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  • 41. Lois Lowry: Gathering Blue
  • 40. Lois Lowry: The Giver
  • 39. Juan Gabriel Vasquez: The Sound of Things Falling
  • 36. Stephanie Kallos: Broken For You
  • 35. M. C. Beaton: Death of a Gentle Lady
  • 34. Suzanne LeFleur: Listening for Lucca
  • 33. Chris Grabenstein: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
  • 32. Ned Vizzini: It's Kind of a Funny Story
  • 31. Bridget Zinn: Poison
  • 30. Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
  • 29. Kate Atkinson: Life After Life
  • 28. Stephen King: Joyland
  • 27. Jasper Fforde: Shades of Grey
  • 26. Sara Zarr: The Lucy Variations
  • 25. Khaled Hosseini: And The Mountains Echoed
  • 24. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: Good Omens
  • 23. Mark Goldblatt; Twerp
  • 22. Elizabeth Strout: The Burgess Boys
  • 21. Linda Urban: The Center of Everything
  • 20. Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry: The Little Prince
  • 19. Ruta Sepetys: Between Shades of Gray
  • 18. Jasper Fforde: The Last Dragonslayer
  • 17. Rainbow Rowell: Eleanor and Park
  • 16. Elizabeth Holmes: The Normal Kid
  • 15. A. M. Homes: May We Be Forgiven
  • 14. Blue Balliett: Hold Fast
  • 13. Lev Grossman: The Magicians
  • 12. Terry Pratchett: Dodger
  • 11. Chaim Potok: My Name is Asher Lev
  • 10. Patrick DeWitt: Sisters Brothers
  • 9. Ken Robinson: The Element
  • 8. Louise Eldrich: The Round House
  • 7. Sharon M. Draper: Out Of My Mind
  • 6. Mark Haddon: The Red House
  • 5. Jami Attenberg: Middlesteins
  • 4. Adam Gidwidz: In A Glass Grimmly
  • 3. Val McDermid: Vanishing Point
  • 2. Harlan Coben: Seconds Away
  • 1. ML Stedman: The Light Between Oceans
  • 42. Lois Lowry: Messenger
  • 43. Lois Lowry: Son
  • 44: Robert Galbraith: Cuckoo's Calling

Books read in 2012

  • 58. Robin Sloan: Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
  • 57. Lousie Arnold: Golden and Grey
  • 56. Kate Atkinson: One Good Turn
  • 55. Jennifer A. Nielsen: The False Prince
  • 54. Kate Atkinson: Case Stuides
  • 53. Brenna Yovanoff: The Replacement
  • 52. Erin Morganstern: The Night Circus
  • 51. Jennifer Miller: The Year of the Gadfly
  • 50. Deborah Seligman: Intentions
  • 49. Jo Knowles: See You at Harry's
  • 48. Carol Rifka Burnt: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
  • 47. Erin Bow: Plain Kate
  • 46. Veronica Roth: Divergent
  • 45. Maria Semple: Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
  • 44.Tana French: Broken Harbor
  • 43. R. J. Palacio: Wonder
  • 42. Rebecca Stead: Liar and Spy
  • 41. Lauren Oliver: Liesl and Po
  • 40. Gary Schmidt: What Came From The Stars
  • 39. Val McDermid: The Last Temptation
  • 38. Sharon Creech; The Great Unexpected
  • 37. P. D. james: Death Came to Pemberley
  • 36. Val McDermid: The Mermaid's Singing
  • 35. Nora Raleigh Baskin: Anything but Typical
  • 34. Haruki Murakami: Norwegian Wood
  • 33. Ann Patchett: State of Wonder
  • 32. Val McDermid: The Retribution
  • 31. Sharon Creech: Bloomabilities
  • 30. Kathryn Littlewood: Bliss
  • 29. David Benioff: City of Thieves
  • 28. Veronica Rossi: Under the Never Sky
  • 27. Meg Howry: The Cranes Dance
  • 26. Robin LaFevers: Grave Mercy
  • 25. Krisin Cashore: Bitterblue
  • 24. John Green: The Fault in our Stars
  • 23. Nell Freudenberger: Lucky Girls
  • 22. Tim Wynne-Jones: Blink and Caution
  • 21. Laurie Halse Anderson: Catalyst
  • 20. Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Love in the Time of Cholera
  • 19. Jacqueline Kelly: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
  • 18. Adam Rex: Cold Cereal
  • 17. Barbara Dee: Trauma Queen
  • 16. Nick Hornby: Slam
  • 15. Scott Westerfield: Goliath
  • 14. Scott Westerfied: Behemoth
  • 13. Scott Westerfield: Leviathan
  • 12. Holly Thompson: Orchards
  • 11. John Corey Whaley: Where Things Come Back
  • 10. Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner
  • 9. Antony John: Five Flavors of Dumb
  • 8. Helen Stringer: Spellbinder
  • 7. Nick Hornby: Juliet, Naked.
  • 6. Katherine Dunn: Geek Love
  • 5. William Trevor: After Rain
  • 4. Mary McDonagh Murphy : Scout, Atticus, and Boo
  • 3. Michael Wenberg: Stringz
  • 2. Harlan Corben: Shelter
  • 1. Laini Taylor: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

