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Books Read in 2013

Members: 45 participating members (show all)

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1
Speaking From Among the Bones
by Alan Bradley
1,609 members, 171 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (1), Betty.Ann.Beam (1), Jubercat (2), DisassemblyOfReason (10), pennie4 (12), rretzler (43), bookwoman84

Score: 19.06

2
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
11,435 members, 823 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: Sockurmum (2), sjudd (4), sturlington (20), Dilara86 (28), Tafadhali (36), aleteo (92), gennyt, bookwoman84

Score: 17.31

3
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
7,374 members, 437 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: jags66 (1), Paulg2 (1), happybookie (2), rretzler (2)

Score: 14.73

4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
33,479 members, 638 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), sturlington (3), happybookie (4), blackdove07 (75), matthewmason

Score: 13.61

5
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
4,642 members, 371 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: hailelib (1), conceptDawg (2), pennie4 (10), sturlington (44), matthewmason

Score: 13.54

6
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
60,570 members, 1,002 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), cej1027 (5), happybookie (8), VW_Williams (17), matthewmason

Score: 13.4

7
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
7,682 members, 251 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: blackdove07 (1), happybookie (3), pennie4 (11), sturlington (46), matthewmason

Score: 13.15

8
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
6,873 members, 533 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), elkiedee (6), Jubercat (7), kara.shamy (43), bookwoman84

Score: 12.32

9
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
32,284 members, 543 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), ahef1963 (8), happybookie (13), blackdove07 (17), matthewmason

Score: 12.2

10
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
36,315 members, 657 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: happybookie (1), cej1027 (2), sturlington (15), matthewmason

Score: 11.78

11
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker
4,176 members, 291 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: Jubercat (1), miketopper (1), kara.shamy (4)

Score: 10.83

12
The Woman Who Died A Lot
by Jasper Fforde
1,510 members, 88 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: BomboChipolata (1), rretzler (1), pennie4 (9)

Score: 10.31

13
The Casual Vacancy
by J. K. Rowling
8,366 members, 527 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: hailelib (5), saskreader (13), kara.shamy (42), rretzler (47), matthewmason

Score: 10.26

14
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
11,759 members, 519 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), saskreader (6), happybookie (7), matthewmason

Score: 10.22

15
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
by Alan Bradley
1,887 members, 155 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Jubercat (3), mccin68 (3), pennie4 (8), bookwoman84

Score: 10.2

16
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: saskreader (1), jags66 (2), happybookie (5)

Score: 10.04

17
Joyland
by Stephen King
3,569 members, 240 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), saskreader (11), sturlington (16), SirThomas (44), aleteo (93)

Score: 9.59

18
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,806 members, 100 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: pennie4 (7), happybookie (9), jjwilson61 (25), gennyt

Score: 9.39

19
Still Life
by Louise Penny
5,011 members, 349 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), happybookie (6), mccin68 (7), aleteo (101)

Score: 9.32

20
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
by David Sedaris
2,828 members, 128 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: conceptDawg (8), blackdove07 (12), greeneyed_ives, matthewmason

Score: 9.28

21
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
17,497 members, 1,386 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5), saskreader (12), sturlington (40), Tafadhali (61), aleteo (61)

Score: 9.28

22
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
27,710 members, 247 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), VW_Williams (8), happybookie (16), matthewmason

Score: 9.22

23
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
25,005 members, 339 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), happybookie (12), sturlington (24), matthewmason

Score: 8.89

24
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
32,210 members, 841 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), kara.shamy (8), saskreader (15), rretzler (66)

Score: 8.85

25
Rough Passage to London
by Robin Lloyd
57 members, 26 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), conceptDawg (3), bookwoman84

Score: 8.78

26
The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker
2,954 members, 310 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: aleteo (6), kara.shamy (9), saskreader (10), sturlington (41)

Score: 8.7

27
The Brutal Telling
by Louise Penny
2,431 members, 237 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (6), happybookie (14), ahef1963 (34), matthewmason

