Books Read

Sorted by author’s last name. Ratings out of 10.
By year read: 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Ratings Guide

Belinda Acosta – Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz (final thoughts 7.75)
Richard Adams - Watership Down (final thoughts 6)
Cecelia Ahern - P.S. I Love You (final thoughts 7)
Cecelia Ahern - The Book of Tomorrow (thoughts 8)
Cecelia Ahern – The Gift (final thoughts 6.5)
Mitch Albom – The Five People You Meet In Heaven (final thoughts 6.5)
Sarah Addison Allen – Garden Spells (final thoughts 8.5)
Jane Austen - Persuasion (thoughts 8)
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (final thoughts 9)

Peter S Beagle - The Last Unicorn (thoughts 10)
Aimee Bender – The Third Elevator (final thoughts 9)
Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier - Zombies vs Unicorns (thoughts 7)
Sarah Blake - The Postmistress (thoughts 6.5)
Libba Bray - Beauty Queens (thoughts 7)
Kate Brian - Ex-mas (final thoughts 7.5)
Marilyn Brant - According to Jane (final thoughts 8)
Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre (final thoughts 9.5)
Frances Hodgson Burnett -  A Little Princess (thoughts 10 )
Julie Buxbaum - After You (thoughts 8)

Meg Cabot - The Princess Diaries (thoughts 9)
Meg Cabot - Princess in the Spotlight (thoughts 7)
Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany’s (final thoughts 9)
Lewis Carroll, Illustrations by Camille Rose Garcia - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (thoughts 8)
Richard Castle – Heat Wave (final thoughts 7)
Gary Chapman – The Five Love Languages (final thoughts 9)
Agatha Christie – One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (final thoughts 8)
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (thoughts 9)
PJ Sarah Collins - What Happened to Serenity? (thoughts 7)
Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games (Hunger Games) (final thoughts 9.5)
Suzanne Collins – Catching Fire (Hunger Games) (final thoughts 8.5)
Suzanne Collins – Mockingjay (Hunger Games) (final thoughts 7.5)
Michael Crichton – Pirate Latitudes (final thoughts 7.25)

Lisa Dale – It Happened One Night (final thoughts 6)
Sandra Dallas - Prayers For Sale (final thoughts 8.75)
Maureen Daly - Seventeenth Summer (final thoughts 7.8)
Melissa de la Cruz - The Witches of East End (thoughts 6)
Holly Denham - Holly’s Inbox (final thoughts 8.5)
Holly Denman - Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City (final thoughts 7)
Sarah Dessen - Someone Like You (thoughts 6.5)
Lauren DeStefano – Wither (thoughts 7)
Kate DiCamillo - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (thoughts 8)
Miranda Dickinson - Welcome To My World (thoughts 6)
Charles Dickons – A Christmas Carol (final thoughts 9)
Daphne Du Maurier – Rebecca (final thoughts 9)

Isabel Edwards – Ruffles on my Longjohns (thoughts 7)
Michael Ende - The Neverending Story (final thoughts 7)
Janet Evanovich - Hot Six (Stephanie Plum) (final thoughts 8)
Janet Evanovich – Seven Up (Stephanie Plum) (final thoughts 7.25)
Janet Evanovich – Hard Eight (final thoughts 7)
Janet Evanovich – Visions of Sugar Plums (Stephanie Plum) (final thoughts 7.5)
Janet Evanovich - To The Nines (Stephanie Plum) (final thoughts 7.5)
Janet Evanovich - Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum) (thoughts 8)

Siobhan Fallon - You Know When The Men Are Gone (thoughts 8)
Katie Fforde – Wedding Season (thoughts 6.5)
Alex Flinn – Beastly (final thoughts 8.5)
Jonathan Safran Foer - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (thoughts 9)

Diana Gabaldon – Outlander (Outlander) (final thoughts 7.75)
Emily Giffin - Something Borrowed (thoughts 9)
Daisy Goodwin - The American Heiress (thoughts 7)
John Green – An Abundance of Katherines (final thoughts 7)
John Green - Looking For Alaska (final thoughts 8)
John Green - Paper Towns (final thoughts 9)
John Green - The Fault in our Stars
John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle - Let It Snow (thoughts 7.5)
John Green & David Levithan - Will Grayson Will Grayson (thoughts 8)

Shannon Hale – Austenland (final thoughts 7.5)
Helene Hanff – 84, Charing Cross Road (final thoughts 9)
Kristin Hannah - Firefly Lane (thoughts 7)
Kristin Harmel – Italian for Beginners (final thoughts 6.5)
Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries) (final thoughts 7.8)
Kate Harrison – The Secret Shopper’s Revenge (final thoughts 7)
Sarah N. Harvey - The Lit Report (final thoughts 7)
Georgette Heyer – Faro’s Daughter (thoughts 8)
Melissa Hill – Before I Forget (final thoughts 8.75)
Melissa Hill - The Last To Know (thoughts 8.5)
Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner (final thoughts 9)

Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go (final thoughts 8.5)

Shirley Jackson – We Have Always Lived In The Castle (final thoughts 8)
Denise Jaden - Losing Faith (thoughts 7.5)
Syrie James - The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte (thoughts 7.5)
Heidi Janz – Sparrows on Wheels (thoughts)
Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes (thoughts 7)
Maureen Johnson - The Name of the Star (thoughts 8.5)

