The Annual Book List
117 this year. Not too shabby, when my original goal was anything about 100. Some dragged, and some flew by, which is normal. Let's see if I still remember how to put things behind a cut...
(Those marked with an asterisk denote a re-read)
1. Brigid of Kildare - Heather Terrell
2. The Bells - Richard Harvell
3. Amandine - Marlena de Blasi
4. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran - Rob Sheffield
5. Wench - Dolen Perkins-Valdez
6. Butterfly - Sonya Hartnett
7. The Virgin Queen's Daughter - Ella March Chase
8. Delicate Edible Birds - Lauren Groff
9. The Good Good Pig - Sy Montgomery
10. Dangerous Neighbors - Beth Kephart
11. Poison - Maria V. Snyder
12. Palo Alto - James Franco
13. The Nobodies Album - Carolyn Parkhurst
14. Mathilda Savitch - Victor Lodato
15. The Girl With Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
16. American Rose - Karen Abbott
17. The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff
18. Glimmerglass - Jenna Black
19. The Jewel of St. Petersburg - Kate Furnivall
20. As Always, Julia - Julia Child, Avis DeVoto, Joan Reardon
21. Queen Hereafter - Susan Fraser King
22. The Fire Opal - Regina McBride
23. Pegasus - Robin McKinley
24. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
25. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate - Jacqueline Kelly
26. The Fates Will Find Their Way - Hannah Pittard
27. The Red Garden - Alice Hoffman
28. Among Others - Jo Walton
29. The Witch Queen's Secret - Anna Elliot
30. The Tudor Secret - C. W. Gortner
31. Lily of the Nile - Stephanie Dray
32. Annexed - Sharon Dogar
33. The Blind Contessa's New Machine - Carey Wallace
34. The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse
35. The Great Typo Hunt - Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson
36. The Irish Princess - Karen Harper
37. The Raven Queen - Jules Watson
38. Mermaid - Carolyn Turgeon
39. Perchance to Dream - Lisa Mantchev
40. The Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown
41. The Queen's Governess - Karen Harper
42. The White Queen - Phillippa Gregory
43. The Queen's Own Fool - Jane Yolen
44. Amaryllis in Blueberry - Christina Meldrum
45. The Tale of Halcyon Crane - Wendy Webb
46. Twilight's Dawn - Anna Elliot
47. Fairest of All - Serena Valentino
48. Guinevere's Gift - Nancy McKenzie
49. The Queen's Rival - Diane Haeger
50. Dark Moon of Avalon - Anna Elliot
51. Elizabeth I - Margaret George
52. Guinevere's Gamble - Nancy McKenzie
53. Between Shades of Grey - Ruta Sepetys
54. The Creation of Eve - Lynne Cullen
55. Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris
56. The Bird Sisters - Rebecca Rasmussen
57. The Emerald Atlas - John Stephens
58. The Raven's Bride - Lenore Hart
59. The Last Queen - C.W. Gortner
60. I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
61. Madam Tussaud - Michelle Moran
62. The Secret Magdalene - Ki Longfellow
63. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn - Robin Maxwell
64. The Violets of March - Sarah Jio
65. Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
66. The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht
67. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
68. The Reading Promise - Alice Ozma
69. M is For Magic - Neil Gaiman
70. Bent Road - Lori Roy
71. The Queen's Mistake - Diane Haeger
72. The Book of Fires - Jane Borodale
73. Go The Fuck To Sleep - Adam Mansbach
74. These Things Hidden - Heather Gudenkauf
75. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollows - JK Rowling*
76. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier
77. My Name is Memory - Ann Brashares
78. The Coffins of Little Hope - Timothy Schaffert
79. Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll
80. The Virgin Widow - Anne O'Brien
81. The Watery Part of the World - Michael Parker
82. The Confessions of Catherine Medici - C.W. Gortner
83. Geektastic - edited by Holly Black
84. The Necromancer - Michael Scott
85. American on Purpose - Craig Ferguson
86. The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch
87. A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
88. The Hypnotist - M.J. Rose
89. The Warlock - Michael Scott
90. What I Was - Meg Rosoff
91. Sweet Jiminy - Kristin Gore
92. Wildthorn - Jane Eagland
93. Wesley the Owl - Stacey O'Brien
94. The Devlin Diary - Christi Phillips
95. Songs of Love and Death - edited by George R.R. Martin
96. The Watchtower - Lee Carroll
97. Beauty Queens - Libba Bray
98. Mistress of the Sun - Sandra Gulland
99. Dressmaker of Khair Khana - Gayle Lemmon
100. Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell
101. The Queen's Man -
102. The Magician King - Lev Grossman
103. Always a Witch -
104. The Favored Queen -
105. The Stolen Crown -
106. Damosel -
107. The Queen's Daughter -
108. The Queen's Handmaiden -
109. Birds of Paradise - Diana
110. The Night Circus - Erin
111. Three Maids for a Crown - Ella March Chase
112. The Hunger Games -
113. Ancestors of Avalon - Diana L. Paxson*
114. The Forest House - Marion Zimmer Bradley*
115. Lady of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley*
116. The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson
117. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley*