Score: 8.66

28
Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
6,951 members, 624 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: pennie4 (5), Jubercat (8), conceptDawg (13), aleteo (53)

Score: 8.64

29
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
35,598 members, 1,631 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: SirThomas (2), KimarieBee (7), matthewmason

Score: 8.2

30
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
15,098 members, 685 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Jubercat (5), dara85 (16), ahef1963 (22), Tafadhali (40)

Score: 8.11

31
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
9,757 members, 747 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: pennie4 (1), aleteo (9), saskreader (28)

Score: 8.05

32
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
30,249 members, 819 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: jjwilson61 (1), Ape (37), matthewmason

Score: 8

33
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
18,542 members, 183 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: happybookie (28), kara.shamy (31), matthewmason, Edward

Score: 7.6

35
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
16,824 members, 1,155 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (2), Sockurmum (10), sturlington (31)

Score: 7.31

36
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
32,891 members, 582 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: pennie4 (6), blackdove07 (8), happybookie (10)

Score: 7.18

37
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
6,366 members, 341 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: pennie4 (4), Dilara86 (4), Ape (53)

Score: 7.14

38
Astray
by Emma Donoghue
629 members, 36 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: Sockurmum (1), saskreader (3)

Score: 7.04

39
The Book of Tea
by Kakuzō Okakura
2,309 members, 55 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: SkuldOMG (2), Dilara86 (26), blackdove07 (27)

Score: 6.89

40
Dumb Witness
by Agatha Christie
2,678 members, 55 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: pennie4 (3), mccin68 (16), happybookie (23)

Score: 6.87

41
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
5,912 members, 473 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), KimarieBee (4)

Score: 6.83

42
The Descent
by Jeff Long
1,061 members, 31 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: SkuldOMG (1), Jubercat (4)

Score: 6.83

43
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
3,745 members, 363 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: hailelib (2), jjwilson61 (2)

Score: 6.73

44
Hangman's Holiday
by Dorothy L. Sayers
1,382 members, 24 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: happybookie (11), ahef1963 (33), gennyt

Score: 6.69

45
The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton
2,792 members, 210 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (1), dara85 (5)

Score: 6.68

46
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
39,359 members, 1,683 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: SirThomas (1), KimarieBee (6)

Score: 6.56

47
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
3,900 members, 342 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: hailelib (3), aleteo (40), bookwoman84

Score: 6.37

48
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said
4,584 members, 40 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), kara.shamy (10)

Score: 6.25

49
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
18,613 members, 1,170 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (10), ahef1963 (41), matthewmason

Score: 6.21

50
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,460 members, 157 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: Jubercat (6), sturlington (22), bookwoman84

Score: 6.14

51
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
7,091 members, 494 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (8), kara.shamy (11), aleteo (86)

Score: 5.89

52
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
19,619 members, 188 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (9), happybookie (18), kara.shamy (44)

Score: 5.8

53
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by Mary Roach
2,026 members, 144 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Apeekrtr (7), Tafadhali (25), Ape (48)

Score: 5.77

54
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
6,795 members, 615 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (7), kara.shamy (27), mccin68 (47)

Score: 5.74

55
A Storm of Swords
by George R. R. Martin
20,768 members, 403 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), bookwoman84

Score: 5.74

56
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova
5,516 members, 419 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), Jubercat (9)

Score: 5.67

57
Blood of Dragons
by Robin Hobb
921 members, 34 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), sjudd (9)

Score: 5.67

58
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
11,050 members, 306 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (13), happybookie (20), kara.shamy (45)

Score: 5.54

59
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
by Anna Sewell
13,539 members, 177 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: saskreader (2), happybookie (15)

Score: 5.4

60
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
11,529 members, 449 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Apeekrtr (5), Sockurmum (5)

Score: 5.35

61
Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
9,699 members, 1,147 reviews
4.48 stars (4.48 stars)

