The Best Books I Read in 2012

This is my list of favorites - -

• The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro (My #1)
• The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts by Robert D. Kaplan
• The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King by Walter R. Borneman
• Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis (My #2)
• The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns by Sasha Issenberg
• The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Mark Bowden
• The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
• The Signal and Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't Nate Silver
• Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller
• American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman
• The End of Abundance: Economic Solutuons to Water Scarcity by David Zetland
• Louis D. Brandeis: A Life by Melvin Urofsky
• Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve Coll
• The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow
• Bring Up the Bodies by HilaryMantel
• The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
• A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy by Peter H. Gleick et al