54 books for 2012
Halfway through the year I decided to keep a list of all the books I was reading for 2012 and I’m excited to share them with you now! I did attempt to rate the books, but as I discovered throughout the year, rating with a simple 5 star system is quite unfair so I’ve decided not to include those in the post. I already have a more in depth rating system created for next year including my thoughts on the book from both a reader and a writer’s perspective. I have gone ahead and highlighted the books that I enjoyed the most. Please feel free to ask any questions/email me on any of these books, I would be more than happy to share my thoughts 🙂
Cheers to a wonderful 2013 coming up full of many new wonderful reads!
| 1. Exit Strategy (Nadia Stafford 1) – Kelley Armstrong |
| 2. Nadia Stafford 2 – Kelley Armstrong |
| 3. Bzrk- Michael Grant (Audiobook) |
| 4. 13 days to Midnight- Patrick Carman (Audiobook) |
| 5. Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows 1)- Kim Harrison (Audiobook) |
| 6. The Hollows 2- Kim Harrison (Audiobook) |
| 7. The Hollows 3- Kim Harrison (Audiobook) |
| 8. The Hollows 4- Kim Harrison (Audiobook) |
| 9. Chrestomanci 1 – Diana Wynne Jones |
| 10. The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern (Audiobook & Reading) Best book I’ve read in many years |
| 11. The Rope- Nevada Barr |
| 12. Dark Eden- Patrick Carman |
| 13. Before I Fall- Lauren Oliver |
| 14. The Only Alien on the Planet- Kristin Randle |
| 15. The Sky is Everywhere- Jandy Nelson |
| 16. Touch of Power- Maria V. Snyder |
| 17. Ship Breaker- Paolo Bacigalupi (Audiobook) |
| 18. Fat Vampire- Adam Rex |
| 19. The Summoning- Kelley Armstrong |
| 20. If I stay- Gayle Forman (Audiobook) |
| 21. Feed- M. T. Anderson |
| 22. Seraphina- Rachel Hartman |
| 23. The Awakening- Kelley Armstrong |
| 24. Drowned Cities- Paolo Bacigaloupi |
| 25. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy)- N.K. Jemisin |
| 26. Hex Hall- Rachel Hawkins |
| 27. Clockwork Angel- Cassandra Clare |
| 28. Clockwork Prince- Cassandra Clare (Audiobook) |
| 29. Everneath- Brodi Ashton |
| 30. Hourglass- Myra McEntire |
| 31. The Broken Kingdoms- N.K. Jemisin |
| 32. Hate List- Jennifer Brown |
| 33. The Red Necklace- Sally Gardner |
| 34. Daughter of Smoke and Bone- Laini Taylor |
| 35. Incarnate (Newsoul)- Jodi Meadows |
| 36. Blood Magic (The Blood Journals)- Tessa Gratton |
| 37. Hellhound on his Trail- Hampton Sides |
| 38. Cornerstone- Misty Provencher |
| 39. The Age of Miracles: A Novel- Karen Thompson Walker |
| 40. Legend- Marie Lu |
| 41. Beautiful Creatures- Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl |
| 42. First Frost (Mythos Academy) |
| 43. My Soul to take (Soul Screamers) |
| 44. Grave Mercy- Robin LaFevers |
| 45. Red Glove- Holly Black |
| 46. Hale Maree- Misty Provencher |
| 47. Going Bovine- Libba Bray |
| 48. Don’t Breathe a Word- Jennifer McMahon |
| 49. Along for the Ride- Sarah Dessen |
| 50. Heist Society- Ally Carter |
| 51. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking) Patrick Ness |
| 52. Gone Girl- Gyllian Flynn |
| 53. Shadow and Bone- Leigh Bardugo |
| 54. Darkness Becomes Her- Kelly Keaton |
Currently reading: Paranormalcy- Kiersten White
(I should also add that a few of the above were DNF’s, but I still decided to include them on the list 😉 )
What were your favorite reads this year? Did I miss reading a book in 2012 that I need to pick up in 2013?
Great list! I read quite a number of these too, and a bunch are still on my TBR list.
My favorite YA this year was Code Name Verity. If you like historical fiction and complex girl heroines, I heartily recommend it – though the book does start kind of slow. My favorite book of the year though was an adult book, The Song of Achilles. It’s everything I love about a good re-imagining of Greek myth, and this one made me fall in love with characters I’ve only ever been ambivalent towards. I cried and I almost never cry at books. So yeah, if you’re into Classical Mythology, check this one out too. 🙂
Happy New Year!
I also enjoyed Hate List, and I just finished The Summoning by Kelley. The Sky is Everywhere is at the top of my TBR list . . . sitting on my shelf:-) This year I’m going to be really good about keeping Goodreads updated so I can keep better track! ~cheers
I’m glad to see you read Seraphina too. It was one of my best YA reads last year.
I also noticed a few audiobooks, how did you like them? I’m compiling a list of audiobooks to try this year when I get back to routine exercising.
I’ve also started writing down all the books I read so I can remember them all! Two of my favorites were a couple I just finished: The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Fault in Our Stars. Even compared them in a blog post. Meaty books covering meaty topics with style and grace. I admired the skill the authors exhibited in their craft.
I’ve read about 10 of the same books. I loved Before I Fall and The Sky is Everywhere. I liked that you compiled your list with some links. Happy 2013!
Some of my favorites I read in 2012:
The Watch That Ends the Night, by Allan Wolf, a novel in verse about the Titanic
My Family for the War, by Anne C. Voorhoeve (a Bildungsroman about a Kindertransport child)
The Ausländer, by Paul Dowswell, an original take on life in Nazi Germany (an ethnic German from Poland is taken into Germany and adopted by Nazi fanatics, then starts clashing with his adoptive family’s ideology)
Anya’s Ghost, by Vera Brosgol, a fantasy/paranormal graphic novel about a teen Russian immigrant
Skim, by Mariko Tamaki, a graphic novel set in 1993-94 about a girl butting up against the popular clique at her Canadian private school and questioning her sexual orientation
A Promise at Sobibór, by Philip Bialowitz. I met Mr. Bialowitz a few years ago when he spoke at Saratoga, and was equally impressed by his memoir. He and his much-older brother Symcha are among only 53 known survivors of Sobibór, and took part in the heroic uprising and escape of 14 October 1943.
I also read a few classics last year that I loved, like The Well of Loneliness, Annie on My Mind, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
I enjoy seeing your full list of your book reading from 2012! My favorite read of 2012 was Number 10 on your list: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I was captivated by each page and found the book enchanting. I also enjoyed your recommendation of listening to the book on audio! I would read and listen to The Night Circus again with pleasure! A great recommendation from you. Mom
I hate to say it, but this is the first time I’ve been to your website!
This list is excellent! My list of books over the last year was comprised of nursing textbooks…although I did read the first two books in the Game of Thrones series, which I know isn’t really young adult fiction, but it good reading nonetheless. I recommend them, if you can squeeze them in! I think I’m going to start at the top of your list and work my way down. 🙂
Aww! Sherrie! I’m so glad you stopped by! I’ve wanted to read the Game of Thrones, but I’ve heard it’s a big investment of time- I might just have to try the first one though 🙂