Yat-Yee Chong: January 2013

Books read in 2013

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-Exupéry: 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

Books read in 2011

56. Andrew Clements: Trouble Maker
55. Michele Weber Hurwitz: Calli Be Gold
54. Lisa Schroeder: I Heart You, You Haunt Me
53. Gayle Forman: Where She Went
52. Jude Watson: Beyond the Grave
51. Marie Rutoski: The Jewel of Kalderash
50. Maire Rutkoski:The Celestial Globe
49. Maire Rutkoski: The Cabinet of Wonders
48: Kristen Hubbard: Like Mandarin
47. Peter Lerangis: Sword Thief
46. Susan Patron: Lucky For Good
45. Susan Patron: Lucky Breaks
44. Geraldine Brooks: Caleb's Crossing
43. Sarah Winman: When God Was A Rabbit
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
36. Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad
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
8. Colm Toibin: Brooklyn
7. Kazuo Ishiguro: Nocturnes
6. Shannon Hale: Austenland
5. Jane Auten: Pride and Prejudice (revisit)
4. Barbara O'Connor: The Fantastic Secrets of Owen Jester
3. Emma Donoghue: Room
2. Jane Smiley: Duplicate Keys
1. Michael Cunningham: Specimen Days

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
51. Laurie Halse Anderson: Chains

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