MarcyKate Connolly

Middle Grade & Young Adult Author

2011 — A Year in Books

At this time last year, I accepted the GoodReads 2011 Read­ing Chal­lenge and set a goal of read­ing 100 books in one year. I actu­ally exceeded my goal  (go me!) and read 112 books in 2011. Next year’s goal will be a wee bit more rea­son­able (and will require a lot less read­ing into the wee hours of the morn­ing on a work night :) ) at 60 books in one year.

YA Books:

  1. Touch of Frost, Jen­nifer Estep
  2. Tris & Izzie, Mette Ivie Harrison
  3. The False Princess, Eilis O’Neal
  4. Merlin’s Harp, Anne Eliot Crompton
  5. Torn, Erica O’Rourke
  6. The Name of the Star, Mau­reen Johnson
  7. Juliet Immor­tal, Stacey Jay
  8. Siren, Tri­cia Rayburn
  9. Under­cur­rent, Tri­cia Rayburn
  10. Entwined, Heather Dixon
  11. Hour­glass, Myra McEntire
  12. Sher­lock Holmes: Death Cloud, Andrew Lane
  13. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecu­liar Chil­dren, Ran­som Riggs
  14. Infi­nite Days, Rebecca Maizel
  15. Prophecy of the Sis­ters, Michelle Zink
  16. The Luxe, Anna Godbersen
  17. Rumors, Anna God­bersen
  18. Envy, Anna God­bersen
  19. Splen­dor, Anna God­bersen
  20. The Girl in the Steel Corset, Kady Cross
  21. The Strange Case of Fin­ley Jane, Kady Cross
  22. Matched, Ally Condie
  23. White Cat, Holly Black
  24. Red Glove, Holly Black
  25. Beastly, Alex Flinn
  26. Inter­twined, Gena Showalter
  27. Ink Exchange, Melissa Marr
  28. Frag­ile Eter­nity, Melissa Marr
  29. The Agency: A Spy in the House, Y. S. Lee
  30. The Agency: The Body at the Tower, Y. S. Lee
  31. Heist Soci­ety, Ally Carter
  32. Relic Mas­ter: The Dark City, Cather­ine Fisher
  33. The Ghost and the Goth, Stacy Kade
  34. The Eter­nal Ones, Kirsten Miller
  35. Merid­ian, Amber Kizer
  36. Tor­ment, Lau­ren Kate
  37. Pas­sion, Lau­ren Kate
  38. Blue Bloods, Melissa de la Cruz
  39. Mas­quer­ade, Melissa de la Cruz
  40. Rev­e­la­tions, Melissa de la Cruz
  41. Van Alen Legacy, Melissa de la Cruz
  42. Mis­guided Angel, Melissa de la Cruz
  43. The Dis­rep­utable His­tory of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
  44. The Hunt for the Uni­corn, C. C. Humphreys
  45. The Iron King, Julie Kagawa
  46. Blood Magic, Tessa Gratton
  47. The Can­di­dates, Inara Scott
  48. Prada & Prej­u­dice, Mandy Hubbard
  49. Girl Parts, John Cusick
  50. Incar­ceron, Cather­ine Fisher
  51. Sap­phique, Cather­ine Fisher
  52. Die For Me, Amy Plum
  53. Mir­ror­mask, Neil Gaiman
  54. Ink­heart, Cor­nelia Funke
  55. Glass Houses, Rachel Caine
  56. Another Faust, Daniel Nayeri
  57. Another Pan, Daniel Nay­eri
  58. Night­shade, Andrea Cremer
  59. Sis­ters Red, Jack­son Pearce
  60. Won­drous Strange, Les­ley Livingston
  61. Dark­light, Les­ley Livingston
  62. Tem­pes­tu­ous, Les­ley Livingston
  63. The Liar Soci­ety, Lisa and Laura Roecker
  64. Rev­o­lu­tion, Jen­nifer Donnelly
  65. The Thir­teenth Princess, Diane Zahler
  66. Princess Ben, Cather­ine Gilbert Murdock
  67. Incan­ta­tion, Alice Hoffman
  68. Warped, Mau­rissa Guibord
  69. Impos­si­ble, Nancy Werlin
  70. Vixen, Jil­lian Larkin
  71. Stork, Wendy Delsol
  72. Tan­ta­lize, Cyn­this Leitich Smith
  73. A Great and Ter­ri­ble Beauty, Libba Bray
  74. Skinned, Robin Wasserman
  75. Immor­tal Beloved, Cat Tiernan
  76. Hex Hall, Rachel Hawkins
  77. Shade, Jeri Smith-Ready
  78. The Dark Divine, Bree Despain
  79. The Lost Saint, Bree Despain
  80. Chime, Franny Billingsley
  81. Cap­ti­vate, Car­rie Jones
  82. Entice, Car­rie Jones
  83. Ophe­lia, Lisa M. Klein
  84. Before I Fall, Lau­ren Oliver
  85. Fairy Tale, Cyn Balog
  86. Inter­world, Neil Gaiman
  87. The Hol­low, Jes­sica Verday
  88. The Haunted, Jes­sica Verday
  89. Ash, Malinda Lo
  90. Going Bovine, Libba Bray
  91. When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
  92. If I Stay, Gayle Forman
  93. Ram­pant, Diana Peter­fre­und
  94. Ascen­dant, Diana Peterfreund
  95. The Body Finder, Kim­berly Derting
  96. The Ado­ra­tion of Jenna Fox, Mary E. Pearson
  97. The Replace­ment, Brenna Yovanoff
  98. The DUFF, Kody Keplinger
  99. Bones of Faerie, Janni Lee Simner
  100. Gone, Lisa McMann
  101. The Mermaid’s Mir­ror, L. K. Madigan
  102. Fire, Kristin Cashore
  103. Magic Under Glass, Jackie Dolamore
  104. Para­nor­malcy, Kier­sten White

 

Adult Books:

  1. The Night Cir­cus, Erin Morgenstern
  2. The Last Dick­ens, Matthew Pearl
  3. A Dis­cov­ery of Witches, Deb­o­rah Harkness
  4. The Swan Thieves, Eliz­a­beth Kostova
  5. Drac­ula, My Love, Syrie James
  6. The Magi­cians, Lev Grossman
  7. Nev­er­where, Neil Gaiman
  8. Sand­man Slim, Richard Kadrey

Any of these look famil­iar? What did YOU read in 2011? Share your favorite reads in the comments!

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