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Books Read in 2013

Members: 43 participating members (show all)

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1
Speaking from Among the Bones: A Flavia de Luce Novel
by Alan Bradley
1,459 members, 171 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

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

Score: 19.06

2
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
6,364 members, 412 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

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

Score: 14.73

3
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
9,170 members, 703 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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

Score: 14.49

4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
29,844 members, 551 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
3,786 members, 310 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

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

Score: 13.54

6
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
54,544 members, 912 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 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
6,493 members, 207 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Score: 13.15

8
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
28,389 members, 478 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 12.2

9
Joyland
by Stephen King
2,917 members, 210 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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

Score: 11.9

10
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
31,797 members, 599 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 11.78

11
The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel
by Helene Wecker
3,364 members, 252 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
1,284 members, 82 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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

Score: 10.31

13
The Casual Vacancy
by J. K. Rowling
7,084 members, 480 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

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

Score: 10.26

14
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
10,208 members, 493 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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

Score: 10.22

15
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
by Alan Bradley
1,719 members, 151 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 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
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
5,908 members, 475 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 9.76

18
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,415 members, 90 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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

Score: 9.39

19
Still Life
by Louise Penny
4,075 members, 293 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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

Score: 9.32

20
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
by David Sedaris
2,415 members, 119 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

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

Score: 9.28

21
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
14,866 members, 1,274 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
24,497 members, 215 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
22,682 members, 324 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
28,122 members, 730 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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

Score: 8.85

25
Rough Passage to London
by Robin Lloyd
56 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
2,663 members, 291 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

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

Score: 8.7

27
The Brutal Telling
by Louise Penny
2,023 members, 216 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Score: 8.66

28
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
5,903 members, 553 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

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

Score: 8.64

29
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
31,220 members, 1,566 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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

Score: 8.2

30
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
13,098 members, 641 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 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
8,592 members, 715 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

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

Score: 8.05

32
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
27,525 members, 740 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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

Score: 8

33
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
16,919 members, 163 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
15,226 members, 1,090 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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

Score: 7.31

36
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
29,483 members, 538 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

Score: 7.18

37
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
5,649 members, 317 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

Score: 7.14

38
Astray
by Emma Donoghue
542 members, 31 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: Sockurmum (1), saskreader (3)

Score: 7.04

39
The Book of Tea
by Kakuzō Okakura
2,001 members, 46 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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

Score: 6.89

40
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin
2,474 members, 123 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (4), incognitoemily, bookwoman84

Score: 6.88

41
Dumb Witness (aka Poirot Loses a Client)
by Agatha Christie
2,317 members, 46 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

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

Score: 6.87

42
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
15,070 members, 625 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: aleteo (12), incognitoemily, greeneyed_ives

Score: 6.84

43
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
5,103 members, 431 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), KimarieBee (4)

Score: 6.83

44
The Descent
by Jeff Long
973 members, 29 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: SkuldOMG (1), Jubercat (4)

Score: 6.83

45
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
by John Scalzi
2,987 members, 302 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: hailelib (2), jjwilson61 (2)

Score: 6.73

46
Hangman's Holiday
by Dorothy L. Sayers
1,216 members, 19 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 6.69

47
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
34,887 members, 1,617 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: SirThomas (1), KimarieBee (6)

Score: 6.56

48
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
3,347 members, 319 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

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

Score: 6.37

49
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said
4,057 members, 30 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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

Score: 6.25

50
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
16,511 members, 1,091 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

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

Score: 6.21

51
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,349 members, 151 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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

Score: 6.14

52
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
6,205 members, 449 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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

Score: 5.89

53
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
17,294 members, 173 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

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

Score: 5.8

54
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by Mary Roach
1,694 members, 125 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 5.77

55
A Storm of Swords
by George R. R. Martin
18,428 members, 368 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), bookwoman84

Score: 5.74

56
Still Alice
by Lisa Genova
4,928 members, 397 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), Jubercat (9)

Score: 5.67

57
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
9,949 members, 286 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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

Score: 5.54

58
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
2,483 members, 210 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (28), SirThomas (67), incognitoemily

Score: 5.45

59
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
11,301 members, 154 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: saskreader (2), happybookie (15)

Score: 5.4

60
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
10,461 members, 407 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Apeekrtr (5), Sockurmum (5)

Score: 5.35

61
Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
7,491 members, 1,004 reviews
4.49 stars (4.49 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
25,583 members, 589 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: Tafadhali (3), aulsmith (14)

Score: 5.11

63
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
15,328 members, 577 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (5), DisassemblyOfReason (8)

Score: 5.05

64
The Wandering Fire
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,620 members, 46 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: jjwilson61 (13), gennyt

Score: 4.94

67
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
6,628 members, 107 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), blackdove07 (67)

Score: 4.76

68
The Iliad
by Homer
28,696 members, 282 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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

Score: 4.66

69
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
3,150 members, 235 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Ape (31), gennyt

Score: 4.52

70
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion
1,853 members, 218 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Ape (11), incognitoemily

Score: 4.51

71
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
13,753 members, 336 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), greeneyed_ives

Score: 4.45

72
Home to Holly Springs
by Jan Karon
1,569 members, 52 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (8), happybookie (17)

Score: 4.35

73
Eloise in Moscow
by Kay Thompson
252 members, 6 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), aleteo (21)

Score: 4.33

74
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
7,041 members, 99 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 4.21

75
Oath of Gold
by Elizabeth Moon
827 members, 13 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: DisassemblyOfReason (73), gennyt

Score: 4.2

76
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
44,573 members, 734 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

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

Score: 4.14

77
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
16,819 members, 373 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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

Score: 4.12

78
Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell
2,651 members, 75 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), happybookie (19)

Score: 4.11

79
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
13,703 members, 760 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), incognitoemily

Score: 4.08

80
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
5,326 members, 282 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), Tafadhali (26)

Score: 4.08

81
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
25,581 members, 435 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 4.07

82
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
23,888 members, 422 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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

Score: 4.06

83
Affinity
by Sarah Waters
2,871 members, 122 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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

Score: 4.04

84
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,396 members, 195 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Score: 4

85
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
19,380 members, 285 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: Ape (1)

Score: 4

86
The Plague
by Albert Camus
13,852 members, 159 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Tafadhali (1)

Score: 4

87
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
3,835 members, 117 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4), DisassemblyOfReason (136)

Score: 4

88
Anastasia Krupnik
by Lois Lowry
1,128 members, 31 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aleteo (1)

Score: 4

89
Pretender
by C. J. Cherryh
681 members, 11 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: DisassemblyOfReason (1)

Score: 4

90
The Complete Peanuts: 1955-1956 Dailies & Sundays
by Charles M. Schulz
570 members, 4 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: freelunch (1)

Score: 4

93
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

94
The Engines of Light
by Ken MacLeod
25 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: sdobie (1)

Score: 4

95
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
by Amy Stewart
880 members, 46 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Ape (10), bookwoman84

Score: 3.99

96
The Cruellest Month
by Louise Penny
2,026 members, 121 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (14), happybookie (21)

Score: 3.94

97
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
18,195 members, 169 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), sturlington (45)

Score: 3.92

98
Eloise
by Kay Thompson
1,236 members, 36 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: aleteo (14), happybookie (22)

Score: 3.92

99
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
13,253 members, 267 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10), ahef1963 (35)

Score: 3.89

100
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
14,933 members, 342 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11), sturlington (32)

Score: 3.88

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