Time Kate Monro
One on One Craig Brown
Call The Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, In The Midst Of Life, Farewell to the East End Jennifer Worth
Speedbird Don Hill
Mummydaddy Jeremy Howe
Bossypants Tina Fey
Is It Just Me? Miranda Hart
Back Story David Mitchell
Paw Tracks In The Moonlight Denis O'Connor
The Hell Of It All, Dawn of the Dumb Charlie Brooker
Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks The Essential Alan Coren
No, It's Us Too! Miranda Hart
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson
Eyeballs Private Eye
School Fail Anna Tripp
Crap Dates ed. Rhodri Marsden
The Noticeably Stouter QI Book of General Ignorance John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off John Lloyd
The 100 Most Pointless Things In The World Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman
Knit, Swirl Sandra McIver
The Essential Guide to Colour Knitting Techniques Margaret Radcliffe
Fiction - 67
Baby Blues scrapbooks 26-28
The German Boy Patricia Wastvedt
The Two Week Wait Sarah Rayner
Winter Warmers Carole Matthews
Ophelia O and the Ante-Natal Mysteries Tanya Jones
Don't You Forget About Me Alexandra Potter
The Secrets Between Us, Missing You, The Love of My Life Louise Douglas
Breaking the Silence, The Lost Daughter, The Midwife's Confession, Before the Storm, The Shadow Wife, The Good Father, Secrets She Left Behind Diane Chamberlain
One Breath Away, These Things Hidden Heather Gudenkauf
Oh Dear Silvia Dawn French
Before I Met You Lisa Jewell
Stranded, The First Wife Emily Barr
The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society Barbara Zitwer
If Wishes Were Husbands Elizabeth Kyne
Plan C Lois Cahall
The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs Christina Hopkinson
I've Got Your Number Sophie Kinsella
Life and Soul of the Party Mike Gayle
Before I Go To Sleep S J Watson
Case Histories, One Good Turn Kate Atkinson
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9 Maxim Jakubowski
Cat O' Nine Tales Jeffrey Archer
The Maintenance of Headway Magnus Mills
The Itinerant Lodger, A Piece Of The Sky Is Missing, It Had To Be You, The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger David Nobbs
Dear Enemy Jean Webster
The Sky's Dark Labyrinth Stuart Clark
The King-Maker's Daughter Philippa Gregory
Master and God Lindsey Davies
Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim Jonathan Coe
Theft: A Love Story Peter Carey
The Other Thomas Tryon
A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker
Shadow of Night Deborah Harkness
The Islanders Christopher Priest
Ready Player One Ernest Cline
The Woman Who Died A Lot Jasper Fforde
Half-Sick of Shadows David Logan
Whispers Under Ground Ben Aaronovitch
The Long Earth Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
Dodger Terry Pratchett
A Blink of the Screen Terry Pratchett
Among Others Jo Walton
A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge
Earth Girl Janet Edwards
Forgotten, Revived Cat Patrick
Questors Joan Lennon
Here Lies Bridget Paige Harbison
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Moby Dick, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Gideon Defoe
Books by male authors: ~76
Books by female authors: ~67
(joint authoring affects these numbers)