What's the best book (either Lincoln or non) you read in 2012

[Chris in Portland]

I'd have to put in a pitch for Rise to Greatness - Abraham Lincoln and tAmerica's Most Perilous Year [1862] by David Von Drehle. It is a quick read, not because it is light, but because it is so well written. It relies on many of the diaries of Cabinet members and has many details not found in other Lincoln books. It tells an amazing story of how Lincoln, with all his intellectual powers and knowledge of human failures, got through the year and came out with Emancipation to boot.
Chris Jones