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Books Read in 2012

Description: What books have you read this year?
Members: 28 participating members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, dara85, Ape, norabelle414, DisassemblyOfReason, sturlington, FAMeulstee, kara.shamy, Edward, n0ty0urcuppatea, greeneyed_ives, kptrey23, keristars, AnnaClaire, JqnOC, _Zoe_, sjudd, Deslilla, lahochstetler, calumoth, generalkala, aulsmith, brandymt, Christy.Riege, OtherTom, tamara.townsend

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Rank Title Author Added

1

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

61,555 members

3,442 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: generalkala, n0ty0urcuppatea, greeneyed_ives, Christy.Riege, kptrey23

2

by Suzanne Collins

46,348 members

1,766 reviews

4.2

5 Members: generalkala, greeneyed_ives, Christy.Riege, sturlington, kptrey23

3

by J. R. R. Tolkien

90,770 members

1,160 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, norabelle414, kptrey23, ManWithAnAgenda

4

by Suzanne Collins

42,864 members

1,710 reviews

3.9

4 Members: greeneyed_ives, Christy.Riege, sturlington, kptrey23

5

by Christopher Paolini

30,745 members

627 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, kptrey23, brandymt

6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

105,339 members

979 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

7

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

98,181 members

873 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

98,159 members

916 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

9

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

97,553 members

851 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

93,064 members

1,551 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

11

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

29,122 members

533 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: norabelle414, FAMeulstee, sturlington

12

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

24,191 members

497 reviews

4

3 Members: _Zoe_, FAMeulstee, sturlington

13

by Veronica Roth

23,896 members

1,413 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, sturlington, OtherTom

14

by Toni Morrison

22,026 members

399 reviews

3.9

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

15

21,751 members

352 reviews

3.8

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, kptrey23

16

Northanger Abbey

20,855 members

405 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, kara.shamy, kptrey23

17

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

16,914 members

318 reviews

3.8

3 Members: generalkala, JqnOC, kptrey23

18

by Emma Donoghue

13,883 members

969 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

19

by Stephen King

12,811 members

728 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

9,233 members

518 reviews

3.8

3 Members: n0ty0urcuppatea, norabelle414, greeneyed_ives

21

by Terry Pratchett

4,740 members

169 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,738 members

317 reviews

3

3 Members: generalkala, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

23

2,867 members

243 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, aulsmith, sturlington

24

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

52,318 members

464 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kptrey23

25

by Ray Bradbury

51,711 members

982 reviews

4

2 Members: generalkala, ahef1963

26

50,754 members

444 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

27

by Mary Shelley

40,734 members

695 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

37,674 members

641 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ape, ahef1963

29

by Albert Camus

34,321 members

490 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

33,153 members

460 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

31

by Hermann Hesse

27,009 members

371 reviews

4

2 Members: JqnOC, kptrey23

32

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

24,554 members

713 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

33

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

23,462 members

502 reviews

4.1

2 Members: generalkala, JqnOC

34

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,778 members

408 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Edward, kptrey23

35

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

18,176 members

1,117 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

36

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

17,493 members

1,233 reviews

4.1

2 Members: FAMeulstee, sturlington

37

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

17,374 members

1,231 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, sturlington

38

by David Mitchell

17,127 members

665 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

39

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

16,647 members

312 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

40

Around the World in Eighty Days

16,271 members

257 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

41

A Dance With Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

16,104 members

446 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, sturlington

42

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,226 members

365 reviews

4

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

43

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

14,472 members

307 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

44

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

14,321 members

844 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963

45

by Bernhard Schlink

13,107 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: generalkala, norabelle414

46

by Lev Grossman

10,053 members

650 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

47

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

9,423 members

162 reviews

4.1

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

48

by E. M. Forster

8,526 members

129 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

49

by Jodi Picoult

8,432 members

186 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

50

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

8,201 members

99 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kptrey23

51

by Gillian Flynn

8,100 members

403 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

52

Sandman: The Doll's House

8,063 members

140 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Ape, sturlington

53

by Jodi Picoult

6,607 members

156 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

54

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,568 members

278 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

55

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares

5,547 members

70 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kptrey23

56

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory

5,106 members

220 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

57

4,625 members

139 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith

58

Cleopatra: A Life

by Stacy Schiff

4,193 members

185 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

59

After the Quake

by Haruki Murakami

4,002 members

107 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, aulsmith

60

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

by Christopher Moore

3,963 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, Ape

61

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

by Julian Barnes

3,779 members

62 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

62

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

3,646 members

179 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

63

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

3,534 members

208 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

64

by Catherine Fisher

3,436 members

187 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,371 members

259 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

66

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville

2,738 members

95 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

67

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,143 members

165 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

68

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

1,847 members

58 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Edward, lahochstetler

69

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,695 members

91 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sjudd

70

by Gregory Maguire

1,691 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sjudd, ManWithAnAgenda

71

1,546 members

114 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

72

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,355 members

61 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

73

Calling Out for You

by Karin Fossum

1,118 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

74

He Who Fears the Wolf

by Karin Fossum

960 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

75

by Sandra Dallas

886 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

76

The Water's Edge

by Karin Fossum

678 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

77

by August Strindberg

666 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

78

The Machine Stops [Squid Ink Classics Edition]

by E. M. Forster

633 members

39 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

79

by Conn Iggulden

586 members

48 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Deslilla, kara.shamy

80

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

579 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

81

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

445 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

82

429 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

83

by Mark Billingham

368 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

84

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

by Ursula K. Le Guin

361 members

19 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

85

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone [unknown editions]

by J. K. Rowling

349 members

2 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

86

by Mark Billingham

243 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

87

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - unidentified work

225 members

9 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

88

by Charlotte Brontë

56,820 members

891 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

89

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

52,124 members

749 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

by Markus Zusak

43,118 members

2,106 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: _Zoe_

91

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

40,831 members

1,102 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

92

33,458 members

588 reviews

4

Member: Ape

93

33,364 members

778 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

94

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire

28,147 members

637 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

28,142 members

535 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: norabelle414

96

The Fault in Our Stars

25,558 members

1,531 reviews

4.2

Member: FAMeulstee

97

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

23,880 members

434 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

98

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

23,498 members

295 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

99

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

22,771 members

438 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

100

by Kurt Vonnegut

21,745 members

292 reviews

4.1

Member: Edward

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Started: _Zoe_
January 2012
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