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2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title

* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Book Title 100 to 1 in the Stock Market 50 Shades Darker 50 Shades Free 50 Shades Of Gray A Few Lessons For Investors And Managers From Warren E. Buffett A Financial History of Western Europe A Good Indian Wife A History of Financial Crises A River Runs Through It A Technique for Producing Ideas A Tour Of The Calculus Alexander Hamilton All the Devils Are Here An American Spy An Improvised Life Andrew Carnegie Angela's Ashes Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google Art Of Fielding Atlas Shrugged Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Badass Bailout Baruch: My Own Story Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century Biography Of Andrew Jackson Black Friday Blink Bloodland Book of Genesis: A Biography Boomerang: The Biggest Bust Born To Run Breaking The Maya Code Breakthrough Rapid Reading Bringing Up the Bodies

Author Thomas Phelps E.l. James E.l. James E.l. James Peter Bevelin Charles Kindleberger Anne Cherian Charles P. Kindleberger Norman Maclean James Webb Young David Berlinksi Ron Chernow Bethany McLean Olen Steinhauer Alan Arkin Joseph Frazier Wall Frank Mccourt Nassim Taleb William Poundstone Chad Harbach Ayn Rand Benjamin Franklin Ben Thompson Neil Barofsky Bernard Baruch Katherine Boo Walter Isaacson Burton Richter Robert Remini Alex Kava Malcolm Gladwell Alan Glynn Ronald Hendel Michael Lewis Christopher Mcdougall Michael Coe Peter Kump Hilary Mantel

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Business & Finance 4 28 Fiction 1 4 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 2 14 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Fiction 1 1 Business & Finance 1 4 Fiction 1 2 Social Science 1 4 Science & Nature 1 3 Biography & Memoir 2 8 Business & Finance 1 1 Fiction 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Biography & Memoir 2 8 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Business & Finance 7 39 Business & Finance 2 8 Fiction 1 4 Fiction 11 46 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 3 8 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Social Science 1 4 Biography & Memoir 3 13 Social Science 1 3 History 2 6 Fiction 1 2 Social Science 4 12 Fiction 1 4 Religion 1 1 Business & Finance 1 7 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Science & Nature 1 4 Self-Help 1 7 History 6 25

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

Book Title Author Bruce Peter Carlin Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street fromBair Sheila Itself Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman Carry The One Carol Anshaw Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Robert Massie Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin China Airborne James Fallows Civilization: The West And The Rest Niall Ferguson Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960/2010 Charles Murray Cooperating Rivals Jeffrey Sosland Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle Of The (mis)management.. Tony Griffiths Cracking The Code: Understand And Profit... Jim Mellon Currency Wars James Rickards Cutting For Stone Abraham Verghese Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution Rebecca Stott Days of God: Revolution in Iran James Buchan D-Day: The Battle for Normandy Antony Beevor Debt: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber Defending Jacob William Landay Demons of our Own Design Richard Bookstaber Different Youngme Moon Dominion C.J. Sansom Drive Daniel Pink Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics PJ O'Rourke Einstein: His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson Eisenhower, A Soldiers Life Carlo D'este End Game Frank Brady Exile on Wall Street Mike Mayo Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk Satyajit Das Fall Of Giants Ken Follett Fitgeralds And Kennedys Doris Kearns Fooled By Randomness Nassim Taleb Fooling Houdini Alex Stone Fooling Some of the People All of the Time David Einhorn Fortune's Formula William Poundstone Foundation Isaac Asimov Fountainhead Ayn Rand

Genre Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir History History Social Science History Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Social Science History History Business & Finance Mystery Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Business & Finance Biography & Memoir History Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Fiction

Times Recommended Rank* 2 7 1 4 3 14 1 2 1 3 1 3 2 7 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 7 1 7 2 4 2 10 2 11 1 3 1 2 1 7 2 6 1 2 4 12 6 10 1 3 2 6 2 5 1 7 2 4 1 1 2 6 1 7 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 9 2 6 1 4 1 3 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

Book Title Author Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everyting Steven Levitt Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government Yaron Brook Game of Thrones George Martin Globalization and Its Enemies Daniel Cohen Golf's Sacred Journey David Cook Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Good to Great Jim Collins Hedge Fund Market Wizards Jack Schwager Hedgehogging Barton Biggs How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes Peter Schiff How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having It All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity Robert Peston How Music Works David Byrne How To Tell What People Are Thinking Peter Collett Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain Ray Perman Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Ludwig von Mises Ice Age: How a Change of Climate Made Us Human John Gribbin Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World Evan Thomas Iliad 0 Homer Imagine Johan Lehrer In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic David Wessel In The Garden Of Beasts Erik Larson Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Steven Levy Integrity Henry Cloud Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham Intelligent Memory Barry Gordon Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum Jerusalem, Jerusalem James Carroll Justice Michael Sandel Killing Lincoln Bill O'reilly Letter On Corpulence William Banting Liar's Poker Michael Lewis Life of Pi Yann Martel Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Liaquat Ahamed Margin of Safety Seth Klarman Market Wizards Jack Schwager Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership Barry Strauss Mastery Robert Greene

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Business & Finance 2 6 Politics 2 9 Fiction 3 14 Business & Finance 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Fiction 8 36 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Social Science 1 3 Business & Finance 1 7 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 3 History 1 4 History 1 1 Fiction 1 3 Social Science 2 6 Business & Finance 2 14 History 2 14 Business & Finance 2 4 Self-Help 1 2 Business & Finance 1 4 Self-Help 1 2 History 1 2 History 1 3 Social Science 1 2 History 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Business & Finance 1 4 Fiction 2 14 Business & Finance 4 15 Business & Finance 2 11 Business & Finance 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Social Science 2 8

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152

Book Title Author Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides Millionaire Janet Gleeson Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Brian Wansink Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don't See Them Coming Gary B. Gorton Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, And The Power Of A Dynasty Jennifer Clark Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Michael Lewis Monsoon Robert Kaplan Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Froer My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough Nemesis Philip Roth No Easy Day Mark Owen No Less Than Victory Jeff Shaara Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Richard Thaler Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams Charles King One Last Thing Before I Go Jonathan Tropper One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way Robert Maurer One Up On Wall Street Peter Lynch Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Overhaul: An Insider's Account Steven Rattner Paul McCartney: A Life Peter Carlin Peddling Prosperity Paul Krugman People Who Eat Darkenss Richard Parry Personal History Katherine Graham Philosophy: Who Needs It? Ayn Rand Pillars Of The Earth Ken Follett Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Supe Chrystia Freeland Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance Madeleine Albright Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption and the Hijacking of America H. Ferguson Charles Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Ta Susan Cain Rafa Rafael Nadal Raven Stole The Moon Garth Stein Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin Lefevre River Of Doubt Candace Millard Screw It - Let's Do It Richard Branson Security Analysis Benjamin Graham Sexy Boss Heaher Havenwood

Genre Humor Fiction History Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Politics Social Science Fiction Fiction Fiction History Fiction Social Science History Fiction Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Philosophy Fiction Social Science Biography & Memoir Social Science Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Self-Help

Times Recommended Rank* 1 2 1 7 1 3 4 11 1 2 1 4 1 7 1 4 3 6 1 1 1 4 1 4 5 17 1 3 8 26 1 2 1 7 1 4 1 3 7 28 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 8 1 3 1 7 1 1 1 4 2 8 1 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 7 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

Book Title Author Genre Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government and the Free Market Janine Wedel Social Science Shantaram Gregory Roberts Fiction Sleeping With Your Smartphone Leslie Perlow Social Science Stabilizing an Unstable Economy Hyman Minsky Business & Finance Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson Biography & Memoir Strengths Finder 2.0 Tom Rath Business & Finance Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan Fiction Talent is Overrated Geoff Colvin Social Science Tap Dancing To Work Carol Loomis Business & Finance Team Of Rivals Doris Kearns History Texas James Michner Fiction The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson Fiction The Age of Capital: 1848/1875 Eric Hobsbawm Business & Finance The Age of the Unthinkable Joshua Ramo Social Science The Alpha Master Maneet Ahuja Business & Finance The Art Of Fielding Chad Harbach Fiction The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Stephen Pinker Social Science The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis Business & Finance The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Nassim Taleb Social Science The Blindside Michael Lewis Social Science The Book Thief Markuz Zooste Fiction The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Atul Gawande Social Science The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph A. Tainter Social Science The Control Revolution: Tech. & Econ. Origins Of Info. Soc. James Beniger Social Science The Cost of Hope Amanda Bennett Biography & Memoir The Dim Hypothesis: Why The Lights Of The West Are Going Out Leonard Peikoff Philosophy The Dog Stars Peter Heller Fiction The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Leonard Mlodinow Social Science The Einstein Of Money Joe Carlen Business & Finance The Emotionally Intelligent Investor Ravee Mehta Business & Finance The Emperor of all Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee Medical The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge Business & Finance The Fountainhead Amity Shlaes History The Grand Slam Mark Frost History The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Will Durant Social Science The Halo Effect Phil Rosenzweig Business & Finance The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Fiction The Hare With The Amber Eyes Edmund De Waal Fiction

