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Make 2012 the Year You Resolve to Read More Books.

I don’t have any reading resolutions yet in 2012, but I have been inspired by Matt’s list below to make a list of my favorite books that I *read* this year, rather than just those that came out this year.

• How Should a Person Be 
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
• State of Wonder
• The Family Fang
• My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me 
• Ten Thousand Saints
• Zoo City
• A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
• A Storm of Swords

mrmullin:

In 2011 my New Years Resolution was to keep track of all the books I read in print. I’d initially planned to write a small paragraph about each with a family member so I could share them at the end of December, but that’s not particularly easy thing to do when you finish a book on a full 4 train. But just tracking your books is a wonderful contrivance to remind yourself to read, even when work, games, or packed trains get in the way.

If you haven’t made a reading resolution yet, I really encourage you to give it a try. If you read mostly in print (as I did in 2011), clear out a bookshelf or a space to pile the books up. I found that having the a totem in my room acted as a helpful reminder to always have a book in my bag. That stack will give you a better sense of what you like in your reading (for me, it’s novels. The ratio is 34:1 in the fiction vs non-fiction category).

If you read in both print and ebook, try using GoodReads to track your reading. The barcode scanner on their iPhone app lets you easily port your print titles to your profile.

If you read exclusively in ebook, consider Kobo, as you can use Reading Life to track your pages, hours read, and more.

My reading preferences and top 10 of the year below the break.

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