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

[Craig Hipkins]

I have read a few good books this year. As far as Lincoln goes, I would say that Ronald White's A.Lincoln was the best that I have read. Outside of the Lincoln genre I read a few good books that stand out in my memory. One of them is Nick Lomb's history of the Transit of Venus (which occurred on June 05 of this year.) Another would be Ivan Van Sertima's They Came Before Columbus which was the story of a possible African Expedition (from Mali) to the New World in the year 1311.