Times Recommended Rank* 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 4 12 80 1 4 3 9 4 9 4 14 6 30 1 2 1 4 1 3 4 12 1 2 1 1 9 31 5 19 1 4 5 29 2 11 2 3 1 4 1 7 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 4 2 4 1 7 1 4 2 8 1 4 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228

Book Title The Hobbit The Honest Truth About Dishonesty The Hydrogen Sonata The Innovator's Dilemma The Invisable Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us The Jesuit Guide To (almost) Everything The Journeyer The Kitchen God's Wife The Last Lion The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace The Match The Most Important Thing The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies The New Depression The Next Decade The Outpost The Pallbearers The Panther The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life & Turbulent Times of Joseph Kennedy The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins The Poisonwood Bible The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business The Power Of One The Power of Productivity The Prisoner Of Heaven The Quest The Racketeer The Rational Optimist The Revenge Of Geography The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion The Road to Serfdom The Secret Race The Signal and the Noise The Singapore Story The Social Animal The Social Conquest Of Earth

Author J.R. Tolken Dan Ariely Iain M. Banks Clayton Christensen Christopher Chabris James Martin Gary Jennings Amy Tan William Manchester H.W. Brands Mark Frost Howard Marks Bryan Caplan Richard Duncan George Friedman Jake Tapper Stephen Cannell Nelson Demille Richard McGregor Robert Caro David Nasaw Jeff Connaughton Barbara Kingsolver Charles Duhigg Bryce Courtenay William Lewis Carolos Ruiz Zafon Daniel Yergin John Grisham Matt Ridley Robert Kaplan Jonathan Haidt Friedrich Hayek Tyler Hamilton Nate Silver Lee Kuan Yew David Brooks Eo Wilson

Genre Fiction Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Social Science Religion Fiction Fiction Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir History Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance Social Science History Fiction Fiction History Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Fiction Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Fiction Business & Finance History Social Science Business & Finance Sports & Recreation Social Science Biography & Memoir Social Science Science & Nature

Times Recommended Rank* 5 29 8 32 1 1 2 7 2 7 1 7 1 1 1 3 4 14 1 7 1 4 1 7 2 11 1 3 1 3 4 12 5 12 1 7 1 2 14 76 4 16 1 4 2 6 5 22 1 7 2 8 1 7 3 12 6 33 8 22 1 4 2 10 1 2 1 1 14 71 1 4 1 3 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

Book Title Author The Storm Margriet De Moor The Storm Of War Andrew Roberts The Success Equation Jonathan Gottschall The Talent Code Daniel Coyle The Tao of Pooh Benjamin Hoff The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell The Tourist Olen Steinhauer The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce The Upside of Turbulence Donald Sull The Value Investors Ronald Chan The Virtuous Egoist Tara Smith The Visible Hand Alfred Chandler The Warmth Of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 Dick Couch The Willpower Instinct Kelly Mcgonigal Thinking About Leadership Nannerl O. Keohane Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Rogoff & Reinhart Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham Thunderdog Michael Hingson Thunderstruck Erik Larson Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading Jonathan Fenby Titan Ron Chernow Titan: The Life Of John D, Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Today We Are Rich Tim Sanders Too Many Murders Colleen McCullough Toxic Charity Robert Lupton Triumphs Of Experience George Vaillant Turning Pro Steven Pressfield Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Universal Principles Of Design William Lidwell Unlikely Pilgrimage Ofharoldfr Rachel Joyce Value Investing James Montier Vanished Kingdoms Norman Davies Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence William Silber Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination Frank Partnoy Washington: A Life Ron Chernow

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Fiction 1 1 History 4 28 Social Science 2 4 Self-Help 1 3 Philosophy 1 2 Social Science 7 22 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 2 6 Philosophy 1 3 History 1 1 History 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Self-Help 1 2 Social Science 1 2 Social Science 13 50 Business & Finance 1 7 Biography & Memoir 5 26 Biography & Memoir 1 3 History 1 1 Social Science 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Social Science 1 2 Science & Nature 1 7 Self-Help 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Computer & Technology 1 4 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 2 History 1 7 Business & Finance 5 23 Social Science 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Title


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281

Book Title We Are Animals Wealth, War, And Wisdom What Is The What What Technology Wants What Works On Wall Street Wheat Belly Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Who I Am Why England Slept Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing You Were Never In Chicago Younger Next Year Your Brain at Work You're Not You

Author Justin Torres Barton Biggs Dave Eggers Kevin Kelly James O'shaughnessy William Davis Maria Semple Pete Townshend John Kennedy Daron Acemoglu Charles Ellis Neil Steinberg Chris Crowley David Rock Michelle Wildgen

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Computer & Technology 1 7 Business & Finance 1 1 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Fiction 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 4 History 1 2 Business & Finance 5 28 Social Science 1 7 History 1 4 Health, Mind, & Body 1 1 Social Science 1 4 Fiction 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Book Title Author Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Daron Acemoglu Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Liaquat Ahamed The Alpha Master Maneet Ahuja Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance Madeleine Albright Carry The One Carol Anshaw Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Dan Ariely An Improvised Life Alan Arkin Foundation Isaac Asimov The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street fromBair Sheila Itself The Hydrogen Sonata Iain M. Banks Letter On Corpulence William Banting Bailout Neil Barofsky Baruch: My Own Story Bernard Baruch D-Day: The Battle for Normandy Antony Beevor The Control Revolution: Tech. & Econ. Origins Of Info. Soc. James Beniger The Cost of Hope Amanda Bennett A Tour Of The Calculus David Berlinksi A Few Lessons For Investors And Managers From Warren E. Buffett Peter Bevelin Hedgehogging Barton Biggs Wealth, War, And Wisdom Barton Biggs Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Katherine Boo Demons of our Own Design Richard Bookstaber End Game Frank Brady The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace H.W. Brands Screw It - Let's Do It Richard Branson Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government Yaron Brook The Social Animal David Brooks Days of God: Revolution in Iran James Buchan How Music Works David Byrne Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Ta Susan Cain The Pallbearers Stephen Cannell The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies Bryan Caplan The Einstein Of Money Joe Carlen Bruce Peter Carlin Paul McCartney: A Life Peter Carlin The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert Caro

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Business & Finance 5 28 Business & Finance 4 15 Business & Finance 1 2 Biography & Memoir 2 8 Fiction 1 2 History 1 2 Social Science 8 32 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Fiction 1 1 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Business & Finance 3 8 Biography & Memoir 1 3 History 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Biography & Memoir 2 8 Science & Nature 1 3 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 4 Social Science 1 4 Business & Finance 4 12 Biography & Memoir 1 1 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Politics 2 9 Social Science 1 3 History 1 2 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 2 Fiction 5 12 Social Science 2 11 Business & Finance 1 3 Biography & Memoir 2 7 Biography & Memoir 1 1 Biography & Memoir 14 76

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

Book Title Jerusalem, Jerusalem The Invisable Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us The Value Investors The Visible Hand A Good Indian Wife Alexander Hamilton Titan Titan: The Life Of John D, Rockefeller, Sr. Washington: A Life The Innovator's Dilemma Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, And The Power Of A Dynasty Integrity Globalization and Its Enemies How To Tell What People Are Thinking Good to Great Talent is Overrated The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins Golf's Sacred Journey The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 The Power Of One The Talent Code Younger Next Year Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk Vanished Kingdoms Wheat Belly The Storm The Hare With The Amber Eyes The Panther Eisenhower, A Soldiers Life Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business The New Depression The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time What Is The What Fooling Some of the People All of the Time Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing Middlesex