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  • 44. Geraldine Brooks: Caleb's Crossing
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  • 42. Kate Morton: The Forgotten Garden
  • 41. Lauren Oliver: Delirium
  • 40. Therese Walsh: The Last Will of Moira Leahy
  • 39. Lisa Schroeder: Chasing Brooklyn
  • 38. Sara Zarr: Sweethearts
  • 37. Amor Towles: Rules of Civility
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  • 35. Gordon Korman: Schooled
  • 34. Geraldine Brooks: People of The Book
  • 33. Lauren Myracle: Shine
  • 32. Paolo Giordano: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
  • 31. Sherman Alexie: War Dances
  • 30. Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
  • 29. Liaa Yee: Warp Speed
  • 28. Paolo Bacigalupi: Ship Breaker
  • 27. Nathan Bransford: Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow
  • 26. Kathryn Erskine: Mockingbird
  • 25. Amy Kathleen Ryan: Zen and Xander Undone
  • 24. Gary Schmidt: Okay For Now
  • 23. Ian McEwan: Amsterdam
  • 22. Domey Malasarn: Bread
  • 21. Caragh O'Brien: Birthmarked
  • 20. Helen Simonson: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
  • 19. Lian Tanner: Museum of Thieves
  • 18. Robert Harris: The Ghost
  • 17. Margaret Attwood: Oryx and Crake
  • 16. Aimee Bender: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
  • 15. Alex Flinn: Cloaked
  • 14. Francisco X. Stork: Marcelo in the Real World
  • 13. L. K. Madigan: Flash Burnout
  • 12. Tana French: Faithful Place
  • 11. Sarah Weeks: As Simple As It Seems
  • 10. Jandy Nelson: The Sky is Everywhere
  • 9. Ally Condie: Matched
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  • 3. Emma Donoghue: Room
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Books read in 2010

1. Colum McCann: Let The Great World Spin
2. Susan Isaacs: Everywhere I Hang My Hat
3. Frank Portman: King Dork
4. Lenore Look: Alvin Ho Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters
5. Kristin Cashore: Fire
6. M. T. Anderson: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party
7. Tana French: In The Woods
8. Laini Taylor: Lips Touch
9. Michael Scott: The Alchemyst
10. Kate Messner: The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z
11. Mary E. Pearson: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
12. Jordan Sonnenblick: After Ever After
13. Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan
14. Jennifer Hubbard: The Secret Year
15. R.L. LeFevers: Theodosia and the Serpent of Chaos
16. Shaun Tan: Tales From Outer Suburbia
17. Jeff Stone: Dragon
18. Christopher Moore: Lamb
19. Jonathan Tropper: This is Where I Leave You
20. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Purple Hibiscus
21. Kate DiCamillo: Magician's Elephant
22. Ann Patchett: Run
23. John Green: Looking for Alaska
24. Justin Cronin: The Passage
25. Jerry Spinelli: Stargirl
26. Margaret Haddix: Missing
27. Scott Westerfeld: Uglies
28. Jhumpa Lahiri: Unaccustomed Earth
29. Ann Tyler: Noah's Compass
30. John Gilstrap: No Mercy
31. Janice Y. K. Lee: The Piano Teacher
32. Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich: Eighth Grade Super Zero
33. Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows: Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
34. Rick Riordan: Red Pyramid
35. Sonya Chung: Long for This World
36. Suzanne Collins: Mockingjay
37. Mandy Hubbard: Prada and Prejudice
38. Laurie R. King: Grave Talent
39. Libba Bray: A Great and Terrible Beauty
40. Lisa Brackmann: Rock, Paper, Tiger
41. Chris Crutcher: Whale Talk
42. Julie Kagawa: The Iron King
43. Gary Paulsen: Lawn Boy
44. Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
45. Nick Hornby: A Long Way Down
46. Kathi Appelt: The Underneath
47. Jonathan Franzen: The Discomfort Zone
48. Julia Hoban: Willow
49. Anne Tyler: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
50. Aimee Bender: An Invisible Sign of My Own
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