Books and Movies of 2012

Here are the books I read and the movies I saw in the theater in 2012. (Previous years: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006)

I some great books last year. I especially enjoyed Mocking Jay, Steve Jobs, Murder Must Advertise, Unfamiliar Fishes, Await Your Reply, and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. But, Gaudy Night was by far my favorite (even though I technically finished it in 2013).

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
In the Image by Dara Horn
The Financial Lives of Poets by Jess Walter
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl (re-read)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall
The Con Before Christmas by Erik Hanberg
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Moor by Laurie R. King
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (in progress)

For whatever reason, I didn't see many movies this year. But, they were all great and the soundtrack from The Descendants has been on a constant loop since I saw the movie.

The Descendants
Jeff Who Lives at Home
The Avengers
Liberal Arts
Looper
Skyfall
Lincoln