Read in 2012
- Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return Marjane Satrapi
-
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood
Atwood's credentials as a writer of style and substance show through. A recounting of an apocalyptic future as seen from an individual perspective. Not burdened down my lots of detail about the actual details of he ,event, instead choosing to create a mood and perspective that seems all too real.
- Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Getting Things Done David Allen
- Essential Classic X-Men, Vol. 3 : (Marvel Essentials)
- Dreaming of Jupiter Ted Simon
- Bradley Wiggins: My Time : An Autobiography Bradley Wiggins
- A.A. Gill is away A. A. Gill
- Diaries Alan Clark
- The Gun Seller Hugh Laurie
- The Bedwetter : Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee Sarah Silverman
- City Clifford D. Simak
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The Elephant Vanishes
Haruki Murakami
A very sparse and intriguing writing style had me curiously ,aptivated. At the end of many of the stories I was by surprised by the brevity of the endings, yet not annoyed since the hole ,story had been strange and curious.
- Here Comes Everybody : The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Clay Shirky
- Stasiland : Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Anna Funder
- Bloody Streets of Paris Jacques Tardi
-
Wide-Eyed and Legless
: Inside the Tour de France
Jeff Connor
Reasonably interesting coverage about the ill fated ,ANC-Halfords team, but not a huge amount of depth.
- The Authority : Kev Garth Ennis
- Charge! Justin Pollard