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Books Read in 2012 (Numbered)

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Rank Title Author Added

1

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,773 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, ahef1963

2

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

30,660 members

546 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: KimarieBee, rretzler, ahef1963

3

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,810 members

313 reviews

3.9

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,496 members

74 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Terry Pratchett

5,028 members

173 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,080 members

171 reviews

3.8

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,761 members

1,191 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

23,651 members

408 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

9

Around the World in Eighty Days

17,173 members

265 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

10

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,296 members

742 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

11

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

24,956 members

354 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

12

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,822 members

81 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

13

by Laurie R. King

2,419 members

70 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

14

Death Comes as the End

by Agatha Christie

2,793 members

55 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

15

A Letter of Mary

by Laurie R. King

2,664 members

78 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

16

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

by Laurie R. King

3,125 members

101 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

17

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

23,507 members

441 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

18

Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

6,008 members

87 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

19

Return to Treasure Island and the Search for Captain Kidd

by Barry Clifford

61 members

2 reviews

2.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

20

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

by E. L. Konigsburg

1,300 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

21

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

by Laurie R. King

5,909 members

293 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

22

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,899 members

488 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

23

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,464 members

264 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, rretzler

24

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

4,364 members

74 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

25

Water for Elephants

29,000 members

1,181 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

26

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,222 members

170 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, rretzler

27

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,599 members

139 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

28

by Susan Cooper

5,079 members

72 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

29

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

by Alexander McCall Smith

1,357 members

58 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

30

by John Wyndham

4,758 members

122 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

31

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

4,543 members

90 reviews

3.9

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

32

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

15,848 members

381 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

33

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

by Alexander McCall Smith

3,009 members

83 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

34

by John Grisham

2,000 members

99 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

35

On the Night of the Seventh Moon

by Victoria Holt

669 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

36

by Alan Dean Foster

287 members

3 reviews

3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

37

by Mary Rodgers

1,393 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

38

Brother Cadfael's Penance

by Ellis Peters

1,780 members

27 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

39

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

by Alexander McCall Smith

1,578 members

67 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

40

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,736 members

251 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

41

by Kate Atkinson

7,937 members

350 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

42

The Most Dangerous Game [short fiction]

by Richard Connell

749 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

43

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

21,432 members

493 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

44

What Happened to My Sister

by Elizabeth Flock

177 members

50 reviews

4

Member: dara85

45

by Emma Jameson

146 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: rretzler

46

by H. Beam Piper

32 members

½ 2.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

47

by Peggy Parish

7,631 members

207 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

48

by William Steig

1,271 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

49

by Laurie R. King

2,152 members

64 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

50

40,261 members

1,587 reviews

4.2

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

51

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

45,951 members

767 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

52

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

27,032 members

776 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

53

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

10,535 members

161 reviews

4

2 Members: rretzler, ahef1963

54

These Things Hidden

by Heather Gudenkauf

1,163 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

55

1,457 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

56

The Gifts of Asti [short story]

by Andre Norton

72 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

57

by Fiona Buckley

277 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

58

Death at Bishop's Keep

670 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rretzler

59

Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie

by Kathy Lynn Emerson

187 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

60

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

by Carrie Vaughn

1,246 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

61

by M. C. Beaton

440 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

62

Kitty Raises Hell

by Carrie Vaughn

1,131 members

50 reviews

3.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

63

The Lions of Little Rock

by Kristin Levine

1,055 members

52 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: rretzler

64

Nocturne {story}

by Deborah Crombie

56 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

65

by Laurie R. King

2,270 members

65 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

66

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

597 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

67

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

by Barbara Mertz

462 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

68

by Peter Lovesey

222 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: rretzler

69

Christmas Crumble

by M. C. Beaton

130 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

70

Murder in the Gunroom

by H. Beam Piper

96 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

71

by Beverly Cleary

5,466 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

72

The Silver Ship and the Sea

by Brenda Cooper

216 members

9 reviews

3.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

73

by Charles Blitzer

336 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

74

Tales From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD: Three Untold Tales Of Sherlock Holmes

25 members

1 review

4

Member: rretzler

75

Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case

by Emily Brightwell

129 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

76

No Mark Upon Her

by Deborah Crombie

731 members

57 reviews

4.1

Member: rretzler

77

Cabin Pressure: Molokai (Christmas Special 2010)

by John Finnemore

12 members

1 review

4.8

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

78

What Angels Fear

by C. S. Harris

1,303 members

64 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

79

by Alan Dean Foster

450 members

7 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

80

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King

308 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

81

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

460 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

82

A Red Herring Without Mustard

by Alan Bradley

2,588 members

182 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

83

Death at the Opera

by Gladys Mitchell

182 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

84

Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

by Barbara Mertz

745 members

13 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

85

Death at Victoria Dock

by Kerry Greenwood

769 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

86

Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch

by Nancy Atherton

289 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: rretzler

87

by Colin Cotterill

314 members

23 reviews

3.9

Member: rretzler

88

The Great Escape

by Paul Brickhill

1,068 members

18 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

89

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,534 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: rretzler

90

The Colors of Augustine

by Michelle West

1 member

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

91

A Dance With Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

17,058 members

456 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

92

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

by Sarah Caudwell

1,094 members

38 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

93

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

25,301 members

514 reviews

4

Member: rretzler

94

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

25,094 members

450 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: rretzler

95

Death of a Kingfisher

by M. C. Beaton

440 members

27 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

96

As the Pig Turns

by M. C. Beaton

507 members

21 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: rretzler

97

Scout's Progress

438 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

98

435 members

17 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

99

310 members

14 reviews

4.1

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

100

Champions Don't Cry

26 members

½ 3.5

Member: rretzler

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