Author James Carroll Christopher Chabris Ronald Chan Alfred Chandler Anne Cherian Ron Chernow Ron Chernow Ron Chernow Ron Chernow Clayton Christensen Robert Cialdini Jennifer Clark Henry Cloud Daniel Cohen Peter Collett Jim Collins Geoff Colvin Jeff Connaughton David Cook Dick Couch Bryce Courtenay Daniel Coyle Chris Crowley Satyajit Das Norman Davies William Davis Margriet De Moor Edmund De Waal Nelson Demille Carlo D'este Jared Diamond Charles Duhigg Richard Duncan Will Durant Dave Eggers David Einhorn Charles Ellis Jeffrey Eugenides

Times Genre Recommended Rank* History 1 3 Social Science 2 7 Business & Finance 2 6 History 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Biography & Memoir 2 8 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Business & Finance 2 7 Social Science 3 14 Business & Finance 1 4 Self-Help 2 4 Business & Finance 1 3 Social Science 1 4 Business & Finance 1 1 Social Science 4 9 Business & Finance 1 4 Self-Help 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Fiction 1 7 Self-Help 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 1 Business & Finance 1 7 History 1 7 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 7 Fiction 1 7 History 2 4 Social Science 1 2 Social Science 5 22 Business & Finance 1 3 Social Science 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Business & Finance 2 6 Social Science 1 7 Fiction 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

Book Title Author China Airborne James Fallows Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading Jonathan Fenby Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption and the Hijacking of America H. Ferguson Charles Civilization: The West And The Rest Niall Ferguson Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Fall Of Giants Ken Follett Pillars Of The Earth Ken Follett Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Supe Chrystia Freeland The Next Decade George Friedman Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Froer The Grand Slam Mark Frost The Match Mark Frost The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Atul Gawande Blink Malcolm Gladwell Outliers Malcolm Gladwell The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell Millionaire Janet Gleeson Bloodland Alan Glynn Intelligent Memory Barry Gordon Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don't See Them Coming Gary B. Gorton Debt: The First 5,000 Years Jonathan Gottschall Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham Security Analysis Benjamin Graham Personal History Katherine Graham Mastery Robert Greene Ice Age: How a Change of Climate Made Us Human John Gribbin Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle Of The (mis)management.. Tony Griffiths The Racketeer John Grisham The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt The Secret Race Tyler Hamilton Art Of Fielding Chad Harbach The Art Of Fielding Chad Harbach Sexy Boss Heaher Havenwood The Road to Serfdom Friedrich Hayek The Dog Stars Peter Heller Book of Genesis: A Biography Ronald Hendel

Genre History Social Science Social Science History Fiction Fiction Fiction Biography & Memoir Social Science Social Science Business & Finance Social Science History History Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science History Fiction Self-Help Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Social Science History Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Sports & Recreation Fiction Fiction Self-Help Business & Finance Fiction Religion

Times Recommended Rank* 2 7 1 7 1 7 1 4 8 36 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 14 3 6 1 7 1 4 2 3 4 12 7 28 7 22 1 3 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 4 1 7 1 3 2 8 1 4 1 7 6 33 2 10 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 7 1 2 1 3 1 1

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152

Book Title Unbroken Thunderdog The Age of Capital: 1848/1875 The Tao of Pooh Iliad Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Einstein: His Life and Universe Steve Jobs 50 Shades Darker 50 Shades Free 50 Shades Of Gray The Journeyer The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Unlikely Pilgrimage Ofharoldfr Thinking, Fast and Slow Monsoon The Revenge Of Geography Black Friday Fitgeralds And Kennedys Team Of Rivals What Technology Wants Why England Slept Thinking About Leadership A Financial History of Western Europe A History of Financial Crises Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams The Poisonwood Bible Margin of Safety Peddling Prosperity Breakthrough Rapid Reading Defending Jacob In The Garden Of Beasts Thunderstruck To Kill A Mockingbird Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Imagine Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everyting

Author Laura Hillenbrand Michael Hingson Eric Hobsbawm Benjamin Hoff 0 Homer Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson E.l. James E.l. James E.l. James Gary Jennings Jonas Jonasson Rachel Joyce Rachel Joyce Daniel Kahneman Robert Kaplan Robert Kaplan Alex Kava Doris Kearns Doris Kearns Kevin Kelly John Kennedy Nannerl O. Keohane Charles Kindleberger Charles P. Kindleberger Charles King Barbara Kingsolver Seth Klarman Paul Krugman Peter Kump William Landay Erik Larson Erik Larson Harper Lee Edwin Lefevre Johan Lehrer Steven Levitt

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Biography & Memoir 1 2 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Philosophy 1 2 Fiction 1 3 Biography & Memoir 3 13 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 12 80 Fiction 1 4 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 2 14 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 4 Fiction 1 7 Fiction 1 3 Social Science 13 50 Politics 1 4 History 1 4 Fiction 1 2 Biography & Memoir 1 4 History 6 30 Computer & Technology 1 7 History 1 2 Social Science 1 2 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 History 1 2 Fiction 2 6 Business & Finance 2 11 Business & Finance 2 4 Self-Help 1 7 Mystery 1 2 History 2 14 History 1 1 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 4 Social Science 2 6 Business & Finance 2 6

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

Book Title In The Plex Boomerang: The Biggest Bust Liar's Poker Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine The Blindside The Power of Productivity Universal Principles Of Design Tap Dancing To Work Toxic Charity One Up On Wall Street A River Runs Through It The Last Lion Bringing Up the Bodies The Most Important Thing Life of Pi Game of Thrones The Jesuit Guide To (almost) Everything Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman The Success Equation One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way Exile on Wall Street Angela's Ashes Naked Cruelty Too Many Murders Born To Run Sweet Tooth The Willpower Instinct The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers All the Devils Are Here Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power The Emotionally Intelligent Investor Cracking The Code: Understand And Profit... Texas River Of Doubt Stabilizing an Unstable Economy Human Action: A Treatise on Economics The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Author Steven Levy Michael Lewis Michael Lewis Michael Lewis Michael Lewis Michael Lewis William Lewis William Lidwell Carol Loomis Robert Lupton Peter Lynch Norman Maclean William Manchester Hilary Mantel Howard Marks Yann Martel George Martin James Martin Robert Massie Michael Mauboussin Robert Maurer Mike Mayo Frank Mccourt Colleen McCullough Colleen McCullough Christopher Mcdougall Ian McEwan Kelly Mcgonigal Richard McGregor Bethany McLean Jon Meacham Ravee Mehta Jim Mellon James Michner Candace Millard Hyman Minsky Ludwig von Mises Leonard Mlodinow

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 7 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 7 Business & Finance 5 19 Social Science 5 29 Social Science 2 8 Computer & Technology 1 4 Business & Finance 4 14 Social Science 1 2 Business & Finance 1 3 Fiction 1 2 Biography & Memoir 4 14 History 6 25 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 2 14 Fiction 3 14 Religion 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Business & Finance 1 1 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Business & Finance 2 6 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Fiction 1 4 Fiction 1 7 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Fiction 3 9 Self-Help 1 2 History 1 2 Business & Finance 1 1 Biography & Memoir 5 26 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 2 4 Fiction 1 2 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 3 Social Science 2 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228

Book Title Author Value Investing James Montier Different Youngme Moon The Emperor of all Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960/2010 Charles Murray Rafa Rafael Nadal The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life & Turbulent Times of Joseph Kennedy David Nasaw Killing Lincoln Bill O'reilly Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics PJ O'Rourke What Works On Wall Street James O'shaughnessy No Easy Day Mark Owen People Who Eat Darkenss Richard Parry Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination Frank Partnoy The Dim Hypothesis: Why The Lights Of The West Are Going Out Leonard Peikoff Sleeping With Your Smartphone Leslie Perlow Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain Ray Perman How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having It All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity Robert Peston 100 to 1 in the Stock Market Thomas Phelps My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult Drive Daniel Pink The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Stephen Pinker Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google William Poundstone Fortune's Formula William Poundstone Turning Pro Steven Pressfield The Age of the Unthinkable Joshua Ramo Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand Fountainhead Ayn Rand Philosophy: Who Needs It? Ayn Rand The Fountainhead Ayn Rand Strengths Finder 2.0 Tom Rath Overhaul: An Insider's Account Steven Rattner This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Rogoff & Reinhart Biography Of Andrew Jackson Robert Remini Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century Burton Richter Currency Wars James Rickards The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley The Storm Of War Andrew Roberts Shantaram Gregory Roberts Your Brain at Work David Rock

