Best and Worst 2012

I read about 35 fiction and 5 non-fiction books this year and viewed hundreds of movies, half were foreign language. Most on this list came out in 2012; some a few years ago. Not included here are non-fiction books and movies.

Books Fiction
Best

1Q84
Haruki Murakami

Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco

Timbuctoo
Tahir Shah

Odd Apocalypse
Dean Koontz

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell



Worst

50 Shades of Grey
E. L. James

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith

The Man from Beijing
Henning Mankell

The Casual Vacancy
J. K. Rowling



Movies (Fiction)
Best

Marvel's The Avengers

50/50

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Coraline

Headhunters




Worst

The Hunger Games

Brave

Drive

The Raid: Redemption

The Adventures of Tintin




Music

Charmer
Aimee Mann

Made Possible
the bad plus

Never Trust a Happy Song
Grouplove



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