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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

3,216 members

267 reviews

4

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

2

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,962 members

1,306 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, norabelle414, kptrey23, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

77,199 members

3,649 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: generalkala, anxovert, greeneyed_ives, kptrey23

4

by Suzanne Collins

59,901 members

1,908 reviews

4.2

4 Members: generalkala, greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

5

by Christopher Paolini

37,442 members

671 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, kptrey23, brandymt

6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

126,321 members

1,098 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

7

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

116,529 members

968 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

8

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

114,395 members

936 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

9

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

113,580 members

1,004 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

109,003 members

1,645 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

11

by Suzanne Collins

55,438 members

1,856 reviews

3.9

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

12

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

35,411 members

593 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: norabelle414, FAMeulstee, sturlington

13

by Veronica Roth

31,049 members

1,508 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, sturlington, OtherTom

14

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

29,695 members

548 reviews

4

3 Members: _Zoe_, FAMeulstee, sturlington

15

by Toni Morrison

26,739 members

449 reviews

3.9

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

16

25,830 members

403 reviews

3.8

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, kptrey23

17

Northanger Abbey

25,157 members

464 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, kara.shamy, kptrey23

18

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

18,512 members

330 reviews

3.8

3 Members: generalkala, JqnOC, kptrey23

19

by Stephen King

16,951 members

856 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

by Emma Donoghue

16,143 members

1,027 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

21

10,608 members

557 reviews

3.8

3 Members: anxovert, norabelle414, greeneyed_ives

22

by Terry Pratchett

5,959 members

188 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Death Comes to Pemberley

5,565 members

342 reviews

3

3 Members: generalkala, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

24

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

64,129 members

577 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kptrey23

25

by Ray Bradbury

63,758 members

1,144 reviews

4

2 Members: generalkala, ahef1963

26

63,191 members

532 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

27

by Mary Shelley

51,480 members

814 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

44,803 members

727 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ape, ahef1963

29

by Albert Camus

41,080 members

586 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

39,356 members

523 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

31

by Hermann Hesse

31,560 members

421 reviews

4

2 Members: JqnOC, kptrey23

32

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,622 members

601 reviews

4.1

2 Members: generalkala, JqnOC

33

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

28,216 members

777 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

34

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,805 members

480 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Edward, kptrey23

35

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

23,617 members

1,201 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

36

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

22,634 members

1,358 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, sturlington

37

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

22,403 members

1,392 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sturlington

38

A Dance with Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

20,548 members

493 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, sturlington

39

Around the World in Eighty Days

20,486 members

309 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

40

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,769 members

369 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

41

by David Mitchell

19,725 members

719 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

42

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

19,040 members

459 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

43

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

17,790 members

888 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963

44

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

15,442 members

321 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

45

by Bernhard Schlink

14,628 members

412 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: generalkala, norabelle414

46

Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare

13,650 members

417 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, waxflower

47

by Lev Grossman

11,878 members

718 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

48

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

11,150 members

172 reviews

4.1

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

49

11,040 members

662 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: keristars, waxflower

50

by Gillian Flynn

10,706 members

446 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

51

by E. M. Forster

9,697 members

144 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

52

by Jodi Picoult

9,297 members

192 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

53

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

9,272 members

107 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kptrey23

54

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,814 members

159 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Ape, sturlington

55

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,398 members

323 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

56

by Jodi Picoult

7,300 members

164 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

57

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares

6,353 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kptrey23

58

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory

5,880 members

231 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

5,469 members

151 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith

60

Cleopatra: A Life

by Stacy Schiff

5,033 members

198 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

61

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

4,550 members

202 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

62

After the Quake: Stories

by Haruki Murakami

4,533 members

120 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, aulsmith

63

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

by Christopher Moore

4,265 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, Ape

64

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

4,184 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

65

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

by Julian Barnes

4,119 members

69 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

66

by Catherine Fisher

3,913 members

192 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,814 members

274 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

68

3,758 members

295 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414

69

by Connie Willis

3,543 members

238 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

70

Bartleby, the Scrivener

by Herman Melville

3,468 members

124 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

71

by Gail Carriger

3,430 members

269 reviews

3.9

2 Members: being_blunt, norabelle414

72

by Connie Willis

2,516 members

165 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

73

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,455 members

178 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

74

by Gregory Maguire

2,382 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sjudd, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

2,259 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Edward, lahochstetler

76

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,966 members

97 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sjudd

77

by Arnaldur Indriðason

1,890 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: being_blunt, ahef1963

78

1,701 members

125 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

79

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,443 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

80

Calling Out for You

by Karin Fossum

1,191 members

45 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

81

by Arnaldur Indriðason

1,069 members

55 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: being_blunt, ahef1963

82

He Who Fears the Wolf

by Karin Fossum

1,033 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

83

by Sandra Dallas

986 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

84

The Machine Stops

by E. M. Forster

907 members

56 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

85

by August Strindberg

756 members

11 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

86

The Water's Edge

by Karin Fossum

736 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

87

by Conn Iggulden

717 members

47 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Deslilla, kara.shamy

88

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

660 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

89

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

517 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

476 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

91

461 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

92

by Mark Billingham

424 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by *

392 members

1 review

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

94

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

297 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

95

by Mark Billingham

281 members

18 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

68,343 members

1,020 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,795 members

873 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Markus Zusak

52,635 members

2,244 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: _Zoe_

100

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

50,151 members

1,201 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

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January 2012
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