Genre Business & Finance Business & Finance Medical History Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir History Business & Finance Business & Finance History Biography & Memoir Social Science Philosophy Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Self-Help Social Science Fiction Fiction Philosophy Politics Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance History Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance History Fiction Social Science

Times Recommended Rank* 1 2 6 10 1 3 1 2 1 2 4 16 1 3 2 5 1 1 5 17 2 8 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 7 4 28 1 1 2 6 9 31 2 8 1 4 1 3 4 12 11 46 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 4 1 3 1 7 2 6 1 3 2 10 8 22 4 28 1 1 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Alphabetical by Author


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Number 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

Book Title Author The Halo Effect Phil Rosenzweig Nemesis Philip Roth Justice Carolos Ruiz Zafon Today We Are Rich Tim Sanders Dominion C.J. Sansom How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes Peter Schiff Hedge Fund Market Wizards Jack Schwager Market Wizards Jack Schwager Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge No Less Than Victory Jeff Shaara The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Amity Shlaes Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence William Silber The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver The Virtuous Egoist Tara Smith Cooperating Rivals Jeffrey Sosland Raven Stole The Moon Garth Stein You Were Never In Chicago Neil Steinberg An American Spy Olen Steinhauer The Tourist Olen Steinhauer Fooling Houdini Alex Stone Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution Rebecca Stott Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership Barry Strauss The Upside of Turbulence Donald Sull The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph A. Tainter Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Taleb Fooled By Randomness Nassim Taleb The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Nassim Taleb The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan The Outpost Jake Tapper Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Richard Thaler Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World Evan Thomas Badass Ben Thompson The Hobbit J.R. Tolken Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin We Are Animals Justin Torres How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough

Genre Business & Finance Fiction Fiction Business & Finance Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Humor Fiction Business & Finance Fiction History Business & Finance Social Science Philosophy Social Science Fiction History Fiction Fiction Biography & Memoir Social Science Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Social Science Fiction History Social Science History Fiction Fiction Biography & Memoir Fiction Social Science

Times Recommended Rank* 2 8 1 4 2 4 1 7 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 3 2 14 5 23 14 71 1 3 1 7 1 7 1 4 1 3 1 3 3 9 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 4 7 39 1 2 1 4 1 3 4 12 8 26 1 1 1 7 5 29 1 3 1 7 1 3

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Number 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281

Book Title Author Genre Who I Am Pete Townshend Biography & Memoir One Last Thing Before I Go Jonathan Tropper Fiction Triumphs Of Experience George Vaillant Science & Nature Cutting For Stone Abraham Verghese Fiction Andrew Carnegie Joseph Frazier Wall Biography & Memoir Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Brian Wansink Social Science Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government and the Free Market Janine Wedel Social Science In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic David Wessel Business & Finance You're Not You Michelle Wildgen Fiction The Warmth Of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson History The Social Conquest Of Earth Eo Wilson Science & Nature The Quest Daniel Yergin Business & Finance The Singapore Story Lee Kuan Yew Biography & Memoir A Technique for Producing Ideas James Webb Young Social Science The Book Thief Markuz Zooste Fiction

Times Recommended Rank* 1 4 1 7 1 7 2 11 2 8 4 11 1 4 2 14 1 7 1 4 1 7 3 12 1 4 1 4 2 11

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* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Book Title Steve Jobs The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson The Signal and the Noise Thinking, Fast and Slow Atlas Shrugged Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Gone Girl The Racketeer The Honest Truth About Dishonesty The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Team Of Rivals The Blindside The Hobbit Outliers Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty 100 to 1 in the Stock Market The Storm Of War Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Bringing Up the Bodies Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence The Rational Optimist The Tipping Point The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine No Easy Day The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life & Turbulent Times of Joseph Kennedy Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Tap Dancing To Work The Last Lion Capitalism and Freedom Game of Thrones Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion 50 Shades Of Gray In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic In The Garden Of Beasts Life of Pi The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

Author Walter Isaacson Robert Caro Nate Silver Daniel Kahneman Ayn Rand Nassim Taleb Gillian Flynn John Grisham Dan Ariely Stephen Pinker Doris Kearns Michael Lewis J.R. Tolken Malcolm Gladwell Daron Acemoglu Thomas Phelps Andrew Roberts Richard Thaler Jon Meacham Hilary Mantel William Silber Matt Ridley Malcolm Gladwell Charles Duhigg Michael Lewis Mark Owen David Nasaw Liaquat Ahamed Carol Loomis William Manchester Milton Friedman George Martin Robert Cialdini E.l. James David Wessel Erik Larson Yann Martel Amity Shlaes

Genre Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Social Science Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Fiction Fiction Social Science Social Science History Social Science Fiction Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance History Social Science Biography & Memoir History Business & Finance Business & Finance Social Science Social Science Business & Finance History Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Fiction Business & Finance History Fiction History

Times Recommended Rank* 12 80 14 76 14 71 13 50 11 46 7 39 8 36 6 33 8 32 9 31 6 30 5 29 5 29 7 28 5 28 4 28 4 28 8 26 5 26 6 25 5 23 8 22 7 22 5 22 5 19 5 17 4 16 4 15 4 14 4 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 2 14 2 14 2 14 2 14 2 14

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* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

Book Title Benjamin Franklin: An American Life The Pallbearers Blink Demons of our Own Design The Age of the Unthinkable The Outpost The Quest Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Cutting For Stone Margin of Safety The Book Thief The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Talent is Overrated Fooling Houdini Sweet Tooth Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government Bailout Alexander Hamilton Andrew Carnegie Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google Mastery People Who Eat Darkenss Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance The Cost of Hope The Halo Effect The Power of Productivity Bruce China Airborne The Innovator's Dilemma The Invisable Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us Angela's Ashes Badass Boomerang: The Biggest Bust Breakthrough Rapid Reading Cooperating Rivals Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle Of The (mis)management.. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

Author Walter Isaacson Stephen Cannell Malcolm Gladwell Richard Bookstaber Joshua Ramo Jake Tapper Daniel Yergin Brian Wansink Abraham Verghese Seth Klarman Markuz Zooste Bryan Caplan Jonathan Haidt Geoff Colvin Alex Stone Ian McEwan Yaron Brook Neil Barofsky Ron Chernow Joseph Frazier Wall William Poundstone Robert Greene Richard Parry Madeleine Albright Amanda Bennett Phil Rosenzweig William Lewis Peter Carlin James Fallows Clayton Christensen Christopher Chabris Frank Mccourt Ben Thompson Michael Lewis Peter Kump Jeffrey Sosland Tony Griffiths Antony Beevor

Genre Biography & Memoir Fiction Social Science Business & Finance Social Science History Business & Finance Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Social Science Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Politics Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Biography & Memoir History Business & Finance Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Business & Finance Self-Help Social Science Business & Finance History

Times Recommended Rank* 3 13 5 12 4 12 4 12 4 12 4 12 3 12 4 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 10 4 9 3 9 3 9 2 9 3 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7

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* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

Book Title Author Einstein: His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk Satyajit Das Fountainhead Ayn Rand How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having It All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity Robert Peston Market Wizards Jack Schwager Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Michael Lewis One Last Thing Before I Go Jonathan Tropper Philosophy: Who Needs It? Ayn Rand Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption and the Hijacking of America H. Ferguson Charles Raven Stole The Moon Garth Stein Security Analysis Benjamin Graham Sexy Boss Heaher Havenwood The Control Revolution: Tech. & Econ. Origins Of Info. Soc. James Beniger The Fountainhead Ayn Rand The Grand Slam Mark Frost The Hare With The Amber Eyes Edmund De Waal The Jesuit Guide To (almost) Everything James Martin The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace H.W. Brands The Most Important Thing Howard Marks The Panther Nelson Demille The Social Conquest Of Earth Eo Wilson The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Rogoff & Reinhart Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading Jonathan Fenby Titan Ron Chernow Titan: The Life Of John D, Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Today We Are Rich Tim Sanders Too Many Murders Colleen McCullough Triumphs Of Experience George Vaillant Vanished Kingdoms Norman Davies We Are Animals Justin Torres What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing Charles Ellis You're Not You Michelle Wildgen Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Froer Biography Of Andrew Jackson Robert Remini