Lists: aleteo (13), saskreader (43), Tafadhali (58)

Score: 5.12

62
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
29,019 members, 686 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: Tafadhali (3), aulsmith (14)

Score: 5.11

63
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
17,025 members, 621 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (5), DisassemblyOfReason (8)

Score: 5.05

64
The Wandering Fire
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,805 members, 49 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: jjwilson61 (13), gennyt

Score: 4.94

67
The Blade Itself
by Joe Abercrombie
5,636 members, 197 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (5), sjudd (13)

Score: 4.78

68
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
7,523 members, 119 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), blackdove07 (67)

Score: 4.76

69
The Iliad
by Homer
32,547 members, 328 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13), happybookie (50), DisassemblyOfReason (215)

Score: 4.66

70
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin
2,884 members, 139 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (4), bookwoman84

Score: 4.57

71
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
17,046 members, 658 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: aleteo (12), greeneyed_ives

Score: 4.53

72
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
5,091 members, 327 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: Ape (31), gennyt

Score: 4.52

73
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
14,732 members, 353 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), greeneyed_ives

Score: 4.45

74
Mistborn: The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson
8,600 members, 345 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: jjwilson61 (7), sjudd (19)

Score: 4.38

75
Home to Holly Springs
by Jan Karon
1,809 members, 56 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: dara85 (8), happybookie (17)

Score: 4.35

76
Eloise in Moscow
by Kay Thompson
282 members, 6 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), aleteo (21)

Score: 4.33

77
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
7,742 members, 115 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (5), kara.shamy (46)

Score: 4.21

78
Oath of Gold
by Elizabeth Moon
894 members, 14 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: DisassemblyOfReason (73), gennyt

Score: 4.2

79
The Well of Ascension
by Brandon Sanderson
5,660 members, 171 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: jjwilson61 (8), sjudd (24)

Score: 4.19

80
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
49,552 members, 797 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: Ape (13), kara.shamy (15)

Score: 4.14

81
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
19,666 members, 417 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (47), happybookie (49), DisassemblyOfReason (190)

Score: 4.12

82
Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell
2,935 members, 78 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), happybookie (19)

Score: 4.11

83
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
6,883 members, 336 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), Tafadhali (26)

Score: 4.08

84
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
27,871 members, 500 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Apeekrtr (14), kara.shamy (16)

Score: 4.07

85
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27,723 members, 484 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (48), happybookie (51), DisassemblyOfReason (218)

Score: 4.06

86
Affinity
by Sarah Waters
3,043 members, 123 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Tafadhali (8), kara.shamy (34)

Score: 4.04

87
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
6,152 members, 214 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (15), kara.shamy (17)

Score: 4

88
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
21,582 members, 319 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: Ape (1)

Score: 4

89
The Plague
by Albert Camus
15,695 members, 200 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Tafadhali (1)

Score: 4

90
Fool's Errand
by Robin Hobb
4,875 members, 63 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: sjudd (1)

Score: 4

91
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
4,255 members, 133 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4), DisassemblyOfReason (136)

Score: 4

92
Anastasia Krupnik
by Lois Lowry
1,240 members, 32 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: aleteo (1)

Score: 4

93
Pretender
by C. J. Cherryh
737 members, 14 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: DisassemblyOfReason (1)

Score: 4

94
The Complete Peanuts: 1955-1956 Dailies & Sundays
by Charles M. Schulz
614 members, 5 reviews
4.53 stars (4.53 stars)

Lists: freelunch (1)

Score: 4

95
Somerset
by Leila Meacham
227 members, 10 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: librookian (1)

Score: 4

98
The Engines of Light
by Ken MacLeod
29 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: sdobie (1)

Score: 4

99
Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health
by Pamela Stephenson
28 members, 0 reviews
2.5 stars (2.5 stars)

Lists: VW_Williams (1)

Score: 4

100
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
by Amy Stewart
1,114 members, 48 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Ape (10), bookwoman84

Score: 3.99

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