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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

3,208 members

267 reviews

4

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

2

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,451 members

1,302 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, norabelle414, kptrey23, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

76,681 members

3,643 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: generalkala, anxovert, greeneyed_ives, kptrey23

4

by Suzanne Collins

59,463 members

1,906 reviews

4.2

4 Members: generalkala, greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

5

by Christopher Paolini

37,307 members

666 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, kptrey23, brandymt

6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

125,715 members

1,092 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

7

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

115,965 members

964 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

8

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

113,861 members

935 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

9

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

113,235 members

1,001 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

108,648 members

1,642 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

11

by Suzanne Collins

55,027 members

1,854 reviews

3.9

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

12

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

35,210 members

594 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: norabelle414, FAMeulstee, sturlington

13

by Veronica Roth

30,885 members

1,507 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, sturlington, OtherTom

14

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

29,473 members

548 reviews

4

3 Members: _Zoe_, FAMeulstee, sturlington

15

by Toni Morrison

26,541 members

447 reviews

3.9

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

16

25,669 members

403 reviews

3.8

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, kptrey23

17

Northanger Abbey

24,981 members

462 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, kara.shamy, kptrey23

18

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

18,451 members

330 reviews

3.8

3 Members: generalkala, JqnOC, kptrey23

19

by Stephen King

16,770 members

854 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

by Emma Donoghue

16,048 members

1,026 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

21

10,586 members

555 reviews

3.8

3 Members: anxovert, norabelle414, greeneyed_ives

22

by Terry Pratchett

5,919 members

187 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Death Comes to Pemberley

5,591 members

341 reviews

3

3 Members: generalkala, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

24

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

63,720 members

575 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kptrey23

25

by Ray Bradbury

63,392 members

1,141 reviews

4

2 Members: generalkala, ahef1963

26

62,528 members

521 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

27

by Mary Shelley

51,171 members

811 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

44,594 members

724 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ape, ahef1963

29

by Albert Camus

40,820 members

580 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

39,119 members

518 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

31

by Hermann Hesse

31,360 members

420 reviews

4

2 Members: JqnOC, kptrey23

32

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,399 members

597 reviews

4.1

2 Members: generalkala, JqnOC

33

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

28,099 members

775 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

34

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,610 members

478 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Edward, kptrey23

35

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

23,460 members

1,200 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

36

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

22,500 members

1,356 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, sturlington

37

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

22,228 members

1,384 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sturlington

38

A Dance with Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

20,396 members

492 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, sturlington

39

Around the World in Eighty Days

20,257 members

301 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

40

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,655 members

367 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

41

by David Mitchell

19,626 members

716 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

42

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,900 members

456 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

43

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

17,654 members

887 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963

44

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

15,415 members

321 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

45

by Bernhard Schlink

14,548 members

410 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: generalkala, norabelle414

46

Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare

13,516 members

415 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, waxflower

47

by Lev Grossman

11,795 members

715 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

48

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

11,090 members

172 reviews

4.1

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

49

10,969 members

662 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: keristars, waxflower

50

by Gillian Flynn

10,616 members

447 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

51

by E. M. Forster

9,667 members

144 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

52

by Jodi Picoult

9,280 members

191 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

53

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

9,228 members

107 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kptrey23

54

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,818 members

158 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Ape, sturlington

55

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,365 members

320 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

56

by Jodi Picoult

7,294 members

164 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

57

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares

6,327 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kptrey23

58

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory

5,857 members

231 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

5,463 members

150 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith

60

Cleopatra: A Life

by Stacy Schiff

5,022 members

198 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

61

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

4,539 members

201 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

62

After the Quake: Stories

by Haruki Murakami

4,520 members

120 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, aulsmith

63

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

by Christopher Moore

4,257 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, Ape

64

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

4,166 members

233 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

65

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

by Julian Barnes

4,111 members

68 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

66

by Catherine Fisher

3,908 members

192 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,892 members

273 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

68

3,734 members

295 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414

69

by Connie Willis

3,534 members

237 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

70

Bartleby, the Scrivener

by Herman Melville

3,442 members

122 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

71

by Gail Carriger

3,420 members

269 reviews

3.9

2 Members: being_blunt, norabelle414

72

by Connie Willis

2,511 members

164 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

73

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,475 members

178 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

74

by Gregory Maguire

2,363 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sjudd, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

2,248 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Edward, lahochstetler

76

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,963 members

97 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sjudd

77

by Arnaldur Indriðason

1,882 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: being_blunt, ahef1963

78

1,692 members

124 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

79

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,444 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

1,066 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: being_blunt, ahef1963

82

He Who Fears the Wolf

by Karin Fossum

1,032 members

36 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

904 members

56 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

85

by August Strindberg

754 members

11 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

86

The Water's Edge

by Karin Fossum

735 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

87

by Conn Iggulden

712 members

47 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Deslilla, kara.shamy

88

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

658 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

89

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

515 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

471 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

91

460 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 *

391 members

1 review

½ 4.5

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

94

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

294 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

95

by Mark Billingham

280 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

67,954 members

1,017 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,491 members

869 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Markus Zusak

52,325 members

2,240 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: _Zoe_

100

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

49,797 members

1,201 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

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January 2012
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