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Biography & Memoir 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Philosophy 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Self-Help 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Politics 1 7 History 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Religion 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Science & Nature 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Science & Nature 1 7 History 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Computer & Technology 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Social Science 3 6 History 2 6

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Number 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152

Book Title Author Debt: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber Drive Daniel Pink Exile on Wall Street Mike Mayo Fooling Some of the People All of the Time David Einhorn Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everyting Steven Levitt Imagine Johan Lehrer The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver The Value Investors Ronald Chan Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics PJ O'Rourke Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century Bernard Baruch Cracking The Code: Understand And Profit... Jim Mellon Different Youngme Moon Eisenhower, A Soldiers Life Carlo D'este Peddling Prosperity Paul Krugman The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Leonard Mlodinow The Prisoner Of Heaven Bryce Courtenay 50 Shades Darker E.l. James A Few Lessons For Investors And Managers From Warren E. Buffett Peter Bevelin A Financial History of Western Europe Charles Kindleberger A History of Financial Crises Charles P. Kindleberger A Technique for Producing Ideas James Webb Young Art Of Fielding Chad Harbach Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Katherine Boo Bloodland Alan Glynn Breaking The Maya Code Michael Coe Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street fromBair Sheila Itself Civilization: The West And The Rest Niall Ferguson Fitgeralds And Kennedys Doris Kearns Fortune's Formula William Poundstone How To Tell What People Are Thinking Peter Collett Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain Ray Perman Ice Age: How a Change of Climate Made Us Human John Gribbin Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham Liar's Poker Michael Lewis Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, And The Power Of A Dynasty Jennifer Clark Monsoon Robert Kaplan Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough

Genre Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance History Business & Finance Social Science Fiction Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Social Science Fiction Biography & Memoir Social Science Fiction Science & Nature Business & Finance History Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance History Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Politics Fiction

Times Recommended Rank* 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4

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Number 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

Times Book Title Author Genre Recommended Rank* Nemesis Philip Roth Fiction 1 4 One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way Robert Maurer Biography & Memoir 1 4 Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Supe Chrystia Freeland Social Science 1 4 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin Lefevre Business & Finance 1 4 Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government and the Free Market Janine Wedel Social Science 1 4 Sleeping With Your Smartphone Leslie Perlow Social Science 1 4 Stabilizing an Unstable Economy Hyman Minsky Business & Finance 1 4 Strengths Finder 2.0 Tom Rath Business & Finance 1 4 The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson Fiction 1 4 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Nassim Taleb Social Science 1 4 The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph A. Tainter Social Science 1 4 The Emotionally Intelligent Investor Ravee Mehta Business & Finance 1 4 The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge Business & Finance 1 4 The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Will Durant Social Science 1 4 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Fiction 1 4 The Match Mark Frost History 1 4 The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins Jeff Connaughton Business & Finance 1 4 The Revenge Of Geography Robert Kaplan History 1 4 The Singapore Story Lee Kuan Yew Biography & Memoir 1 4 The Upside of Turbulence Donald Sull Business & Finance 1 4 The Warmth Of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson History 1 4 The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 Dick Couch Biography & Memoir 1 4 Universal Principles Of Design William Lidwell Computer & Technology 1 4 Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination Frank Partnoy Social Science 1 4 Washington: A Life Ron Chernow Biography & Memoir 1 4 Wealth, War, And Wisdom Barton Biggs Business & Finance 1 4 Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple Fiction 1 4 Who I Am Pete Townshend Biography & Memoir 1 4 You Were Never In Chicago Neil Steinberg History 1 4 Your Brain at Work David Rock Social Science 1 4 The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Atul Gawande Social Science 2 3 50 Shades Free E.l. James Fiction 1 3 A Tour Of The Calculus David Berlinksi Science & Nature 1 3 An American Spy Olen Steinhauer Fiction 1 3 Born To Run Christopher Mcdougall Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Robert Massie Biography & Memoir 1 3 Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin Biography & Memoir 1 3 Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution Rebecca Stott Social Science 1 3

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Book Rank - Highest to Lowest


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228

Book Title Author Dominion C.J. Sansom Foundation Isaac Asimov Globalization and Its Enemies Daniel Cohen Golf's Sacred Journey David Cook How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough How Music Works David Byrne Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Ludwig von Mises Iliad 0 Homer Jerusalem, Jerusalem James Carroll Killing Lincoln Bill O'reilly Letter On Corpulence William Banting Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership Barry Strauss Millionaire Janet Gleeson No Less Than Victory Jeff Shaara One Up On Wall Street Peter Lynch Overhaul: An Insider's Account Steven Rattner Personal History Katherine Graham River Of Doubt Candace Millard Screw It - Let's Do It Richard Branson The Age of Capital: 1848/1875 Eric Hobsbawm The Dog Stars Peter Heller The Einstein Of Money Joe Carlen The Emperor of all Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan The New Depression Richard Duncan The Next Decade George Friedman The Social Animal David Brooks The Storytelling Animal Jonathan Gottschall The Talent Code Daniel Coyle The Tourist Olen Steinhauer The Virtuous Egoist Tara Smith Thunderdog Michael Hingson Turning Pro Steven Pressfield Unlikely Pilgrimage Ofharoldfr Rachel Joyce Wheat Belly William Davis A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean An Improvised Life Alan Arkin Black Friday Alex Kava

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Fiction 1 3 History 1 3 History 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 History 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Medical 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Philosophy 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Fiction 1 2 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Fiction 1 2

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Number 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

Book Title Carry The One Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960/2010 Days of God: Revolution in Iran Defending Jacob Fall Of Giants Fooled By Randomness In The Plex Integrity Intelligent Memory Iron Curtain Justice Me Talk Pretty One Day Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don't See Them Coming Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Ta Rafa Texas The Alpha Master The Dim Hypothesis: Why The Lights Of The West Are Going Out The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers The Road to Serfdom The Tao of Pooh The Willpower Instinct Thinking About Leadership Toxic Charity Unbroken Value Investing What Is The What Why England Slept A Good Indian Wife All the Devils Are Here Book of Genesis: A Biography End Game Good to Great Hedge Fund Market Wizards Hedgehogging How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes

Author Carol Anshaw Jared Diamond Charles Murray James Buchan William Landay Ken Follett Nassim Taleb Steven Levy Henry Cloud Barry Gordon Anne Applebaum Michael Sandel David Sedaris Gary B. Gorton Charles King Susan Cain Rafael Nadal James Michner Maneet Ahuja Leonard Peikoff Richard McGregor Friedrich Hayek Benjamin Hoff Kelly Mcgonigal Nannerl O. Keohane Robert Lupton Laura Hillenbrand James Montier Dave Eggers John Kennedy Anne Cherian Bethany McLean Ronald Hendel Frank Brady Jim Collins Jack Schwager Barton Biggs Peter Schiff

Genre Fiction Social Science History History Mystery Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Self-Help Self-Help History Social Science Humor Business & Finance History Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Business & Finance Philosophy History Business & Finance Philosophy Self-Help Social Science Social Science Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Biography & Memoir History Fiction Business & Finance Religion Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance

Times Recommended Rank* 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Book Rank - Highest to Lowest


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Number 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281

Book Title Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World My Sister's Keeper Paul McCartney: A Life Pillars Of The Earth Shantaram The Art Of Fielding The Hydrogen Sonata The Journeyer The Secret Race The Storm The Success Equation The Visible Hand Thunderstruck What Works On Wall Street Younger Next Year

Author Evan Thomas Jodi Picoult Peter Carlin Ken Follett Gregory Roberts Chad Harbach Iain M. Banks Gary Jennings Tyler Hamilton Margriet De Moor Michael Mauboussin Alfred Chandler Erik Larson James O'shaughnessy Chris Crowley

Times Genre Recommended Rank* History 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Biography & Memoir 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Sports & Recreation 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 History 1 1 History 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Health, Mind, & Body 1 1

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Book Title The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson The Signal and the Noise Thinking, Fast and Slow Steve Jobs Atlas Shrugged The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Gone Girl The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness The Rational Optimist Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Outliers The Tipping Point The Racketeer Team Of Rivals Bringing Up the Bodies Different The Blindside The Hobbit Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine No Easy Day The Pallbearers 100 to 1 in the Stock Market The Storm Of War The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life & Turbulent Times of Joseph Kennedy Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Tap Dancing To Work The Last Lion Blink Demons of our Own Design The Age of the Unthinkable The Outpost Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Talent is Overrated

