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al.vick, souloftherose, foggidawn, ManWithAnAgenda, keristars, MDGentleReader, kara.shamy, melonbrawl, _Zoe_, ahef1963, lahochstetler, Lexxi, SylviaC, KimarieBee, norabelle414, cbl_tn, eromsted, merrystar, lorax, suitable1, aulsmith, hailelib, ijustgetbored, 2wonderY, AnnaClaire, DisassemblyOfReason, tottman, SkuldOMG, birder4106, Vneall, aholsonback, DaynaRT, Edward, staffordcastle, KOsWL

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by Gail Carriger

5,559 members

516 reviews

3.9

8 Members: hailelib, _Zoe_, foggidawn, KimarieBee, norabelle414, SylviaC, souloftherose, MDGentleReader

2

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

18,506 members

1,213 reviews

4.2

6 Members: lahochstetler, KimarieBee, cbl_tn, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose

3

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

7,430 members

641 reviews

3.8

6 Members: lorax, foggidawn, lahochstetler, cbl_tn, MDGentleReader, kara.shamy

4

The Uncommon Reader

by Alan Bennett

5,555 members

556 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, KOsWL, MDGentleReader, Vneall

5

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

3,550 members

251 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, ijustgetbored, norabelle414, suitable1, souloftherose

6

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

16,588 members

896 reviews

4

4 Members: lahochstetler, KimarieBee, melonbrawl, ahef1963

7

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

15,499 members

590 reviews

4

4 Members: hailelib, foggidawn, cbl_tn, aholsonback

8

by Emma Donoghue

13,544 members

961 reviews

4

4 Members: lahochstetler, norabelle414, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,566 members

341 reviews

4.2

4 Members: lahochstetler, suitable1, souloftherose, ahef1963

10

The Children's Blizzard

by David Laskin

1,617 members

79 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, AnnaClaire

11

The Mysterious Howling

by Maryrose Wood

1,591 members

109 reviews

3.9

4 Members: _Zoe_, ijustgetbored, keristars, souloftherose

12

The Fault in Our Stars

24,434 members

1,521 reviews

4.2

3 Members: KimarieBee, SylviaC, kara.shamy

13

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

23,789 members

359 reviews

4.1

3 Members: keristars, SylviaC, kara.shamy

14

by Elizabeth Kostova

20,755 members

746 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: KimarieBee, al.vick, ahef1963

15

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

13,620 members

736 reviews

4.2

3 Members: KimarieBee, SylviaC, souloftherose

16

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly

6,599 members

317 reviews

4

3 Members: foggidawn, KimarieBee, ahef1963

17

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,463 members

281 reviews

4.1

3 Members: keristars, souloftherose, ahef1963

18

by Louise Penny

6,193 members

410 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lahochstetler, souloftherose, kara.shamy

19

by Elizabeth Gaskell

4,282 members

125 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lahochstetler, aulsmith, kara.shamy

20

by Evelyn Waugh

3,341 members

60 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, lahochstetler, kara.shamy

21

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

3,014 members

170 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: keristars, lahochstetler, ahef1963

22

Excellent Women

2,597 members

119 reviews

4

3 Members: lahochstetler, cbl_tn, merrystar

23

by Winifred Holtby

890 members

39 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lahochstetler, merrystar, souloftherose

24

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

801 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: lorax, ijustgetbored, AnnaClaire

25

The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr together with a fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

781 members

24 reviews

4

3 Members: staffordcastle, melonbrawl, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Markus Zusak

42,223 members

2,079 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

27

37,490 members

1,543 reviews

4.2

2 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963

28

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

26,736 members

1,015 reviews

4.1

2 Members: cbl_tn, ManWithAnAgenda

29

by David Mitchell

16,900 members

663 reviews

4.1

2 Members: keristars, kara.shamy

30

16,269 members

1,182 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: KimarieBee, Lexxi

31

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

14,814 members

359 reviews

4

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

32

The Lies of Locke Lamora

9,382 members

422 reviews

4.2

2 Members: foggidawn, KimarieBee

33

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

9,252 members

659 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: norabelle414, souloftherose

34

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

8,454 members

208 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

35

Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore

7,861 members

693 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, MDGentleReader

36

His Majesty's Dragon

7,665 members

359 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, souloftherose

37

by Sarah Waters

7,562 members

278 reviews

4

2 Members: foggidawn, kara.shamy

38

by Stephen King

5,830 members

331 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Lexxi, kara.shamy

39

The Railway Children

5,377 members

80 reviews

3.9

2 Members: MDGentleReader, ahef1963

40

by Maria V. Snyder

5,052 members

296 reviews

4.1

2 Members: keristars, KimarieBee

41

by Jacqueline Winspear

4,591 members

268 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, lahochstetler

42

The Curse of Chalion

by Lois McMaster Bujold

4,584 members

164 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: foggidawn, souloftherose

