(Not all published in 2012 and in no particular order.)
Fiction:
- East of Denver – Gregory Hill
- The Reconstructionist – Nick Arvin
- The Big Wake-Up – Mark Coggins
- The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
- The Wind Knot – John Galligan
- The Clinch Knot – John Galligan
- As The Crow Flies – Craig Johnson
- The Big Bang – Linda Joffe Hull
- Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
- The Dog Stars – Peter Heller
Non-Fiction:
- Rin Tin Tin – Susan Orlean
- Meat Eater – Steven Rinella
- The Lost Grizzlies – Rick Bass
- Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher –Timothy Egan
- The Beekeeper’s Lament – Hannah Nordhaus

Ooo, good list. Cloud Atlas is one (of many) on my bedside table waiting patiently for my attentions.