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Books Read in 2012

Description: What books have you read this year?

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Rank Title Author Added

1

3,204 members

266 reviews

4

5 Members: being_blunt, Rtrace, norabelle414, aulsmith, sturlington

2

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,103 members

1,294 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, norabelle414, kptrey23, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

76,357 members

3,637 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: generalkala, anxovert, greeneyed_ives, kptrey23

4

by Suzanne Collins

59,219 members

1,901 reviews

4.2

4 Members: generalkala, greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

5

by Christopher Paolini

37,166 members

666 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, kptrey23, brandymt

6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

125,303 members

1,087 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

7

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

115,518 members

959 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

8

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

113,491 members

932 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

9

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

112,980 members

1,000 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

108,299 members

1,638 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

11

by Suzanne Collins

54,803 members

1,849 reviews

3.9

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

12

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

35,089 members

591 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: norabelle414, FAMeulstee, sturlington

13

by Veronica Roth

30,724 members

1,507 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, sturlington, OtherTom

14

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

29,350 members

546 reviews

4

3 Members: _Zoe_, FAMeulstee, sturlington

15

by Toni Morrison

26,424 members

447 reviews

3.9

3 Members: tamara.townsend, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

16

25,568 members

402 reviews

3.8

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, kptrey23

17

Northanger Abbey

24,897 members

460 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, kara.shamy, kptrey23

18

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

18,426 members

331 reviews

3.8

3 Members: generalkala, JqnOC, kptrey23

19

by Stephen King

16,746 members

849 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

by Emma Donoghue

16,312 members

1,025 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

21

10,550 members

552 reviews

3.8

3 Members: anxovert, norabelle414, greeneyed_ives

22

by Terry Pratchett

5,893 members

185 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Death Comes to Pemberley

5,564 members

341 reviews

3

3 Members: generalkala, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

24

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

63,550 members

572 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kptrey23

25

by Ray Bradbury

63,112 members

1,140 reviews

4

2 Members: generalkala, ahef1963

26

62,193 members

521 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

27

by Mary Shelley

50,887 members

813 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

44,490 members

723 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ape, ahef1963

29

by Albert Camus

40,637 members

575 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

38,962 members

516 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

31

by Hermann Hesse

31,299 members

420 reviews

4

2 Members: JqnOC, kptrey23

32

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,304 members

597 reviews

4.1

2 Members: generalkala, JqnOC

33

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

28,014 members

772 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

34

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,529 members

477 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Edward, kptrey23

35

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

23,336 members

1,200 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

36

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

22,423 members

1,354 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, sturlington

37

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

22,134 members

1,384 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sturlington

38

A Dance with Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

20,302 members

490 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, sturlington

39

Around the World in Eighty Days

20,141 members

298 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

40

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,647 members

367 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

41

by David Mitchell

19,575 members

717 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

42

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,828 members

454 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

43

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

17,582 members

886 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963

44

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

15,398 members

321 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

45

by Bernhard Schlink

14,525 members

411 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: generalkala, norabelle414

46

Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare

13,440 members

416 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, waxflower

47

by Lev Grossman

11,752 members

708 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

48

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

11,058 members

171 reviews

4.1

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

49

10,939 members

661 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: keristars, waxflower

50

by Gillian Flynn

10,548 members

446 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

51

by E. M. Forster

9,677 members

144 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

52

by Jodi Picoult

9,259 members

191 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

53

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

9,234 members

107 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kptrey23

54

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,806 members

158 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Ape, sturlington

55

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,340 members

319 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

56

by Jodi Picoult

7,279 members

164 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

57

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares

6,303 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kptrey23

58

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory

5,837 members

231 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

5,446 members

149 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith

60

Cleopatra: A Life

by Stacy Schiff

4,999 members

198 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

61

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

4,512 members

200 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

62

After the Quake: Stories

by Haruki Murakami

4,509 members

119 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, aulsmith

63

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

by Christopher Moore

4,265 members

122 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, Ape

64

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

4,148 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

65

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

by Julian Barnes

4,103 members

68 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

66

by Catherine Fisher

3,901 members

192 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,877 members

273 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

68

3,737 members

295 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414

69

by Connie Willis

3,522 members

237 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

70

Bartleby, the Scrivener

by Herman Melville

3,424 members

122 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

71

by Gail Carriger

3,420 members

268 reviews

3.9

2 Members: being_blunt, norabelle414

72

by Connie Willis

2,502 members

164 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

73

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,462 members

178 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

74

by Gregory Maguire

2,361 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sjudd, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

2,248 members

61 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Edward, lahochstetler

76

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,947 members

97 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sjudd

77

by Arnaldur Indriðason

1,880 members

83 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: being_blunt, ahef1963

78

1,692 members

125 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

79

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,441 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

80

Calling Out for You

by Karin Fossum

1,190 members

45 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

81

by Arnaldur Indriðason

1,064 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: being_blunt, ahef1963

82

He Who Fears the Wolf

by Karin Fossum

1,029 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

83

by Sandra Dallas

982 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

84

The Machine Stops

by E. M. Forster

895 members

55 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

85

by August Strindberg

753 members

11 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

86

The Water's Edge

by Karin Fossum

733 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

87

by Conn Iggulden

708 members

47 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Deslilla, kara.shamy

88

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

656 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

89

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

511 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

90

The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands

by Ursula K. Le Guin

470 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

91

458 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

92

by Mark Billingham

425 members

21 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by *

388 members

1 review

½ 4.5

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

94

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

293 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

95

by Mark Billingham

277 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

96

134 members

9 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: being_blunt, ManWithAnAgenda

97

by Charlotte Brontë

67,728 members

1,016 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,286 members

865 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Markus Zusak

52,137 members

2,235 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: _Zoe_

100

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

49,651 members

1,200 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

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January 2012
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