Not bad at all. 117, with only five re-reads. I've got four from the library already (well, two here, two to pick up) and the always-growing pile of what I own. :)
(Those marked with an asterisk denote a re-read)
1. Brigid of Kildare - Heather Terrell
2. The Bells - Richard Harvell
3. Amandine - Marlena de Blasi
4. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran - Rob Sheffield
5. Wench - Dolen Perkins-Valdez
6. Butterfly - Sonya Hartnett
7. The Virgin Queen's Daughter - Ella March Chase
8. Delicate Edible Birds - Lauren Groff
9. The Good Good Pig - Sy Montgomery
10. Dangerous Neighbors - Beth Kephart
11. Poison - Maria V. Snyder
12. Palo Alto - James Franco
13. The Nobodies Album - Carolyn Parkhurst
14. Mathilda Savitch - Victor Lodato
15. The Girl With Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
16. American Rose - Karen Abbott
17. The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff
18. Glimmerglass - Jenna Black
19. The Jewel of St. Petersburg - Kate Furnivall
20. As Always, Julia - Julia Child, Avis DeVoto, Joan Reardon
21. Queen Hereafter - Susan Fraser King
22. The Fire Opal - Regina McBride
23. Pegasus - Robin McKinley
24. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
25. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate - Jacqueline Kelly
26. The Fates Will Find Their Way - Hannah Pittard
27. The Red Garden - Alice Hoffman
28. Among Others - Jo Walton
29. The Witch Queen's Secret - Anna Elliot
30. The Tudor Secret - C. W. Gortner
31. Lily of the Nile - Stephanie Dray
32. Annexed - Sharon Dogar
33. The Blind Contessa's New Machine - Carey Wallace
34. The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse
35. The Great Typo Hunt - Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson
36. The Irish Princess - Karen Harper
37. The Raven Queen - Jules Watson
38. Mermaid - Carolyn Turgeon
39. Perchance to Dream - Lisa Mantchev
40. The Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown
41. The Queen's Governess - Karen Harper
42. The White Queen - Phillippa Gregory
43. The Queen's Own Fool - Jane Yolen
44. Amaryllis in Blueberry - Christina Meldrum
45. The Tale of Halcyon Crane - Wendy Webb
46. Twilight's Dawn - Anna Elliot
47. Fairest of All - Serena Valentino
48. Guinevere's Gift - Nancy McKenzie
49. The Queen's Rival - Diane Haeger
50. Dark Moon of Avalon - Anna Elliot
51. Elizabeth I - Margaret George
52. Guinevere's Gamble - Nancy McKenzie
53. Between Shades of Grey - Ruta Sepetys
54. The Creation of Eve - Lynne Cullen
55. Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris
56. The Bird Sisters - Rebecca Rasmussen
57. The Emerald Atlas - John Stephens
58. The Raven's Bride - Lenore Hart
59. The Last Queen - C.W. Gortner
60. I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
61. Madam Tussaud - Michelle Moran
62. The Secret Magdalene - Ki Longfellow
63. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn - Robin Maxwell
64. The Violets of March - Sarah Jio
65. Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
66. The Tiger's Wife - Tea Obreht
67. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
68. The Reading Promise - Alice Ozma
69. M is For Magic - Neil Gaiman
70. Bent Road - Lori Roy
71. The Queen's Mistake - Diane Haeger
72. The Book of Fires - Jane Borodale
73. Go The Fuck To Sleep - Adam Mansbach
74. These Things Hidden - Heather Gudenkauf
75. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollows - JK Rowling*
76. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier
77. My Name is Memory - Ann Brashares
78. The Coffins of Little Hope - Timothy Schaffert
79. Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll
80. The Virgin Widow - Anne O'Brien
81. The Watery Part of the World - Michael Parker
82. The Confessions of Catherine Medici - C.W. Gortner
83. Geektastic - edited by Holly Black
84. The Necromancer - Michael Scott
85. American on Purpose - Craig Ferguson
86. The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch
87. A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
88. The Hypnotist - M.J. Rose
89. The Warlock - Michael Scott
90. What I Was - Meg Rosoff
91. Sweet Jiminy - Kristin Gore
92. Wildthorn - Jane Eagland
93. Wesley the Owl - Stacey O'Brien
94. The Devlin Diary - Christi Phillips
95. Songs of Love and Death - edited by George R.R. Martin
96. The Watchtower - Lee Carroll
97. Beauty Queens - Libba Bray
98. Mistress of the Sun - Sandra Gulland
99. Dressmaker of Khair Khana - Gayle Lemmon
100. Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell
101. The Queen's Man -
102. The Magician King - Lev Grossman
103. Always a Witch -
104. The Favored Queen -
105. The Stolen Crown -
106. Damosel -
107. The Queen's Daughter -
108. The Queen's Handmaiden -
109. Birds of Paradise - Diana
110. The Night Circus - Erin
111. Three Maids for a Crown - Ella March Chase
112. The Hunger Games -
113. Ancestors of Avalon - Diana L. Paxson*
114. The Forest House - Marion Zimmer Bradley*
115. Lady of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley*
116. The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson
117. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley*
Not bad at all. 117, with only five re-reads. I've got four from the library already (well, two here, two to pick up) and the always-growing pile of what I own. :)