Emmy Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 My best books of the year: -THE MISTRESS OF SPICES Chira Banerjee Divakaruni -THE KIN OF ATA ARE WAITING FOR YOU Dorothy Bryan -LIFE OF PI Yann Martel -THE GIVER Lois Lowry - THE RED TENT Anita Diamand - THE MOONSTONE Wilkie Collins -MADAME PAMPLEMOUSSE AND HER INCREDIBLE EDIBLES Rupert Kingfisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Here are my top five of the year so far The Artnof Racing In The Rain. Garth Stein To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee Gone Girl Gillian Flynn The Sandcastle Girls. Chris Bohijian A Different Kind of Normal. Cathy Lamb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 I've read another 17 books since starting this thread, I was just going to add the books with the highest rating I have given to the list but thought instead I would look at my list and see which ones I remembered most fondly, and they are... Torn by David Massey (a great YA about the realities of war, for fans of that particular genre, one I am trying to persuade my 13 year old to read!) The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Home Front by Kristin Hannah Ordinary Dogs by Eileen Battersby A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron How's the reading year going for everyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Train to Budapest by Dacia Maraini - probably the most explosive ending in a book I've read in a long while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children To Kill a Mockingbird Gone Girl The Snow Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I've had a few fantastic ones this year: Earlier this year The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins simply blew my mind - really well done social commentary. And more recently: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (best plot ever). The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. Wool by Hugh Howey (very good book, really gets one thinking). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Wool by Hugh Howey (very good book, really gets one thinking). I've just looked this one up on Amazon. It does look very good indeed and I have added it to my wishlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolmonkey Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Here are my top 10 this year - Henry VIII, king and court - Alison Weir The rise and fall of ancient Egypt - Toby Wilkinson Quiet belief in angels - R J Ellory A safe place - Lorenzo Carcaterra The Ghost of Lily Painter - Caitlin Davies The Poisonwood bible - Barbara Kingsolver Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel The owl killers - Karen Maitland The time travellers guide to Medieval England - Ian Mortimer The shadow of the wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) I haven't read a lot this year, but what I remember being excellent are the following: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Book on Fire by Keith Miller The Magicians by Lev Grossman After Silence by Jonathan Carroll Edited November 3, 2012 by Pixie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) My top 10 for the year : Non-fiction book of the year, and overall no. 1 The Pinecone by Jenny Uglow Fiction book of the year Pure by Andrew Miller The other 6-star books (in alphabetical order by author) Dam Busters by James Holland Wind Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery City of Fortune by Roger Crowley Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf The four 5-star books that make this year's top 10 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Tom-All-Alone's by Lynn Shepherd The Waves by Virginia Woolf Edited December 31, 2012 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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