Books Read 2012
Books Read 2012
Stats-
Total books: 101
Audiobooks: 55
Re-reads: 41
My top recommendations out of the books that were new to me this year:
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, To Say Nothing of the Dog and Blackout/All Clear, all by Connie Willis, Are Women Human? by Dorothy Sayers, and the four Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett. I could go on naming outstanding books, because I read a lot of good books this year, but those are the ones that stand out the most.
The list!:
The Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (re-read, audiobook)
Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (re-read, audiobook)
Whose Body: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Clouds of Witness: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
Unnatural Death: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Five Red Herrings: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (audiobook)
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (audiobook)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Have His Carcase: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Murder Must Advertise: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Interesting Times: A NOvel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
The Nine Tailors: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read)
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip (re-read)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Busman's Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon
In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of Engish by John H. McWhorter
Entwined by Heather Dixon
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Storm Front: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
Fool Moon: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
Grave Peril: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
The Protector by Madeline Hunter (re-read)
By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter (re-read)
Summer Knight: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
Death Masks: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Blood Rites: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Dead Beat: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Proven Guilty: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Small Favor: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Turn Coat: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Changes: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Monstrous Regiment: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read)
Ghost Story: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Side Jobs: : The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Making Money: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Are Women Human? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Unseen Academicals: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (audiobook)
Carpe Jugulum: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Know-it-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs (audiobook)
Maskerade: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
The Shadow Cats by Rae Carson (novella)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Blackout (All Clear #1/Oxford Time Travel #3) by Connie Willis (audiobook)
All Clear (All Clear #2/Oxford Time Travel #4) by Connie Willis (audiobook)
The Wee Free Men: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #1 by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
A Hat Full of Sky: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #2 by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (re-read)
The Thief (The Queen's Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner (re-read)
The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief #2) by Megan Whalen Turner (re-read)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (audiobook, re-read)
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
Persuasion by Jane Austen (re-read)
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read, audiobook)
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner (audiobook)
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman (audiobook)
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel #1) by Connie Willis (re-read, audiobook)
Eric: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
The Secret Adversary: Tommy & Tuppence #1 by Agatha Christie (audiobook)
Wintersmith: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #3 by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson (audiobook)
Snuff: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (audiobook, re-read)
I Shall Wear Midnight: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #4 by Terry Prachett (audiobook)
Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (audiobook, re-read)
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (audiobook)
Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh (audiobook)
Sorcery and Cecilia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermere (re-read)
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones (audiobook)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1) by Jasper Fforde (re-read)
Lords and Ladies: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read)
Stats-
Total books: 101
Audiobooks: 55
Re-reads: 41
My top recommendations out of the books that were new to me this year:
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, To Say Nothing of the Dog and Blackout/All Clear, all by Connie Willis, Are Women Human? by Dorothy Sayers, and the four Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett. I could go on naming outstanding books, because I read a lot of good books this year, but those are the ones that stand out the most.
The list!:
The Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (re-read, audiobook)
Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (re-read, audiobook)
Whose Body: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Clouds of Witness: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
Unnatural Death: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Five Red Herrings: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (audiobook)
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (audiobook)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Have His Carcase: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Murder Must Advertise: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Interesting Times: A NOvel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
The Nine Tailors: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read)
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip (re-read)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Busman's Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon
In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers (re-read, audiobook)
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of Engish by John H. McWhorter
Entwined by Heather Dixon
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Storm Front: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
Fool Moon: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
Grave Peril: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
The Protector by Madeline Hunter (re-read)
By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter (re-read)
Summer Knight: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (re-read, audiobook)
Death Masks: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Blood Rites: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Dead Beat: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Proven Guilty: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Small Favor: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Turn Coat: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Changes: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Monstrous Regiment: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read)
Ghost Story: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Side Jobs: : The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (audiobook)
Making Money: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Are Women Human? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Unseen Academicals: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (audiobook)
Carpe Jugulum: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Know-it-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs (audiobook)
Maskerade: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read, audiobook)
The Shadow Cats by Rae Carson (novella)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Blackout (All Clear #1/Oxford Time Travel #3) by Connie Willis (audiobook)
All Clear (All Clear #2/Oxford Time Travel #4) by Connie Willis (audiobook)
The Wee Free Men: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #1 by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
A Hat Full of Sky: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #2 by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (re-read)
The Thief (The Queen's Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner (re-read)
The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief #2) by Megan Whalen Turner (re-read)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (audiobook, re-read)
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
Persuasion by Jane Austen (re-read)
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read, audiobook)
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner (audiobook)
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman (audiobook)
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel #1) by Connie Willis (re-read, audiobook)
Eric: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
The Secret Adversary: Tommy & Tuppence #1 by Agatha Christie (audiobook)
Wintersmith: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #3 by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson (audiobook)
Snuff: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (audiobook, re-read)
I Shall Wear Midnight: A Novel of Discworld/Tiffany Aching #4 by Terry Prachett (audiobook)
Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (audiobook, re-read)
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (audiobook)
Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh (audiobook)
Sorcery and Cecilia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermere (re-read)
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones (audiobook)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1) by Jasper Fforde (re-read)
Lords and Ladies: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (re-read)