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Most Popular Reviews - 2012


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2012, first the top 50 for the year and then the top 15 each month of the year.

2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga
  2. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
  3. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat
  4. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
  5. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat
  6. Q & A, Vikas Swarup
  7. Atonement, Ian McEwan
  8. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
  9. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee
  10. 1Q84, Murakami Haruki
  11. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
  12. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat
  13. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa
  14. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  15. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki
  16. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
  17. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid
  18. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
  19. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery
  20. The Gift of a Cow, Premchand
  21. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo
  22. Proof, David Auburn
  23. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
  24. Spies, Michael Frayn
  25. 'Art', Yasmina Reza
  26. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin
  27. The History Boys, Alan Bennett
  28. Snow, Orhan Pamuk
  29. Kafka on the Shore, Murakami Haruki
  30. Ambiguous Adventure, Cheikh Hamidou Kane
  31. The Assault, Harry Mulisch
  32. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
  33. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki
  34. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
  35. Saturday, Ian McEwan
  36. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell
  37. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
  38. Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda
  39. The Eye of the Storm, Patrick White
  40. The Shawl, Cynthia Ozick
  41. Arcadia, Tom Stoppard
  42. The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
  43. Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier
  44. Voss, Patrick White
  45. Closer, Patrick Marber
  46. King Leopold's Ghost, Adam Hochschild
  47. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan
  48. In the Country of Men, Hisham Matar
  49. The Glass Palace, Amitav Ghosh
  50. An Equal Music, Vikram Seth

      Previous month's position given in brackets.
      Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      "-" indicates book was not among top 50 reviews.

December, 2012

  1. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (1)
  2. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (2)
  3. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (3)
  4. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
  5. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5)
  6. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (6)
  7. Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
  8. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (15)
  9. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (13)
  10. The History Boys, Alan Bennett (8)
  11. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (9)
  12. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (7)
  13. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (21)
  14. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (11)
  15. Snow, Orhan Pamuk (34)

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November, 2012

  1. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (1)
  2. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (3)
  3. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (2)
  4. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
  5. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5)
  6. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (7)
  7. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (6)
  8. The History Boys, Alan Bennett (16)
  9. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (11)
  10. Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda (8)
  11. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (13)
  12. Atonement, Ian McEwan (12)
  13. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (34)
  14. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (17)
  15. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (9)

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October, 2012

  1. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (4)
  2. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (1)
  3. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (3)
  4. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (2)
  5. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5)
  6. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (9)
  7. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (20)
  8. Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda (-)
  9. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (8)
  10. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius (25)
  11. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (21)
  12. Atonement, Ian McEwan (10)
  13. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (6)
  14. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (28)
  15. Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie (n.a.)

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September, 2012

  1. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (2)
  2. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  3. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (3)
  4. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (11)
  5. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (9)
  6. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (15)
  7. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (4)
  8. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (5)
  9. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (40)
  10. Atonement, Ian McEwan (7)
  11. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (8)
  12. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (6)
  13. Barley Patch, Gerald Murnane (23)
  14. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (12)
  15. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (46)

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August, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (5)
  3. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (2)
  4. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (12)
  5. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (4)
  6. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (8)
  7. Atonement, Ian McEwan (20)
  8. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (7)
  9. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (9)
  10. Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn (53)
  11. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (14)
  12. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (10)
  13. The Gift of a Cow, Premchand (5)
  14. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (16)
  15. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (40)

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July, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (3)
  3. Democracy, Michael Frayn (8)
  4. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (6)
  5. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (11)
  6. The Gift of a Cow, Premchand (2)
  7. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (13)
  8. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (21)
  9. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (7)
  10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (15)
  11. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (53)
  12. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (50)
  13. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (12)
  14. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (-)
  15. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (16)

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June, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. The Gift of a Cow, Premchand (10)
  3. The Three Mistakes of my Life, Chetan Bhagat (27)
  4. The Eye of the Storm, Patrick White
  5. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (3)
  6. One night @ the call center, Chetan Bhagat (30)
  7. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (4)
  8. Democracy, Michael Frayn (63)
  9. The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes (n.a.)
  10. Atonement, Ian McEwan (7)
  11. Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat (60)
  12. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
  13. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (12)
  14. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (2)
  15. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (8)

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May, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (4)
  3. Q & A, Vikas Swarup
  4. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (2)
  5. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
  6. HHhH, Laurent Binet (n.a.)
  7. Atonement, Ian McEwan (3)
  8. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (10)
  9. Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda (-)
  10. The Gift of a Cow, Premchand (41)
  11. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser (22)
  12. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (14)
  13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (19)
  14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (11)
  15. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (8)

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April, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (5)
  3. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2)
  4. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (6)
  5. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (7)
  6. Proof, David Auburn (24)
  7. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (4)
  8. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (28)
  9. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (8)
  10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (18)
  11. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (12)
  12. 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (11)
  13. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (9)
  14. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (14)
  15. The Thief, Nakamura Fuminori (n.a.)

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March, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Atonement, Ian McEwan (3)
  3. The Successor, Ismail Kadare (-)
  4. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (2)
  5. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (7)
  6. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (4)
  7. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (5)
  8. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (11)
  9. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (8)
  10. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (12)
  11. 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (10)
  12. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (6)
  13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (9)
  14. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (15)
  15. Our Sister Killjoy, Ama Ata Aidoo (26)

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February, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (1)
  2. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (5)
  3. Atonement, Ian McEwan (6)
  4. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (7)
  5. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (8)
  6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2)
  7. Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (21)
  8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (12)
  9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (10)
  10. 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (4)
  11. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (13)
  12. Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Kalidasa (-)
  13. Fat Chance, Simon Gray (-)
  14. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin (22)
  15. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (15)

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January, 2012

  1. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (4)
  2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2)
  3. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, Tsutsui Yasutaka (1)
  4. 1Q84, Murakami Haruki (5)
  5. Q & A, Vikas Swarup (3)
  6. Atonement, Ian McEwan (7)
  7. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (10)
  8. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee (6)
  9. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami Haruki (14)
  10. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery (18)
  11. Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki (12)
  12. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid (11)
  13. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (16)
  14. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (9)
  15. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (20)


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