43

by Jasper Fforde

3,902 members

254 reviews

4.1

2 Members: foggidawn, keristars

44

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

3,582 members

226 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: _Zoe_, souloftherose

45

by Karen Russell

3,447 members

228 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: keristars, kara.shamy

46

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff

2,927 members

62 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963

47

by Louisa May Alcott

2,544 members

32 reviews

3.9

2 Members: MDGentleReader, ahef1963

48

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,263 members

42 reviews

4

2 Members: al.vick, kara.shamy

49

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

by Gabrielle Zevin

1,853 members

117 reviews

3.8

2 Members: _Zoe_, kara.shamy

50

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

by Conor Grennan

1,020 members

129 reviews

4.2

2 Members: _Zoe_, ahef1963

51

The Night Bookmobile

by Audrey Niffenegger

931 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: _Zoe_, souloftherose

52

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog

by Ysabeau S. Wilce

837 members

59 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, keristars

53

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

by Stephen Puleo

705 members

32 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hailelib, 2wonderY

54

Kat, Incorrigible

by Stephanie Burgis

445 members

51 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, keristars

55

Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

292 members

9 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, melonbrawl

56

by Haruki Murakami

15,319 members

338 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

57

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

10,604 members

478 reviews

4

Member: Lexxi

58

10,283 members

327 reviews

4.2

Member: souloftherose

59

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

by Christopher Moore

10,245 members

406 reviews

4.2

Member: al.vick

60

Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Feynman

9,432 members

168 reviews

4.2

Member: al.vick

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8,772 members

634 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: keristars

62

Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks

8,397 members

401 reviews

4

Member: SylviaC

63

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson

7,892 members

274 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

64

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

7,592 members

353 reviews

4.2

Member: _Zoe_

65

The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

7,292 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: al.vick

66

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

6,757 members

377 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: MDGentleReader

67

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

by Marisha Pessl

6,430 members

301 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: keristars

68

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong {revised & updated}

by James W. Loewen

6,093 members

91 reviews

4

Member: keristars

69

by Melissa Marr

5,799 members

302 reviews

3.8

Member: foggidawn

70

5,282 members

243 reviews

4.1

Member: al.vick

71

An Instance of the Fingerpost

5,082 members

131 reviews

3.9

Member: keristars

72

5,041 members

214 reviews

4

Member: al.vick

73

by Brandon Mull

4,827 members

197 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

74

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys

4,618 members

346 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: keristars

75

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein

4,540 members

379 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: keristars

76

Crocodile on the Sandbank

by Elizabeth Peters

4,415 members

210 reviews

3.9

Member: foggidawn

77

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson

4,160 members

241 reviews

3.9

Member: eromsted

78

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Timothy Egan

4,086 members

186 reviews

4.2

Member: _Zoe_

79

by John Crowley

4,017 members

111 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

80

4,016 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: norabelle414

81

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

3,907 members

176 reviews

3.8

Member: _Zoe_

82

Ella Minnow Pea

3,676 members

247 reviews

3.9

Member: MDGentleReader

83

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

3,561 members

172 reviews

4

Member: kara.shamy

84

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

by Kate Summerscale

3,366 members

166 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: lahochstetler

85

The Great Kapok Tree

by Lynne Cherry

3,218 members

62 reviews

4.2

Member: al.vick

86

3,195 members

269 reviews

3.9

Member: _Zoe_

87

Kitten's First Full Moon

by Kevin Henkes

3,041 members

313 reviews

4.1

Member: al.vick

88

The Brain That Changes Itself : Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge

2,915 members

73 reviews

4.2

Member: SylviaC

89

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

2,831 members

101 reviews

4.1

Member: suitable1

90

by Rainbow Rowell

2,670 members

228 reviews

4

Member: foggidawn

91

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead

2,513 members

334 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: MDGentleReader

92

Here Be Dragons

by Sharon Kay Penman

2,480 members

59 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: suitable1

93

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,444 members

96 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: tottman

94

Heartstopper: Volume 1

by Alice Oseman

2,383 members

108 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

Luck in the Shadows

by Lynn Flewelling

2,375 members

58 reviews

4.1

Member: al.vick

96

by Rachel Hawkins

2,344 members

231 reviews

3.9

Member: _Zoe_

97

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson

2,312 members

306 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: al.vick

98

by Melanie Rawn

2,299 members

26 reviews

4

Member: al.vick

99

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

2,141 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: MDGentleReader

100

Winter Solstice

by Rosamunde Pilcher

2,133 members

64 reviews

4

Member: SylviaC

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January 2012
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