Here are the books I read this year:
61) HIDE AND SEEK by Kate Messner
60) BOMB by Steve Sheinkin
59) CAPTURE THE FLAG by Kate Messner
58) THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater
57) SOUNDER by William H. Armstrong
56) DRAMA by Raina Telgemeier
55) THE HIGH KING by Lloyd Alexander
54) GOBLIN SECRETS by William Alexander
53) FRIENDS WITH BOYS by Faith Erin Hicks
52) FOX FOREVER by Mary Pearson
51) A TANGLE OF KNOTS by Lisa Graff
50) NEVER FALL DOWN by Patricia McCormick
49) FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg
48) MOONBIRD by Philip Hoose
47) SON by Lois Lowry
46) THE DIVINERS by Libba Bray
45) UP A ROAD SLOWLY by Irene Hunt
44) I, JUAN DE PAREJA by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
43) NURSERY RHYME COMICS
42) LIAR AND SPY by Rebecca Stead
41) SHADOW OF A BULL by Maia Wojciechowska
40) TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson
39) KING OF ATTOLIA by Megan Whalen Turner
38) OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME by Ally Carter
37) JANE-EMILY by Patricia Clapp
36) HOUSE OF SILK by Anthony Horowitz
35) BECAUSE DIGITAL WRITING MATTERS by NWP
34) MONSTERS OF MEN by Patrick Ness
33) CODE NAME VERITY by Elizabeth Wein
32) BENEATH A METH MOON by Jackie Woodson
31) THE BIG YEAR by Mark Obmascik
30) WONDER by R. J. Polaccio
29) TRACING STARS by Erin Moulton
28) I HUNT KILLERS by Barry Lyga
27) WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J. by Erica S. Perl
26) BLUEFISH by Pat Schmatz
25) HEART AND SOUL by Kadir Nelson
24) WATER BALLOON by Audrey Vernick
23) THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by Carrie Ryan
22) WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznik
21) DRAWING FROM MEMORY by Allen Say
20) TROUBLEMAKER by Andrew Clements
19) RUNNING DREAMS by Wendelin Van Draanan
18) HIDDEN by Helen Frost
17) THE CHESHIRE CHEESE CAT by Carmen Agra Deedy & Randall Wright
16) BLACK HEART by Holly Black
15) RED GLOVE by Holly Black
14) AMELIA LOST by Candace Fleming
13) WHITE CAT by Holly Black
12) SCARLET by A.C. Gaughen
11) ANYA’S GHOST by Vera Brosgol
10) THE MIGHTY MISS MALONE by Christopher Paul Curtis
9) CITIZEN SCIENTISTS by Loree Griffin Burns
8) THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND SHADOW by Robin Wasserman
7) WHERE THINGS COME BACK by John Corey Whaley
6) DEAD END IN NORVELT by Jack Gantos
5) THE ASK AND THE ANSWER by Patrick Ness
4) THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green
3) HOW TO SAVE A LIFE by Sara Zarr
2) EVERY YOU, EVERY ME by David Levithan
1) THREE RIVERS RISING by Jame Richards
By the numbers:
Total: 61 (plus several mss and a bunch of books that I’m in various places in.) My goal was 70, so I was pretty close.
Non-fiction: 9. I did better than I expected here.
Adult: 4. And worse here.
Graphic Novel: 3. This is a new category for me to look at. I’ll read anything Telgemeier writes. Who else should I read?
Newbery: 6. This year’s winner plus the winners from 1965-1969. It’s been fun to read the winners in order with Jo Knowles.
All in all, not a bad year. I’ve already stacked my January books!