Best Books of 2012

Still hanging around greensboro? Looking for some books to read now that those finals are over with? Here a selection of books from various "best of" lists that we have in our University libraries. Happy Holidays and happy reading!

NPR's best books of 2012:

Canada by Richard Ford

The Brontes: Wild Genius on the moors: The story of a literary family by Juliet Barker

Behind the beautiful forevers by Katherine Boo

The art forger: a novel by B.A Shapiro

The lifeboat: a novel by Charlotte Rogan

NW by Zadie Smith

Blown covers: New Yorker Covers you were never meant to see by Francoise Mouly

Publishers Weekly best books of 2012

Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel

The round house by Louise Erdrich

All we know: three lives by Lisa Cohen

The New Yorker: Best Books of 2012

The constant heart by Craig Nova- A UNCG PROFESSOR!

Fear of music by Jonathan Lethem

Bewilderment: new poems and translations by David Ferry

Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura

Amazon best books of 2012: Editors picks

The yellow birds by Kevin Powers

Gone girl by Gillian Flynn

The Fault in our stars by John Green

The age of miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain

New DVD's

ACTION

The Bourne legacy

ANIMATION

InuYasha, Seasons 1-7

Hobbit

Ice age, continental drift

COMEDY

Love birds

My favorite year

Heaven can wait

Ted

DRAMA

Room with a view

Cold Mountain

SCIENCE FICTION

Beasts of the southern wild

THRILLER

Alfred Hitchcock's stage fright

Nosferatu

Holiday Hours

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New DVD's

ACTION

The dark knight rises

COMEDY

Hope springs

The odd life of Timothy Green

Tea with Mussolini

MUSICAL

Sparkle

 

SCIENCE FICTION

Men in black 3

THRILLER

Sneakers

Ronin

Free Coffee

It's reading day! Time to study study study! You know a great place to study? The University Libraries!

We want to help keep you awake, so starting today until Thursday the 6th we will have free coffee, tea and hot chocolate for you in the lobby of Jackson Library from 9pm.