Author Robert Caro Nate Silver Daniel Kahneman Walter Isaacson Ayn Rand Stephen Pinker Gillian Flynn Dan Ariely Richard Thaler Matt Ridley Nassim Taleb Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell John Grisham Doris Kearns Hilary Mantel Youngme Moon Michael Lewis J.R. Tolken Daron Acemoglu Jon Meacham William Silber Charles Duhigg Michael Lewis Mark Owen Stephen Cannell Thomas Phelps Andrew Roberts David Nasaw Liaquat Ahamed Carol Loomis William Manchester Malcolm Gladwell Richard Bookstaber Joshua Ramo Jake Tapper Brian Wansink Geoff Colvin

Genre Biography & Memoir Social Science Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Social Science Fiction Social Science Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Social Science Social Science Fiction History History Business & Finance Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance History Fiction Business & Finance History Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Social Science Business & Finance Social Science History Social Science Social Science

Times Recommended Rank* 14 76 14 71 13 50 12 80 11 46 9 31 8 36 8 32 8 26 8 22 7 39 7 28 7 22 6 33 6 30 6 25 6 10 5 29 5 29 5 28 5 26 5 23 5 22 5 19 5 17 5 12 4 28 4 28 4 16 4 15 4 14 4 14 4 12 4 12 4 12 4 12 4 11 4 9

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

Book Title Capitalism and Freedom Game of Thrones Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Benjamin Franklin The Quest Fooling Houdini Sweet Tooth Bailout Moonwalking with Einstein 50 Shades Of Gray In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic In The Garden Of Beasts Cutting For Stone Margin of Safety The Book Thief The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies Currency Wars The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government Alexander Hamilton Andrew Carnegie Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google Mastery People Who Eat Darkenss Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance The Cost of Hope The Halo Effect The Power of Productivity Bruce China Airborne The Innovator's Dilemma The Invisable Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us Biography Of Andrew Jackson Debt: The First 5,000 Years Drive Exile on Wall Street Fooling Some of the People All of the Time Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everyting

Author Milton Friedman George Martin Robert Cialdini Walter Isaacson Daniel Yergin Alex Stone Ian McEwan Neil Barofsky Joshua Froer E.l. James David Wessel Erik Larson Abraham Verghese Seth Klarman Markuz Zooste Bryan Caplan James Rickards Jonathan Haidt Yaron Brook Ron Chernow Joseph Frazier Wall William Poundstone Robert Greene Richard Parry Madeleine Albright Amanda Bennett Phil Rosenzweig William Lewis Peter Carlin James Fallows Clayton Christensen Christopher Chabris Robert Remini David Graeber Daniel Pink Mike Mayo David Einhorn Steven Levitt

Genre Business & Finance Fiction Social Science History Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Fiction Business & Finance Social Science Fiction Business & Finance History Fiction Business & Finance Fiction Social Science Business & Finance Social Science Politics Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Social Science Biography & Memoir History Business & Finance Social Science History Business & Finance Social Science Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance

Times Recommended Rank* 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 13 3 12 3 9 3 9 3 8 3 6 2 14 2 14 2 14 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 10 2 10 2 9 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

Book Title Author Imagine Johan Lehrer The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver The Value Investors Ronald Chan Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics PJ O'Rourke Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century Bernard Baruch Cracking The Code: Understand And Profit... Jim Mellon Eisenhower, A Soldiers Life Carlo D'este Life of Pi Yann Martel One Last Thing Before I Go Michael Lewis Peddling Prosperity Paul Krugman The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Leonard Mlodinow The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Atul Gawande Angela's Ashes Frank Mccourt Badass Ben Thompson Boomerang: The Biggest Bust Michael Lewis Breakthrough Rapid Reading Peter Kump Cooperating Rivals Jeffrey Sosland Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle Of The (mis)management.. Tony Griffiths D-Day: The Battle for Normandy Antony Beevor Einstein: His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk Satyajit Das Fountainhead Ayn Rand How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having It All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity Robert Peston Market Wizards Jack Schwager Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides Philosophy: Who Needs It? Ayn Rand Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption and the Hijacking of America H. Ferguson Charles Raven Stole The Moon Garth Stein Security Analysis Benjamin Graham Sexy Boss Heaher Havenwood The Control Revolution: Tech. & Econ. Origins Of Info. Soc. James Beniger The Fountainhead Ayn Rand The Grand Slam Mark Frost The Hare With The Amber Eyes Edmund De Waal The Jesuit Guide To (almost) Everything James Martin The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace H.W. Brands The Most Important Thing Howard Marks The Panther Nelson Demille

Genre Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Biography & Memoir Business & Finance History Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Social Science Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Business & Finance Self-Help Social Science Business & Finance History Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Fiction Philosophy Social Science Fiction Business & Finance Self-Help Social Science Politics History Fiction Religion Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Fiction

Times Recommended Rank* 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152

Book Title Author The Power Of One Bryce Courtenay The Prisoner Of Heaven Carolos Ruiz Zafon The Social Conquest Of Earth Eo Wilson The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Rogoff & Reinhart Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading Jonathan Fenby Titan Ron Chernow Titan: The Life Of John D, Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Today We Are Rich Tim Sanders Too Many Murders Colleen McCullough Triumphs Of Experience George Vaillant Vanished Kingdoms Norman Davies We Are Animals Justin Torres What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing Charles Ellis You're Not You Michelle Wildgen 50 Shades Darker E.l. James A Few Lessons For Investors And Managers From Warren E. Buffett Peter Bevelin A Financial History of Western Europe Charles Kindleberger A History of Financial Crises Charles P. Kindleberger A Technique for Producing Ideas James Webb Young Art Of Fielding Chad Harbach Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Katherine Boo Bloodland Alan Glynn Breaking The Maya Code Michael Coe Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street fromBair Sheila Itself Civilization: The West And The Rest Niall Ferguson Fitgeralds And Kennedys Doris Kearns Fortune's Formula William Poundstone How To Tell What People Are Thinking Peter Collett Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain Ray Perman Ice Age: How a Change of Climate Made Us Human John Gribbin Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham Liar's Poker Michael Lewis Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, And The Power Of A Dynasty Jennifer Clark Monsoon Robert Kaplan

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Fiction 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Science & Nature 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Biography & Memoir 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Business & Finance 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Science & Nature 1 7 History 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Computer & Technology 1 7 Social Science 1 7 Fiction 1 7 Fiction 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Social Science 1 4 Fiction 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Social Science 1 4 Fiction 1 4 Science & Nature 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 History 1 4 Biography & Memoir 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Social Science 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 History 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Politics 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

Times Book Title Author Genre Recommended Rank* Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough Fiction 1 4 Nemesis Philip Roth Fiction 1 4 One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way Robert Maurer Biography & Memoir 1 4 Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Supe Chrystia Freeland Social Science 1 4 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin Lefevre Business & Finance 1 4 Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government and the Free Market Janine Wedel Social Science 1 4 Sleeping With Your Smartphone Leslie Perlow Social Science 1 4 Stabilizing an Unstable Economy Hyman Minsky Business & Finance 1 4 Strengths Finder 2.0 Tom Rath Business & Finance 1 4 The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson Fiction 1 4 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Nassim Taleb Social Science 1 4 The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph A. Tainter Social Science 1 4 The Emotionally Intelligent Investor Ravee Mehta Business & Finance 1 4 The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge Business & Finance 1 4 The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Will Durant Social Science 1 4 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Fiction 1 4 The Match Mark Frost History 1 4 The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins Jeff Connaughton Business & Finance 1 4 The Revenge Of Geography Robert Kaplan History 1 4 The Singapore Story Lee Kuan Yew Biography & Memoir 1 4 The Upside of Turbulence Donald Sull Business & Finance 1 4 The Warmth Of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson History 1 4 The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 Dick Couch Biography & Memoir 1 4 Universal Principles Of Design William Lidwell Computer & Technology 1 4 Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination Frank Partnoy Social Science 1 4 Washington: A Life Ron Chernow Biography & Memoir 1 4 Wealth, War, And Wisdom Barton Biggs Business & Finance 1 4 Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple Fiction 1 4 Who I Am Pete Townshend Biography & Memoir 1 4 You Were Never In Chicago Neil Steinberg History 1 4 Your Brain at Work David Rock Social Science 1 4 50 Shades Free E.l. James Fiction 1 3 A Tour Of The Calculus David Berlinksi Science & Nature 1 3 An American Spy Olen Steinhauer Fiction 1 3 Born To Run Christopher Mcdougall Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Robert Massie Biography & Memoir 1 3 Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin Biography & Memoir 1 3 Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution Rebecca Stott Social Science 1 3

