What I’ve Read in 2012 (Year-End Edition)

*Written by Rob Rimes.

People often times ask me what I read. Here is a list of what I’ve read in 2012. To see what I read in 2011, click here.

1. Confessions of an Economic Hitman – John Perkins

2. The Case Againt the Fed – Murray Rothbard

3. Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga – Hunter S. Thompson

4. G.I. Joe: Omnibus vol. 1 (IDW Publishing) – Chuck Dixon

5. It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Govenrment is Wrong – Judge Andrew Napolitano

6. Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead – Steve Perry

7. Honoring The Self – Nathaniel Branden

8. Liar’s Poker – Michael Lewis

9. Sterling’s Gold: Wit & Wisdom of an Ad Man – Roger Sterling

10. Defedning the Un-defendable – Walter Block

11. The Rum Diary – Hunter S. Thompson

12. I Am John Galt – Donald L. Luskin & Andrew Greta

13. The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales From a Strange Time (Gonzo Papers vol. 1) – Hunter S. Thompson

14. The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, the Fast Lane and Me – Ben Collins

15. Senna Versus Prost – Malcolm Folley

16. Tiki Road Trip: A Guide to Tiki Culutre in North America – James Teitelbaum

17. Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness – Hunter S. Thompson

18. The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury

19. 162-0: Imagine a Cubs Perfect Season – Dan McGrath & Bob Vanderberg

20. Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers – Jared Dillian

21. The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You – various contributors

22. Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans – A.J. Baime

23. Great Myths of the Great Depression – Lawrence Reed

24. The Penultimate Truth – Philip K. Dick

25. Hack/Slash Omnibus vol. 3 (Devil’s Due Publishing) – Tim Seeley

26. Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire – Chalmers Johnson

27. Shalako – Louis L’Amour

28. For the New Intellectual – Ayn Rand

29. Flat Out, Flat Broke: Forumla 1 the Hard Way! – Perry McCarthy

30. The Immortal Iron Fist: The Last Iron Fist Story (Marvel Comics) – Ed Brubaker

31. Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80′s (Gonzo Papers vol. 2) – Hunter S. Thompson

32. Economic Depressions: Their Cause & Cure – Murray Rothbard

33. How To Build a Time Machine – Paul Davies

34. Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun – Wess Roberts

35. War Collectivism: Power, Business, and the Intellectual Class in World War I – Murray Rothbard

36. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation – Joseph J. Ellis

37. Thunderball – Ian Fleming

38. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – Ian Fleming

39. You Only Live Twice – Ian Fleming

40. Keynes The Man – Murray Rothbard

41. Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis – James Rickards

42. The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics – James Kakalios

43. The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins

44. Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future – Chris Mooney

45. Inside Apple – Adam Lashinsky

46. The Tea Party Goes to Washington – Rand Paul

47. Constitutional Chaos – Judge Andrew Napolitano

48. The Constitution In Exile - Judge Andrew Napolitano

49. A Nation of Sheep - Judge Andrew Napolitano

50. Songs of the Doomed: More Notes On the Death of the American Dream (Gonzo Papers vol. 3) – Hunter S. Thompson

51. The Wolf of Wall Street – Jordan Belfort

52. Free Markets, Free Men: Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850 – George Roche

53. The Case for Legalizing Capitalism – Kel Kelly

54. Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years – Randy Roberts & Carson Cunningham

55. Tucker – Louis L’Amour

56. The Reagan Diaries – Ronald Reagan

57. Why Businessmen Need Philosophy: The Capitalist’s Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged – various contributors

58. Batman: Lovers & Madmen (DC Comics) – Michael Green

59. Downsizing the Federal Government – Chris Edwards

60. Drive – James Sallis

61. Driven – James Sallis

62. The Mechanic’s Tale: Life In the Pit-Lanes of Formula One – Steve Matchett

63. Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis – Once and Future (DC Comics) – Kurt Busiek

64. Human Action: A Treatise On Economics – The Scholar’s Edition – Ludwig von Mises

65. Lies the Government Told You – Judge Andrew Napolitano

66. The Blind Watchmaker – Richard Dawkins

67. Joker (DC Comics) - Brian Azzarello

68. Batman: The Man Who Laughs (DC Comics) - Ed Brubaker

69. Kingdom of Fear – Hunter S. Thompson

70. Physics of the Impossible – Michio Kaku

71. The Silmarillion – J.R.R. Tolkien

72. Robin: Year One (DC Comics) - Chuck Dixon & Scott Beatty

73. Batman: Joker’s Asylum (DC Comics) - various contributors

74. A Brief History of Time: Updated and Expanded Edition – Stephen Hawking

75. Match Wits With Mensa – The Members of American Mensa, Ltd.

76. The Shadow Riders – Louis L’Amour

77. The Portable Atheist – Christopher Hitchens and various contributors

78. Doctor Who and Philosophy – various contributors

79. Cosmos – Carl Sagan

80. The Virtue of Selfishness – Ayn Rand