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Books Read in 2012 (Numbered)

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Rank Title Author Added

1

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

49,886 members

1,201 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, ahef1963

2

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

35,262 members

594 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, ahef1963

3

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

9,293 members

356 reviews

3.9

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,878 members

90 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Terry Pratchett

5,929 members

187 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Sign of the Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,879 members

195 reviews

3.8

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,553 members

1,302 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

26,052 members

428 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

9

Around the World in Eighty Days

20,300 members

301 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

10

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

40,142 members

792 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

11

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

27,307 members

376 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

12

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

4,411 members

95 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

13

by Laurie R. King

2,570 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

14

Death Comes as the End

by Agatha Christie

3,206 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

15

A Letter of Mary

by Laurie R. King

2,832 members

82 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

16

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

by Laurie R. King

3,343 members

102 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

17

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

26,055 members

477 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

18

Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

6,571 members

91 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

19

Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd

by Barry Clifford

67 members

2 reviews

2.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

20

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

by E. L. Konigsburg

1,411 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

21

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

by Laurie R. King

6,502 members

304 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

22

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

63,819 members

575 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

23

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,794 members

273 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, rretzler

24

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

5,047 members

87 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

25

Water for Elephants

31,548 members

1,216 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

26

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,480 members

178 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, rretzler

27

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

7,371 members

157 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

28

by Susan Cooper

5,621 members

78 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

29

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

by Alexander McCall Smith

1,521 members

63 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

30

by John Wyndham

5,354 members

142 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

31

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

5,443 members

117 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

32

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

18,664 members

438 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

33

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

by Alexander McCall Smith

3,230 members

90 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

34

by John Grisham

2,338 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

35

On the Night of the Seventh Moon

by Victoria Holt

728 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

36

by Alan Dean Foster

310 members

4 reviews

3.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

37

by Mary Rodgers

1,601 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

38

Brother Cadfael's Penance

by Ellis Peters

1,969 members

30 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

39

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

by Alexander McCall Smith

1,742 members

73 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

40

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

18,492 members

275 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

41

by Kate Atkinson

8,800 members

380 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

42

The Most Dangerous Game

by Richard Connell

899 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

43

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

25,259 members

526 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

44

What Happened to My Sister

by Elizabeth Flock

191 members

52 reviews

4

Member: dara85

45

by Emma Jameson

169 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rretzler

46

by H. Beam Piper

34 members

½ 2.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

47

by Peggy Parish

9,676 members

221 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

48

by William Steig

1,504 members

49 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

49

by Laurie R. King

2,272 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

50

46,689 members

1,683 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

51

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

54,071 members

854 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

52

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

29,839 members

838 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

53

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

12,850 members

174 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

54

These Things Hidden

by Heather Gudenkauf

1,291 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

55

1,585 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

56

The Gifts of Asti [short story]

by Andre Norton

78 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

57

by Fiona Buckley

293 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

58

Death at Bishop's Keep

717 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rretzler

59

Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie

by Kathy Lynn Emerson

194 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

60

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

by Carrie Vaughn

1,339 members

74 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

61

504 members

18 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

62

The Lions of Little Rock

by Kristin Levine

1,420 members

57 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: rretzler

63

Kitty Raises Hell

by Carrie Vaughn

1,214 members

51 reviews

3.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

64

Nocturne {story}

by Deborah Crombie

58 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

65

by Laurie R. King

2,410 members

69 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

66

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

659 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

67

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

by Barbara Mertz

535 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

68

by Peter Lovesey

250 members

14 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rretzler

69

Christmas Crumble

154 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

70

Murder in the Gunroom

by H. Beam Piper

104 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

71

by Beverly Cleary

6,793 members

52 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

72

The Silver Ship and the Sea

by Brenda Cooper

235 members

11 reviews

3.2

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

73

by Charles Blitzer

381 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

74

Tales From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD: Three Untold Tales Of Sherlock Holmes

28 members

4

Member: rretzler

75

Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case

by Emily Brightwell

143 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

76

No Mark Upon Her

by Deborah Crombie

797 members

60 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

77

Cabin Pressure: Molokai (Christmas Special 2010)

by John Finnemore

14 members

1 review

4.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

78

What Angels Fear

by C. S. Harris

1,429 members

73 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

79

by Alan Dean Foster

480 members

7 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

80

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King

337 members

30 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

81

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

516 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

82

A Red Herring Without Mustard

by Alan Bradley

2,866 members

192 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

83

Death at the Opera

by Gladys Mitchell

195 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

84

Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

by Barbara Mertz

839 members

15 reviews

4.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

85

Death at Victoria Dock

by Kerry Greenwood

868 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

86

Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch

by Nancy Atherton

319 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

87

by Colin Cotterill

350 members

23 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

88

The Great Escape

by Paul Brickhill

1,195 members

19 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

89

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,324 members

472 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: rretzler

90

The Colors of Augustine

by Michelle West

1 member

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

91

A Dance with Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

20,440 members

492 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

92

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

by Sarah Caudwell

1,240 members

49 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

93

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

29,530 members

548 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

94

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

28,160 members

479 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: rretzler

95

Death of a Kingfisher

515 members

28 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

96

As the Pig Turns

582 members

20 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

97

Scout's Progress

470 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

98

465 members

17 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

99

335 members

14 reviews

4.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

100

Champions Don't Cry

27 members

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

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