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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

94,641 members

1,190 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, norabelle414, kptrey23, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

64,680 members

3,488 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: generalkala, anxovert, greeneyed_ives, kptrey23

3

by Suzanne Collins

49,281 members

1,793 reviews

4.2

4 Members: generalkala, greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

4

by Christopher Paolini

32,458 members

640 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, kptrey23, brandymt

5

2,949 members

251 reviews

4

4 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414, aulsmith, sturlington

6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

110,659 members

1,000 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

7

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

102,648 members

885 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

101,580 members

932 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

9

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

101,173 members

862 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

10

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

96,802 members

1,570 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, kptrey23

11

by Suzanne Collins

45,353 members

1,742 reviews

3.9

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, sturlington, kptrey23

12

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

30,624 members

546 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: norabelle414, FAMeulstee, sturlington

13

by Veronica Roth

25,397 members

1,438 reviews

4

3 Members: norabelle414, sturlington, OtherTom

14

A Feast for Crows

by George R. R. Martin

25,280 members

514 reviews

4

3 Members: _Zoe_, FAMeulstee, sturlington

15

by Toni Morrison

22,894 members

408 reviews

3.9

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

16

22,544 members

359 reviews

3.8

3 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, kptrey23

17

Northanger Abbey

21,669 members

420 reviews

3.8

3 Members: keristars, kara.shamy, kptrey23

18

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

17,276 members

319 reviews

3.8

3 Members: generalkala, JqnOC, kptrey23

19

by Emma Donoghue

14,361 members

977 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

by Stephen King

13,632 members

765 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy

21

9,495 members

520 reviews

3.8

3 Members: anxovert, norabelle414, greeneyed_ives

22

by Terry Pratchett

5,021 members

173 reviews

4

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Death Comes to Pemberley

4,962 members

323 reviews

3

3 Members: generalkala, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

24

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,825 members

488 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kptrey23

25

by Ray Bradbury

54,040 members

1,000 reviews

4

2 Members: generalkala, ahef1963

26

53,250 members

475 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

27

by Mary Shelley

42,781 members

714 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

39,166 members

665 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ape, ahef1963

29

by Albert Camus

35,572 members

507 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,378 members

475 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

31

by Hermann Hesse

27,869 members

381 reviews

4

2 Members: JqnOC, kptrey23

32

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,376 members

727 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

33

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,772 members

527 reviews

4.1

2 Members: generalkala, JqnOC

34

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,037 members

424 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Edward, kptrey23

35

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

19,346 members

1,136 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ahef1963

36

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

18,543 members

1,280 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, sturlington

37

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

18,516 members

1,265 reviews

4.1

2 Members: FAMeulstee, sturlington

38

by David Mitchell

17,745 members

683 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

39

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,166 members

315 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

40

Around the World in Eighty Days

17,163 members

265 reviews

3.8

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, ahef1963

41

A Dance With Dragons

by George R. R. Martin

17,035 members

456 reviews

4

2 Members: _Zoe_, sturlington

42

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,962 members

384 reviews

4

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

43

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

15,013 members

854 reviews

4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, ahef1963

44

Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs

14,661 members

309 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

45

by Bernhard Schlink

13,432 members

393 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: generalkala, norabelle414

46

Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare

11,038 members

394 reviews

4.1

2 Members: norabelle414, waxflower

47

by Lev Grossman

10,291 members

672 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: norabelle414, kara.shamy

48

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon

9,830 members

167 reviews

4.1

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

49

9,404 members

639 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: keristars, waxflower

50

by E. M. Forster

8,796 members

133 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

51

by Gillian Flynn

8,595 members

416 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

52

by Jodi Picoult

8,544 members

186 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

53

The Sandman: The Doll's House

8,304 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Ape, sturlington

54

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

7,887 members

104 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kptrey23

55

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,751 members

287 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

56

by Jodi Picoult

6,751 members

159 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

57

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

by Ann Brashares

5,725 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kptrey23

58

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory

5,238 members

227 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

4,807 members

145 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith

60

Cleopatra: A Life

by Stacy Schiff

4,388 members

186 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy

61

After the Quake

by Haruki Murakami

4,097 members

108 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, aulsmith

62

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

by Christopher Moore

4,028 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, Ape

63

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

by Julian Barnes

3,852 members

65 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, kara.shamy

64

Tenth of December: Stories

by George Saunders

3,823 members

185 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

65

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

3,635 members

216 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

66

by Catherine Fisher

3,534 members

187 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: norabelle414, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,461 members

264 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

68

3,385 members

279 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, norabelle414

69

by Connie Willis

3,205 members

220 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

70

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

by Herman Melville

2,872 members

99 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

71

by Connie Willis

2,290 members

151 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, sturlington

72

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,215 members

170 reviews

4

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, kara.shamy

73

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G.K. Chesterton

1,936 members

59 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Edward, lahochstetler

74

by Gregory Maguire

1,808 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sjudd, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Woman Who Died a Lot

by Jasper Fforde

1,747 members

92 reviews

4

2 Members: norabelle414, sjudd

76

1,584 members

114 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

77

Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum

1,375 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

78

Calling Out for You

by Karin Fossum

1,134 members

43 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

79

He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer Mysteries)

by Karin Fossum

966 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

80

by Sandra Dallas

913 members

65 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, kara.shamy

81

The Water's Edge

by Karin Fossum

689 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

82

The Machine Stops

by E. M. Forster

676 members

41 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

83

by August Strindberg

673 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

84

by Conn Iggulden

610 members

48 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Deslilla, kara.shamy

85

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

595 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

86

Kitty Steals the Show

by Carrie Vaughn

459 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, brandymt

87

435 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

382 members

19 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

89

by Mark Billingham

379 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

90

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

249 members

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

91

by Mark Billingham

248 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

92

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

162 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

by Charlotte Brontë

59,156 members

921 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,015 members

773 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

by Markus Zusak

44,992 members

2,126 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: _Zoe_

96

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,753 members

1,123 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: sturlington

97

35,536 members

628 reviews

4

Member: Ape

98

by Terry Pratchett

34,808 members

789 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

99

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

29,504 members

562 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: norabelle414

100

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

by Gregory Maguire

28,932 members

649 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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January 2012
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