The following are the top 10 books for 2012 as identified by the readers of Selfish Citizenship.

1. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) by James M. McPherson
2. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
3. The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else  by Hernando De Soto
4. John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty by C. Bradley Thompson
5. For the New Intellectual by Ayn Rand
6. James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Ketcham
7. The Panic of 1819: Reactions and Policies by Murray N. Rothbard
8. James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity by Harry Ammon
9. Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman
10. The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America by Leonard Peikoff

What are you reading? Tell us in a comment.

The top 10 posts on Selfish Citizenship in 2012 were:

1. Open Letter to Gary Johnson
2. On Foreign Policy, American Founders vs. Ron Paul
3. 6 Causes of India’s Mega-Blackout, Lessons for US
4. Bipartisan Deal – Status Quo Continuing Resolution for FY 2013
5. Top Three Reasons to Vote Obama for President
6. Top Three Reasons to Vote Romney for President
7. Angry Libertarians
8. Cannibal Culture
9. Not an Emergency, but a Suicide Attempt
10. The Last Goode Democrat