Susan Kandel - I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason (Cece Caruso Mystery) (final thoughts 6)
Lauren Kate – Fallen (final thoughts 6)
Kathleen Kent – The Heretic’s Daughter (final thoughts 7)
Marian Keyes – Angels (final thoughts 7.5)
Marian Keyes - Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (final thoughts 6)
Marian Keyes - Rachel’s Holiday (final thoughts 8)
Marian Keyes - The Brightest Star in the Sky (thoughts 8)
Marian Keyes - This Charming Man (final thoughts 8)
Sophie Kinsella - Mini Shopaholic (thoughts 7.5)
Sophie Kinsella - Twenties Girl (final thoughts 8)
Lucy Knesley - French Milk (thoughts 7)
Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian (final thoughts 8.5)

Marghanita Laski - Little Boy Lost (thoughts 8.5)
Gail Carson Levine - Ella Enchanted (thoughts 8)
C.S. Lewis - The Magician’s Nephew
C.S. Lewis - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
April Lindner – Jane (final thoughts 8)

Debbie Macomber – When Christmas Comes (final thoughts 7.75)
Ann M. Martin - The Truth About Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club) (final thoughts 7)
Joyce Maynard – Labour Day (final thoughts 8)
Katarina Mazetti – Benny & Shrimp (final thoughts 8)
Lish McBride - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (thoughts 8)
Megan McCafferty - Sloppy Firsts (thoughts 7)
Megan McCafferty – Second Helpings (thoughts 9)
L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
Kate Morton - The Forgotten Garden (thoughts 8)

Patrick Ness – The Knife of Never Letting Go (final thoughts 9)
Patrick Ness – The Ask and the Answer (final thoughts 8.5)
Patrick Ness – Monsters of Men (final thoughts 9.5)
Patrick Ness – The New World (final thoughts 8)
Oliver Neubert – Chantel’s Quest for the Enchanted Medallion (final thoughts 7)
David Nicholls – One Day (final thoughts 7)
Alyson Noël - Evermore (The Immortals) (final thoughts 7.8)

Scott O’Dell - Island of the Blue Dolphins (thoughts 8.5)
Maggie O’Farrell - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Yoko Ogawa - The Housekeeper and the Professor thoughts 8)
Heather O’Neill – Lullabies For Little Criminals (dnf)
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four (final thoughts 8)

Mary E. Pearson – The Adoration of Jenna Fox (final thoughts 8)
Stephanie Perkins – Anna and the French Kiss (final thoughts 9)
Stephanie Perkins - Lola & the Boy Next Door (thoughts 8)
Diana Peterfreund - For Darkness Shows the Stars
Diana Peterfreund – Rampant (final thoughts 8)
Diana Peterfreund - Ascendant (final thoughts 7.5)
Susan Beth Pfeffer – Life As We Knew It (final thoughts 9)
Jodi Picoult - My Sister’s Keeper (final thoughts 8.3)
Philip Pullman – The Ruby in the Smoke (thoughts 5)

Philip Reeve -Mortal Engines (thoughts 7.5)
Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (thoughts 7.5)
Laurie Viera Rigler – Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (final thoughts 7.75)
Sheila Roberts – On Strike for Christmas (final thoughts 7)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter) (reread)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter) (reread)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter) (reread)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(Harry Potter) (reread)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter) (reread)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Harry Potter) (reread)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter) (reread)

Daria Salamon – The Prairie Bridesmaid (final thoughts 4.5)
Sydney Salter - Swoon At Your Own Risk (thoughts 5)
Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones (final thoughts 8)
Diane Setterfield – The Thirteenth Tale (final thoughts 8.5)
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (final thoughts 9)
Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars) (final thoughts 8)
Sara Shepard – Flawless (Pretty Little Liars) (final thoughts 7.5)
Courtney E. Smith - Record Collecting for Girls
Lee Smith - On Agate Hill (final thoughts 7.5)
Maggie Stiefvater - The Scorpio Races (thoughts 7.5)
Kathryn Stockett – The Help (Guest Post 8.75)
Francisco X. Stork – Marcelo in the Real World (final thoughts 6)

Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone (thoughts 7.5)
Miriam Toews - A Complicated Kindness (final thoughts 8.7)
Leo Tolstoy – Anna Karenina (final thoughts 7)
Adriana Trigiani - Very Valentine (final thoughts 7.5)
Terry Trueman - Stuck in Neutral (thoughts 8)
Max Turner – Night Runner (final thoughts 7)
Anne Tyler – Digging To America

Simon Van Booy - Everything Beautiful Began After (thoughts 9)
Simon Van Booy - The Secret Lives of People in Love (thoughts 9 )

Jean Webster – Daddy-Long-Legs (final thoughts 8)
Jennifer Weiner - In Her Shoes (final thoughts 7)
Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (final thoughts 7.5)
Scott Westerfeld - Pretties (final thoughts 7.5)
Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence (thoughts 9)
Joss Whedon – Those Left Behind (Serenity) (final thoughts 7)
Madeleine Wickham – Sleeping Arrangements (thoughts 6)
Jacqueline Winspear – Among The Mad (thoughts 7)

Ch’oe Yun - There a Petal Silently Falls (final thoughts 9)

Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Shadow of the Wind by (thoughts 8)
Sara Zarr - How To Save A Life (thoughts 8.75)
Sara Zarr - Once Was Lost (final thoughts 9)
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief (final thoughts 10)