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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
1
Matthew Ingram
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica (Chris Turney)
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
2
Chris Turney
2312 (Kim Stanley Robinson)
2312
3
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Absent One (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
The Absent One
4
Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Amber Amulet (Craig Silvey)
The Amber Amulet
5
Craig Silvey
An Indescribable Beauty (Friedrich August Krull)
An Indescribable Beauty
6
Friedrich August Krull
Ancient Light (John Banville)
Ancient Light
7
John Banville
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Oliver Burkeman)
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
8
Oliver Burkeman
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
9
Alison Bechdel
The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature (Jane Stafford)
The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature
10
Jane Stafford
Avant Garde (Robin Maconie)
Avant Garde
11
Robin Maconie
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients (Ben Goldacre)
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
12
Ben Goldacre
Beauties of the Octagonal Pool (Gregory O'Brien)
Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
13
Gregory O'Brien
The Big Music (Kirsty Gunn)
The Big Music
14
Kirsty Gunn
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
15
Ben Fountain
Birds of Clay (Aleksandra Lane)
Birds of Clay
16
Aleksandra Lane
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
17
Hilary Mantel
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
18
Julie Otsuka
Buller's Birds of New Zealand (Geoff Norman)
Buller's Birds of New Zealand
19
Geoff Norman
Canada
Canada
20
The Chemistry of Tears (Peter Carey)
The Chemistry of Tears
21
Peter Carey
Collected Poems 1956–2011 (Peter Bland)
Collected Poems 1956–2011
22
Peter Bland
The Comforter (Helen Lehndorf)
The Comforter
23
Helen Lehndorf
The Complete Poems (Philip Larkin)
The Complete Poems
24
Philip Larkin
The Convent (Maureen McCarthy)
The Convent
25
Maureen McCarthy
Country Girl
Country Girl
26
The Cove (Ron Rash)
The Cove
27
Ron Rash
The Darling North (Anne Kennedy)
The Darling North
28
Anne Kennedy
The Daylight Gate (Jeanette Winterson)
The Daylight Gate
29
Jeanette Winterson
Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems (Paula Green)
Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems
30
Paula Green
Dear Life: Stories (Alice Munro)
Dear Life: Stories
31
Alice Munro
Death on Demand (Paul Thomas)
Death on Demand
32
Paul Thomas
The Drover's Quest (Susan Brocker)
The Drover's Quest
33
Susan Brocker
The Edge of Nowhere (Elizabeth George)
The Edge of Nowhere
34
Elizabeth George
Elemental: Central Otago Poems (Brian Turner)
Elemental: Central Otago Poems
35
Brian Turner
The Elephant Keeper's Children (Peter Høeg)
The Elephant Keeper's Children
36
Peter Høeg
Farther Away (Jonathan Franzen)
Farther Away
37
Jonathan Franzen
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
38
John Green
The Forrests (Emily Perkins)
The Forrests
39
Emily Perkins
Friday Brown (Vikki Wakefield)
Friday Brown
40
Vikki Wakefield
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