Books in 2012...

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The 2012 collection is a general mix of books crime fiction, literary fiction, humour, literary essays, music, and dictionaries (??) ... I relied on my book haul posts and ‘orders’ list on online bookstores...and remembered purchases...so, I might have missed some, not many, just three or four... and this time, my own book was released towards the end of 2012, which made the year memorable...Like the list?

1.      Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age – Naresh Fernandes

2.      Essential Groucho 

3.      Tamil Pulp Fiction

4.      Encounter – Milan Kundera

5.      The Curtain: An Essay in Five Parts – Milan Kundera

6.      The Prague Cemetery – Umberto Eco

7.      The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana – Umberto Eco

8.      Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin Einstein Varghese – Sidin Vadakut

9.      God Save the Dork – Sidin Vadakut

10.  The Yellow Emperor’s Cure – Kunal Basu

11.  Complete Prose: Woody Allen

12.  Yes, Prime Minister

13.  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John Le Carre

14.  Don’t Get Mad, Get Even – Alan Abel

15.  The Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus Vol. 2  

16.  Piece of my Heart – Peter Robinson

Kannada

1.      Sahitya Sanchara (literary essays) – T P Ashoka

2.      Sahitya Sambandha (literary essays) – T P Ashoka

3.      Varnamaya (general essays) – Vasudehndra

4.      Neelakurunji (poems) – Satyanarayana Rao Anathi

Kannada Lexicons

1.      Padanidhi (Kannada thesaurus) – Prashanth Madtha

2.      Nalnudi Nighantu – H. Allisaab

3.      Igo Kannada (Vols. 1-3) – Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah

4.      Janapada Nudigattugala Kosha – Prof. Sudhakar

5.      Eravalu Padakosha – Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah

6.      Sirigannada Arthakosha – Dr Shivarama Karantha

7.      English Padagalige Kannadadde Padagalu – D N Shankara Bhatta

8.      Samkshipta Kannada Nighantu – Kannada Sahitya Parishath

9.      English-Kannada Dictionary (4 Vols. in one) – Mysore University

Byomkesh Bakshi (originally in Bengali by Sardindu Bandyopadhyay)

1.      Byomkesh Bakshi Stories – (Trans. by Monimala Dhar: Rupa)

2.      The Rhythm of Riddles – 3 Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries (Trans. by Arunava Sinha: Puffin)

3.      Picture Imperfect & other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries (Trans. Sreejata Guha: Penguin)

4.      Menagerie & other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries (Trans. Sreejata Guha: Penguin)

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series – Alexander McCall Smith

1.      The Miracle at Speedy Motors

2.      Good Husband of Zebra Drive 

3.      Blue Shoes And Happiness

4.      Full Cupboard of Life 

Ian Rankin

1.      Watchman

2.      The Naming of the Dead

3.      Set in Darkness

4.      Resurrection Men

5.      Fleshmarket Close

6.      Let it Bleed

7.      Dead Souls

8.      The Falls

9.      A Question of Blood

10.  Tooth and Nail

11.  Exit Music

Parker – Spenser

1.      Crimson Joy

2.      Judas Goat

3.      Mortal Stakes

4.      Sudden Mischief

5.      Cold Service

6.      Pastime

7.      Rough Weather

8.      Classic Robert B. Parker (2 early Spenser mysteries) – Promised Land & Looking for Rachel Wallace

Parker – Jesse Stone

1.      Night Passage

2.      Trouble in Paradise

Dave Barry

1.      Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States

2.      Dave Barry’s Guide to Life

3.      Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs

Let’s see what 2013 has in store...