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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

by J. R. R. Tolkien

95,326 members

1,188 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, norabelle414, kptrey23, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

65,066 members

3,485 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: generalkala, anxovert, greeneyed_ives, kptrey23

3

by Suzanne Collins

49,691 members

1,791 reviews

4.2

4 Members: generalkala, greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

4

by Christopher Paolini

32,701 members

637 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, kptrey23, brandymt

5

2,960 members

250 reviews

4

4 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414, aulsmith, sturlington

6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

111,284 members

991 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

7

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

103,202 members

879 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

102,038 members

930 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

9

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

101,685 members

861 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

97,304 members

1,564 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

11

by Suzanne Collins

45,749 members

1,739 reviews

3.9

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

12

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

30,800 members

545 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: norabelle414, FAMeulstee, sturlington

13

by Veronica Roth

25,633 members

1,436 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, sturlington, OtherTom

14

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

25,408 members

509 reviews

4

3 Members: _Zoe_, FAMeulstee, sturlington

15

by Toni Morrison

23,080 members

406 reviews

3.9

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

16

22,674 members

359 reviews

3.8

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, kptrey23

17

Northanger Abbey

21,811 members

417 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, kara.shamy, kptrey23

18

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

17,371 members

320 reviews

3.8

3 Members: generalkala, JqnOC, kptrey23

19

by Emma Donoghue

14,432 members

978 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

by Stephen King

13,790 members

765 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

21

9,515 members

520 reviews

3.8

3 Members: anxovert, norabelle414, greeneyed_ives

22

by Terry Pratchett

5,058 members

173 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,999 members

323 reviews

3

3 Members: generalkala, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

24

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

55,235 members

487 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kptrey23

25

by Ray Bradbury

54,400 members

1,006 reviews

4

2 Members: generalkala, ahef1963

26

53,643 members

461 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

27

by Mary Shelley

43,102 members

710 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

39,428 members

662 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ape, ahef1963

29

by Albert Camus

35,751 members

503 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,567 members

476 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

31

by Hermann Hesse

28,029 members

381 reviews

4

2 Members: JqnOC, kptrey23

32

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,450 members

728 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

33

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,995 members

526 reviews

4.1

2 Members: generalkala, JqnOC

34

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,245 members

424 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Edward, kptrey23

35

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

19,540 members

1,130 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

36

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

18,657 members

1,275 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, sturlington

37

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

18,640 members

1,264 reviews

4.1

2 Members: FAMeulstee, sturlington

38

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

17,811 members

678 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

39

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,272 members

317 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

40

Around the World in Eighty Days

17,265 members

266 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

41

A Dance With Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

17,181 members

453 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, sturlington

42

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,090 members

386 reviews

4

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

43

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

15,159 members

850 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963

44

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

14,707 members

309 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

45

by Bernhard Schlink

13,480 members

396 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: generalkala, norabelle414

46

Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare

11,171 members

394 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, waxflower

47

by Lev Grossman

10,340 members

670 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

48

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

9,862 members

167 reviews

4.1

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

49

9,467 members

639 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: keristars, waxflower

50

by E. M. Forster

8,832 members

132 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

51

by Gillian Flynn

8,664 members

415 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

52

by Jodi Picoult

8,603 members

186 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

53

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,358 members

149 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Ape, sturlington

54

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

7,949 members

93 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kptrey23

55

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,776 members

285 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

56

by Jodi Picoult

6,762 members

158 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

57

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares

5,754 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kptrey23

58

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory

5,263 members

228 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

4,838 members

146 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith

60

Cleopatra: A Life

by Stacy Schiff

4,441 members

187 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

61

After the Quake

by Haruki Murakami

4,120 members

108 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, aulsmith

62

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

by Christopher Moore

4,042 members

118 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: norabelle414, Ape

63

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

by Julian Barnes

3,862 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

64

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

3,851 members

185 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

65

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

3,657 members

216 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

66

by Catherine Fisher

3,556 members

186 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,478 members

264 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

68

3,417 members

276 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414

69

by Connie Willis

3,216 members

217 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

70

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville

2,897 members

96 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

71

by Connie Willis

2,298 members

151 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

72

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,224 members

168 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

73

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G.K. Chesterton

1,948 members

58 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Edward, lahochstetler

74

by Gregory Maguire

1,823 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sjudd, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,753 members

92 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sjudd

76

1,592 members

114 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

77

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,377 members

61 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

78

Calling Out for You

by Karin Fossum

1,134 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

79

He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer Mysteries)

by Karin Fossum

969 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

80

by Sandra Dallas

915 members

65 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

81

The Water's Edge

by Karin Fossum

690 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

82

The Machine Stops

by E. M. Forster

686 members

41 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

83

by August Strindberg

674 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

84

by Conn Iggulden

615 members

47 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Deslilla, kara.shamy

85

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

597 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

86

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

461 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

87

436 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

88

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

by Ursula K. Le Guin

390 members

19 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

89

by Mark Billingham

382 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

90

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

257 members

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

91

by Mark Billingham

249 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

92

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

165 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

by Charlotte Brontë

59,501 members

920 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,308 members

771 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

by Markus Zusak

45,357 members

2,127 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: _Zoe_

96

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,974 members

1,121 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

97

35,828 members

610 reviews

4

Member: Ape

98

by Terry Pratchett

35,078 members

789 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

99

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

30,005 members

559 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: norabelle414

100

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

by Gregory Maguire

29,032 members

651 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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Started: _Zoe_
January 2012
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