The New York Times Notable Books of the YearFiction & Poetry2012

Given by The New York Times Book Review

Other Names: The New York Times Book Review's A Selection of Noteworthy Titles, The New York Times Book Review's Books for Christmas (1933-1941), The New York Times Book Review's Christmas Checklist (1947-1948), The New York Times Book Review's A Christmas Guide for Readers (1949 - 1968), The New York Times Book Review's Other Outstanding Books of the Year (1969), The New York Times Book Review's A Selected List From Books of the Year (1970), The New York Times Book Review's A Selection of the Best Books of the Year (1978-1979), A New York Times Notable Book
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The New York Times Book Review's annual list of "Notable Books", currently numbering 100.


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All, American Scene (36), Art (13), Art & Architecture (2), Art, Music & Popular Culture (6), Arts, Drama, Music (8), Autobiography & Biography (75), Belles Lettres (3), Biography (13), Children's Books (8), Crime (1), Current Affairs & Social Comment (10), Education (4), Essays & Criticism (17), Essays and Belles-Lettres (1), Essays, Letters & Criticism (5), Fiction (336), Fiction & Poetry (402), Fiction - Comics/Graphics (2), Fiction - Poetry (1), Fiction - Stories (16), Fiction - Thrillers (5), Fiction/Poetry (53), History (5), Humor (2), Music (1), Nonfiction (602), Nonfiction - Biography (2), Nonfiction - Biography - Current Affairs (1), Nonfiction - Biography - History (4), Nonfiction - Biography - Sports (2), Nonfiction - Comics/Graphics (1), Nonfiction - Current Affairs (8), Nonfiction - Essays (4), Nonfiction - Foreign Affairs (2), Nonfiction - History (28), Nonfiction - History - Current Affairs (2), Nonfiction - History - Memoir (1), Nonfiction - History - Sports (1), Nonfiction - Memoir (55), Nonfiction - Memoir - Comics/Graphics (1), Nonfiction - Science (10), Nonfiction - Science - History (1), Nonfiction - Sociology (1), Nonfiction - Sociology - Current Affairs (1), Poetry (10), Politics (1), Religion (18), Science & Social Science (1), Science Fiction (1), Thriller (1), Travel, Adventure (2), No Category (197)
Years:
All, 2017 (50), 2016 (49), 2013 (1), 2012 (53), 2011 (3), 2010 (48), 2009 (45), 2008 (48), 2007 (50), 2006 (48), 2005 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (2), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1996 (1)
WorkYear
Fobbit by David Abrams
2012
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie
2012
Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
2012
At Last by Edward St. Aubyn
2012
Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel by Shalom Auslander
2012
Pure by Julianna Baggott
2012
Toby's Room by Pat Barker
2012
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
2012
HHhH by Laurent Binet
2012
San Miguel by T.C. Boyle
2012
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash
2012
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
2012
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
2012
The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
2012
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
2012
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories by Nathan Englander
2012
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
2012
Canada by Richard Ford
2012
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
2012
Collected Poems by Jack Gilbert
2012
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
2012
Married Love by Tessa Hadley
2012
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison
2012
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
2012
In One Person by John Irving
2012
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
2012
Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru
2012
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
2012
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
2012
Watergate by Thomas Mallon
2012
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
2012
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
2012
Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden
2012
Home by Toni Morrison
2012
Dear Life by Alice Munro
2012
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye
2012
Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer
2012
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
2012
On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths by Lucia Perillo
2012
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
2012
Almost Never by Daniel Sada
2012
Shout Her Lovely Name by Natalie Serber
2012
NW by Zadie Smith
2012
The Forgetting Tree: A Novel by Tatjana Soli
2012
An American Spy by Olen Steinhauer
2012
The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories by Steve Stern
2012
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
2012
The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel by Christopher Tilghman
2012
By Blood by Ellen Ullman
2012
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
2012
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
2012
Building Stories by Chris Ware
2012
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
2012

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