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Books Read in 2012 (Numbered)

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1

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

39,807 members

1,100 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, ahef1963

2

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

28,422 members

532 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, ahef1963

3

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,209 members

290 reviews

3.9

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,319 members

73 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Terry Pratchett

4,642 members

169 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,773 members

158 reviews

3.8

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by J. R. R. Tolkien

88,679 members

1,155 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

22,569 members

389 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

9

Around the World in Eighty Days

15,760 members

254 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

10

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

by Philip Pullman

34,491 members

722 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

11

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

23,892 members

351 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

12

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,599 members

76 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

13

by Laurie R. King

2,346 members

67 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

14

Death Comes as the End

by Agatha Christie

2,580 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

15

A Letter of Mary

by Laurie R. King

2,571 members

74 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

16

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

by Laurie R. King

3,012 members

97 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

17

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

22,415 members

432 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

18

Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

5,778 members

85 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

19

Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd

by Barry Clifford

59 members

2 reviews

1.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

20

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

by E. L. Konigsburg

1,250 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

21

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

by Laurie R. King

5,700 members

285 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

22

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

50,978 members

456 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

23

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,324 members

257 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, rretzler

24

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

4,056 members

70 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

25

Water for Elephants

28,254 members

1,154 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

26

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,107 members

164 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, rretzler

27

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,277 members

133 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

28

by Susan Cooper

4,857 members

69 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

29

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

by Alexander McCall Smith

1,284 members

56 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

30

by John Wyndham

4,434 members

114 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

31

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

4,161 members

82 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

32

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

14,819 members

369 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

33

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

by Alexander McCall Smith

2,889 members

82 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

34

by John Grisham

1,858 members

96 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

35

On the Night of the Seventh Moon

by Victoria Holt

655 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

36

by Alan Dean Foster

277 members

3 reviews

3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

37

by Mary Rodgers

1,329 members

14 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

38

Brother Cadfael's Penance

by Ellis Peters

1,693 members

27 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

39

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

by Alexander McCall Smith

1,502 members

65 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

40

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

14,769 members

240 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

41

by Kate Atkinson

7,835 members

336 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

42

The Most Dangerous Game [short fiction]

by Richard Connell

684 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

43

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

19,907 members

469 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

44

What Happened to My Sister

by Elizabeth Flock

174 members

50 reviews

4

Member: dara85

45

by Emma Jameson

136 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

46

by H. Beam Piper

32 members

½ 2.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

47

by Peggy Parish

6,796 members

204 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

48

by William Steig

1,157 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

49

by Laurie R. King

2,085 members

65 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

50

37,590 members

1,543 reviews

4.2

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

51

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

42,691 members

729 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

52

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

26,048 members

753 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

53

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

9,650 members

157 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

54

These Things Hidden

by Heather Gudenkauf

1,102 members

74 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

55

1,373 members

48 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

56

The Gifts of Asti [short story]

by Andre Norton

66 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

57

by Fiona Buckley

270 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

58

Death at Bishop's Keep

648 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rretzler

59

Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie

by Kathy Lynn Emerson

183 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

60

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

by Carrie Vaughn

1,206 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

61

by M. C. Beaton

415 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

62

Kitty Raises Hell

by Carrie Vaughn

1,096 members

48 reviews

3.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

63

The Lions of Little Rock

by Kristin Levine

959 members

50 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: rretzler

64

Nocturne {story}

by Deborah Crombie

56 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

65

by Laurie R. King

2,214 members

65 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

66

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

568 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

67

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

by Barbara Mertz

427 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

68

by Peter Lovesey

204 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

69

Christmas Crumble

by M. C. Beaton

121 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

70

Murder in the Gunroom

by H. Beam Piper

91 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

71

by Beverly Cleary

4,951 members

37 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

72

The Silver Ship and the Sea

by Brenda Cooper

208 members

8 reviews

3.2

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

73

Age of Kings (Great Ages of Man)

by Charles Blitzer

321 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

74

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

23 members

1 review

4.1

Member: rretzler

75

Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case

by Emily Brightwell

117 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

76

No Mark Upon Her

by Deborah Crombie

702 members

57 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

77

Cabin Pressure: Molokai (Christmas Special 2010)

by John Finnemore

10 members

1 review

4.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

78

What Angels Fear

by C. S. Harris

1,242 members

62 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

79

by Alan Dean Foster

425 members

7 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

80

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King

297 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

81

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

440 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

82

A Red Herring Without Mustard

by Alan Bradley

2,474 members

173 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

83

Death at the Opera

by Gladys Mitchell

171 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

84

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

by Barbara Mertz

710 members

13 reviews

4.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

85

Death at Victoria Dock

by Kerry Greenwood

731 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

86

Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch

by Nancy Atherton

277 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

87

by Colin Cotterill

301 members

23 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

88

The Great Escape

by Paul Brickhill

1,025 members

16 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

89

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,332 members

416 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

15,646 members

441 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

92

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

by Sarah Caudwell

1,020 members

34 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

93

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

23,591 members

492 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

94

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

23,389 members

428 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: rretzler

95

Death of a Kingfisher

by M. C. Beaton

416 members

27 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

96

As the Pig Turns

by M. C. Beaton

487 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

97

Scout's Progress

414 members

13 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

98

408 members

16 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

99

281 members

13 reviews

4.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

100

Champions Don't Cry

22 members

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

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