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228

Book Title Author Dominion C.J. Sansom Foundation Isaac Asimov Globalization and Its Enemies Daniel Cohen Golf's Sacred Journey David Cook How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough How Music Works David Byrne Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Ludwig von Mises Iliad 0 Homer Jerusalem, Jerusalem James Carroll Killing Lincoln Bill O'reilly Letter On Corpulence William Banting Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership Barry Strauss Millionaire Janet Gleeson No Less Than Victory Jeff Shaara One Up On Wall Street Peter Lynch Overhaul: An Insider's Account Steven Rattner Personal History Katherine Graham River Of Doubt Candace Millard Screw It - Let's Do It Richard Branson The Age of Capital: 1848/1875 Eric Hobsbawm The Dog Stars Peter Heller The Einstein Of Money Joe Carlen The Emperor of all Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan The New Depression Richard Duncan The Next Decade George Friedman The Social Animal David Brooks The Storytelling Animal Jonathan Gottschall The Talent Code Daniel Coyle The Tourist Olen Steinhauer The Virtuous Egoist Tara Smith Thunderdog Michael Hingson Turning Pro Steven Pressfield Unlikely Pilgrimage Ofharoldfr Rachel Joyce Wheat Belly William Davis A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean An Improvised Life Alan Arkin Black Friday Alex Kava

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Fiction 1 3 History 1 3 History 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 History 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Medical 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Social Science 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Philosophy 1 3 Biography & Memoir 1 3 Self-Help 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Fiction 1 2 Biography & Memoir 1 2 Fiction 1 2

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

Book Title Carry The One Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960/2010 Days of God: Revolution in Iran Defending Jacob Fall Of Giants Fooled By Randomness In The Plex Integrity Intelligent Memory Iron Curtain Justice Me Talk Pretty One Day Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don't See Them Coming Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Ta Rafa Texas The Alpha Master The Dim Hypothesis: Why The Lights Of The West Are Going Out The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers The Road to Serfdom The Tao of Pooh The Willpower Instinct Thinking About Leadership Toxic Charity Unbroken Value Investing What Is The What Why England Slept A Good Indian Wife All the Devils Are Here Book of Genesis: A Biography End Game Good to Great Hedge Fund Market Wizards Hedgehogging How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes

Author Carol Anshaw Jared Diamond Charles Murray James Buchan William Landay Ken Follett Nassim Taleb Steven Levy Henry Cloud Barry Gordon Anne Applebaum Michael Sandel David Sedaris Gary B. Gorton Charles King Susan Cain Rafael Nadal James Michner Maneet Ahuja Leonard Peikoff Richard McGregor Friedrich Hayek Benjamin Hoff Kelly Mcgonigal Nannerl O. Keohane Robert Lupton Laura Hillenbrand James Montier Dave Eggers John Kennedy Anne Cherian Bethany McLean Ronald Hendel Frank Brady Jim Collins Jack Schwager Barton Biggs Peter Schiff

Genre Fiction Social Science History History Mystery Fiction Business & Finance Business & Finance Self-Help Self-Help History Social Science Humor Business & Finance History Social Science Biography & Memoir Fiction Business & Finance Philosophy History Business & Finance Philosophy Self-Help Social Science Social Science Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Biography & Memoir History Fiction Business & Finance Religion Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance

Times Recommended Rank* 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: Number of Times a Book Was Recommended (Highest to Lowest)
* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281

Book Title Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World My Sister's Keeper Paul McCartney: A Life Pillars Of The Earth Shantaram The Art Of Fielding The Hydrogen Sonata The Journeyer The Secret Race The Storm The Success Equation The Visible Hand Thunderstruck What Works On Wall Street Younger Next Year

Author Evan Thomas Jodi Picoult Peter Carlin Ken Follett Gregory Roberts Chad Harbach Iain M. Banks Gary Jennings Tyler Hamilton Margriet De Moor Michael Mauboussin Alfred Chandler Erik Larson James O'shaughnessy Chris Crowley

Times Genre Recommended Rank* History 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Biography & Memoir 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Sports & Recreation 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 History 1 1 History 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Health, Mind, & Body 1 1

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Book Title Author Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert Caro Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life & Turbulent Times of Joseph Kennedy David Nasaw The Last Lion William Manchester Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson Fooling Houdini Alex Stone Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow Andrew Carnegie Joseph Frazier Wall People Who Eat Darkenss Richard Parry Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance Madeleine Albright The Cost of Hope Amanda Bennett Angela's Ashes Frank Mccourt Bruce Peter Carlin Einstein: His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace H.W. Brands Titan Ron Chernow Titan: The Life Of John D, Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Fitgeralds And Kennedys Doris Kearns One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way Robert Maurer The Singapore Story Lee Kuan Yew The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 Dick Couch Washington: A Life Ron Chernow Who I Am Pete Townshend Baruch: My Own Story Bernard Baruch Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Robert Massie Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership Barry Strauss Personal History Katherine Graham River Of Doubt Candace Millard Screw It - Let's Do It Richard Branson Thunderdog Michael Hingson An Improvised Life Alan Arkin Rafa Rafael Nadal Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand What Is The What Dave Eggers End Game Frank Brady

Genre Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir Biography & Memoir

Times Recommended Rank* 12 80 14 76 5 26 4 16 4 14 3 13 3 9 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 1 7 2 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

Book Title Author Paul McCartney: A Life Peter Carlin Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Taleb 100 to 1 in the Stock Market Thomas Phelps Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Daron Acemoglu Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence William Silber The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Liaquat Ahamed Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic David Wessel Tap Dancing To Work Carol Loomis Demons of our Own Design Richard Bookstaber The Quest Daniel Yergin Currency Wars James Rickards Different Youngme Moon Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google William Poundstone Bailout Neil Barofsky The Halo Effect Phil Rosenzweig Boomerang: The Biggest Bust Michael Lewis Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle Of The (mis)management.. Tony Griffiths Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk Satyajit Das How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having It All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity Robert Peston Market Wizards Jack Schwager Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Michael Lewis Security Analysis Benjamin Graham The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton Christensen The Most Important Thing Howard Marks This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Rogoff & Reinhart Today We Are Rich Tim Sanders Debt: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber Exile on Wall Street Mike Mayo Fooling Some of the People All of the Time David Einhorn Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everyting Steven Levitt The Value Investors Ronald Chan Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics PJ O'Rourke A Few Lessons For Investors And Managers From Warren E. Buffett Peter Bevelin A Financial History of Western Europe Charles Kindleberger A History of Financial Crises Charles P. Kindleberger

Genre Biography & Memoir Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance Business & Finance

Times Recommended Rank* 1 1 7 39 4 28 5 28 5 23 8 22 5 19 4 15 3 14 2 14 4 14 4 12 2 4 2 10 6 10 2 8 3 8 2 8 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 2 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 5 1 4 1 4 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

Book Title Author Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street fromBair Sheila Itself Fortune's Formula William Poundstone Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain Ray Perman Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham Liar's Poker Michael Lewis Mondo Agnelli: Fiat, Chrysler, And The Power Of A Dynasty Jennifer Clark Peddling Prosperity Paul Krugman Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin Lefevre Stabilizing an Unstable Economy Hyman Minsky Strengths Finder 2.0 Tom Rath The Emotionally Intelligent Investor Ravee Mehta The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins Jeff Connaughton The Upside of Turbulence Donald Sull Wealth, War, And Wisdom Barton Biggs Globalization and Its Enemies Daniel Cohen Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Ludwig von Mises One Up On Wall Street Peter Lynch Overhaul: An Insider's Account Steven Rattner The Age of Capital: 1848/1875 Eric Hobsbawm The Einstein Of Money Joe Carlen The New Depression Richard Duncan Cracking The Code: Understand And Profit... Jim Mellon Fooled By Randomness Nassim Taleb In The Plex Steven Levy Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don't See Them Coming Gary B. Gorton The Alpha Master Maneet Ahuja The Road to Serfdom Friedrich Hayek Value Investing James Montier All the Devils Are Here Bethany McLean Good to Great Jim Collins Hedge Fund Market Wizards Jack Schwager Hedgehogging Barton Biggs How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes Peter Schiff The Success Equation Michael Mauboussin What Works On Wall Street James O'shaughnessy What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly Universal Principles Of Design William Lidwell

