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 YA Books:
- Touch of Frost, Jennifer Estep
- Tris & Izzie, Mette Ivie Harrison
- The False Princess, Eilis O’Neal
- Merlin’s Harp, Anne Eliot Crompton
- Torn, Erica O’Rourke
- The Name of the Star, Maureen Johnson
- Juliet Immortal, Stacey Jay
- Siren, Tricia Rayburn
- Undercurrent, Tricia Rayburn
- Entwined, Heather Dixon
- Hourglass, Myra McEntire
- Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud, Andrew Lane
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
- Infinite Days, Rebecca Maizel
- Prophecy of the Sisters, Michelle Zink
- The Luxe, Anna Godbersen
- Rumors, Anna Godbersen
- Envy, Anna Godbersen
- Splendor, Anna Godbersen
- The Girl in the Steel Corset, Kady Cross
- The Strange Case of Finley Jane, Kady Cross
- Matched, Ally Condie
- White Cat, Holly Black
- Red Glove, Holly Black
- Beastly, Alex Flinn
- Intertwined, Gena Showalter
- Ink Exchange, Melissa Marr
- Fragile Eternity, Melissa Marr
- The Agency: A Spy in the House, Y. S. Lee
- The Agency: The Body at the Tower, Y. S. Lee
- Heist Society, Ally Carter
- Relic Master: The Dark City, Catherine Fisher
- The Ghost and the Goth, Stacy Kade
- The Eternal Ones, Kirsten Miller
- Meridian, Amber Kizer
- Torment, Lauren Kate
- Passion, Lauren Kate
- Blue Bloods, Melissa de la Cruz
- Masquerade, Melissa de la Cruz
- Revelations, Melissa de la Cruz
- Van Alen Legacy, Melissa de la Cruz
- Misguided Angel, Melissa de la Cruz
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
- The Hunt for the Unicorn, C. C. Humphreys
- The Iron King, Julie Kagawa
- Blood Magic, Tessa Gratton
- The Candidates, Inara Scott
- Prada & Prejudice, Mandy Hubbard
- Girl Parts, John Cusick
- Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
- Sapphique, Catherine Fisher
- Die For Me, Amy Plum
- Mirrormask, Neil Gaiman
- Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
- Glass Houses, Rachel Caine
- Another Faust, Daniel Nayeri
- Another Pan, Daniel Nayeri
- Nightshade, Andrea Cremer
- Sisters Red, Jackson Pearce
- Wondrous Strange, Lesley Livingston
- Darklight, Lesley Livingston
- Tempestuous, Lesley Livingston
- The Liar Society, Lisa and Laura Roecker
- Revolution, Jennifer Donnelly
- The Thirteenth Princess, Diane Zahler
- Princess Ben, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Incantation, Alice Hoffman
- Warped, Maurissa Guibord
- Impossible, Nancy Werlin
- Vixen, Jillian Larkin
- Stork, Wendy Delsol
- Tantalize, Cynthis Leitich Smith
- A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray
- Skinned, Robin Wasserman
- Immortal Beloved, Cat Tiernan
- Hex Hall, Rachel Hawkins
- Shade, Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Dark Divine, Bree Despain
- The Lost Saint, Bree Despain
- Chime, Franny Billingsley
- Captivate, Carrie Jones
- Entice, Carrie Jones
- Ophelia, Lisa M. Klein
- Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver
- Fairy Tale, Cyn Balog
- Interworld, Neil Gaiman
- The Hollow, Jessica Verday
- The Haunted, Jessica Verday
- Ash, Malinda Lo
- Going Bovine, Libba Bray
- When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
- If I Stay, Gayle Forman
- Rampant, Diana Peterfreund
- Ascendant, Diana Peterfreund
- The Body Finder, Kimberly Derting
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary E. Pearson
- The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff
- The DUFF, Kody Keplinger
- Bones of Faerie, Janni Lee Simner
- Gone, Lisa McMann
- The Mermaid’s Mirror, L. K. Madigan
- Fire, Kristin Cashore
- Magic Under Glass, Jackie Dolamore
- Paranormalcy, Kiersten White
Adult Books:
- The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
- The Last Dickens, Matthew Pearl
- A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness
- The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova
- Dracula, My Love, Syrie James
- The Magicians, Lev Grossman
- Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
- 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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