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 2 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 4 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 1 3 Business & Finance 2 4 Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 2 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Business & Finance 1 1 Computer & Technology 1 7 Computer & Technology 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152

Book Title Atlas Shrugged Gone Girl The Racketeer The Hobbit 50 Shades Of Gray Game of Thrones Life of Pi The Pallbearers Cutting For Stone The Book Thief Sweet Tooth Badass Fountainhead Middlesex One Last Thing Before I Go Raven Stole The Moon The Hare With The Amber Eyes The Panther The Power Of One The Prisoner Of Heaven The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry To Kill A Mockingbird Too Many Murders We Are Animals You're Not You The Poisonwood Bible 50 Shades Darker Art Of Fielding Bloodland Naked Cruelty Nemesis The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared The Handmaid's Tale Where'd You Go, Bernadette? 50 Shades Free An American Spy Dominion Foundation

Author Ayn Rand Gillian Flynn John Grisham J.R. Tolken E.l. James George Martin Yann Martel Stephen Cannell Abraham Verghese Markuz Zooste Ian McEwan Ben Thompson Ayn Rand Jeffrey Eugenides Jonathan Tropper Garth Stein Edmund De Waal Nelson Demille Bryce Courtenay Carolos Ruiz Zafon Rachel Joyce Harper Lee Colleen McCullough Justin Torres Michelle Wildgen Barbara Kingsolver E.l. James Chad Harbach Alan Glynn Colleen McCullough Philip Roth Jonas Jonasson Margaret Atwood Maria Semple E.l. James Olen Steinhauer C.J. Sansom Isaac Asimov

Genre Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction Fiction

Times Recommended Rank* 11 46 8 36 6 33 5 29 2 14 3 14 2 14 5 12 2 11 2 11 3 9 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 2 6 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

Book Title Iliad No Less Than Victory The Dog Stars The Kitchen God's Wife The Tourist Unlikely Pilgrimage Ofharoldfr A River Runs Through It Black Friday Carry The One Fall Of Giants Texas A Good Indian Wife My Sister's Keeper Pillars Of The Earth Shantaram The Art Of Fielding The Hydrogen Sonata The Journeyer The Storm Born To Run Letter On Corpulence Wheat Belly Younger Next Year Team Of Rivals The Storm Of War Bringing Up the Bodies No Easy Day In The Garden Of Beasts The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression The Outpost China Airborne D-Day: The Battle for Normandy Vanished Kingdoms Biography Of Andrew Jackson Civilization: The West And The Rest Eisenhower, A Soldiers Life Ice Age: How a Change of Climate Made Us Human The Match

Author 0 Homer Jeff Shaara Peter Heller Amy Tan Olen Steinhauer Rachel Joyce Norman Maclean Alex Kava Carol Anshaw Ken Follett James Michner Anne Cherian Jodi Picoult Ken Follett Gregory Roberts Chad Harbach Iain M. Banks Gary Jennings Margriet De Moor Christopher Mcdougall William Banting William Davis Chris Crowley Doris Kearns Andrew Roberts Hilary Mantel Mark Owen Erik Larson Amity Shlaes Jake Tapper James Fallows Antony Beevor Mark Frost Robert Remini Niall Ferguson Carlo D'este John Gribbin Mark Frost

Times Genre Recommended Rank* Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 3 Fiction 1 2 Fiction 1 2 Fiction 1 2 Fiction 1 2 Fiction 1 2 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Fiction 1 1 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 3 Health, Mind, & Body 1 1 History 6 30 History 4 28 History 6 25 History 5 17 History 2 14 History 2 14 History 4 12 History 2 7 History 1 7 History 2 4 History 2 6 History 1 4 History 2 4 History 1 4 History 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228

Book Title The Revenge Of Geography The Warmth Of Other Suns You Were Never In Chicago Jerusalem, Jerusalem Killing Lincoln Millionaire Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960/2010 Days of God: Revolution in Iran Iron Curtain Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers Why England Slept Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World The Visible Hand Thunderstruck Me Talk Pretty One Day The Emperor of all Maladies Defending Jacob Philosophy: Who Needs It? The Virtuous Egoist The Dim Hypothesis: Why The Lights Of The West Are Going Out The Tao of Pooh Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government The Fountainhead Monsoon The Jesuit Guide To (almost) Everything Book of Genesis: A Biography The Social Conquest Of Earth Triumphs Of Experience Breaking The Maya Code A Tour Of The Calculus Breakthrough Rapid Reading Sexy Boss Golf's Sacred Journey The Talent Code Turning Pro Integrity Intelligent Memory

Author Robert Kaplan Isabel Wilkerson Neil Steinberg James Carroll Bill O'reilly Janet Gleeson Charles Murray James Buchan Anne Applebaum Charles King Richard McGregor John Kennedy Evan Thomas Alfred Chandler Erik Larson David Sedaris Siddhartha Mukherjee William Landay Ayn Rand Tara Smith Leonard Peikoff Benjamin Hoff Yaron Brook Ayn Rand Robert Kaplan James Martin Ronald Hendel Eo Wilson George Vaillant Michael Coe David Berlinksi Peter Kump Heaher Havenwood David Cook Daniel Coyle Steven Pressfield Henry Cloud Barry Gordon

Genre History History History History History History History History History History History History History History History Humor Medical Mystery Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy Politics Politics Politics Religion Religion Science & Nature Science & Nature Science & Nature Science & Nature Self-Help Self-Help Self-Help Self-Help Self-Help Self-Help Self-Help

Times Recommended Rank* 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 7 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 9 1 7 1 4 1 7 1 1 1 7 1 7 1 4 1 3 1 7 1 7 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

Book Title Author Genre The Willpower Instinct Kelly Mcgonigal Self-Help The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver Social Science The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Daniel Kahneman Social Science The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Stephen Pinker Social Science The Blindside Michael Lewis Social Science Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Social Science Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Richard Thaler Social Science The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Charles Duhigg Social Science The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell Social Science Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Robert Cialdini Social Science Blink Malcolm Gladwell Social Science The Age of the Unthinkable Joshua Ramo Social Science Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Brian Wansink Social Science The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies Bryan Caplan Social Science The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt Social Science Talent is Overrated Geoff Colvin Social Science Mastery Robert Greene Social Science The Power of Productivity William Lewis Social Science Cooperating Rivals Jeffrey Sosland Social Science Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption and the Hijacking of America H. Ferguson Charles Social Science The Control Revolution: Tech. & Econ. Origins Of Info. Soc. James Beniger Social Science The Invisable Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us Christopher Chabris Social Science Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading Jonathan Fenby Social Science Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing Charles Ellis Social Science Drive Daniel Pink Social Science Imagine Johan Lehrer Social Science Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Froer Social Science A Technique for Producing Ideas James Webb Young Social Science Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Katherine Boo Social Science How To Tell What People Are Thinking Peter Collett Social Science Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Supe Chrystia Freeland Social Science Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government and the Free Market Janine Wedel Social Science Sleeping With Your Smartphone Leslie Perlow Social Science The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Nassim Taleb Social Science The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph A. Tainter Social Science The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Leonard Mlodinow Social Science The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Will Durant Social Science Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination Frank Partnoy Social Science

Times Recommended Rank* 1 2 14 71 2 4 9 31 5 29 7 28 8 26 5 22 7 22 3 14 4 12 4 12 4 11 2 11 2 10 4 9 2 8 2 8 1 7 1 7 1 7 2 7 1 7 1 7 2 6 2 6 3 6 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 4

2012 Holiday Book Survey Sorted: By Genre


* The greater the points the higher the recommendation

Number 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281

Book Title Your Brain at Work Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character How Music Works The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right The Next Decade The Social Animal The Storytelling Animal Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Justice Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Ta Thinking About Leadership Toxic Charity The Secret Race

Author David Rock Burton Richter Rebecca Stott Paul Tough David Byrne Atul Gawande George Friedman David Brooks Jonathan Gottschall Jared Diamond Michael Sandel Susan Cain Nannerl O. Keohane Robert Lupton Tyler Hamilton

Genre Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Social Science Sports & Recreation

Times Recommended Rank* 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1

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