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January
001: The Secret Adversary – Agatha Christie ★★★★★
002: Partners in Crime – Agatha Christie ★★★½
003: Triskellion – Will Peterson ★★★★
004: N or M? – Agatha Christie ★★★½
005: The Stars’ Tennis Balls – Stephen Fry ★★★★★
006: The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley – Louis Tracy ★★★½
007: Super in the City – Daphne Uviller ★★★½
008: Magic or Madness – Justine Larbalestier ★★
009: The Serial Killers Club – Jeff Povey ★★★★½
010: Westminster Abby – Micol Ostow ★½
011: The Princetta – Anne-Laure Bondoux ★★★★½
012: Crooked Little Vein – Warren Ellis ★★★★★
013: Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean – Justin Somper ★★★½
014: Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour – Scott Westerfeld ★★★★
015: Stoneheart – Charlie Fletcher ★★★★½
016: School for Scumbags – Danny King ★★★★
017: SilverFin – Charlie Higson ★★★
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February
018: Crusader – Edward Bloor ★★★★
019: Boca Knights – Steven M. Forman ★★★½
020: The Little Sleep – Paul Tremblay ★★
021: Cirque du Freak – Darren Shan ★★★★★
022: Arsene Lupin – Maurice Leblanc ★★★★
023: House of Many Ways – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★★
024: The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn – John Bellairs ★★½
025: The Sandman #1: Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman ★★★½ *
026: Witch’s Business – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★
027: Stopping For A Spell – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★½
028: Cart and Cwidder – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★★
029: The Book of Three – Lloyd Alexander ★★★
030: The Black Cauldron – Lloyd Alexander ★★★★½
031: Poseur – Rachel Maude ★★★★★
032: Septimus Heap #1: Magyk – Angie Sage ★★★★½
033: The Name of This Book Is Secret – Pseudonymous Bosch ★★★★
034: Septimus Heap #2: Flyte – Angie Sage ★★★★
035: Creepers – Keith Gray ★★★★½
036: Balefire #1: A Chalice of Wind – Cate Tiernan ★★★
037: All-American Girl – Meg Cabot ★★★★
038: Theater Shoes – Noel Streatfeild ★★★★★
039: The Vanishing Chip – Mark Delaney ★★
040: Anastasia, Absolutely – Lois Lowry ★★★★½
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March
041: Hexwood – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★
042: Vampire Beach: Bloodlust – Alex Duval ★★
043: Vampire Beach: Initiation – Alex Duval ★★
044: The Teashop Girls – Laura Schaefer ★★★★
045: Down the Rabbit Hole – Peter Abrahams ★★★★★
046: The Alchemyst – Michael Scott ★★★½
047: Peter and the Starcatchers – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson ★★★★
048: Nation – Terry Pratchett ★★★★★
049: The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart ★★★★
050: Only You Can Save Mankind – Terry Pratchett ★★★½
051: The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan ★★★★★
052: His Majesty’s Dragon – Naomi Novik ★★★★½
053: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum ★★★½ *
054: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) – Philip Pullman ★★★½
055: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) – Philip Pullman ★★★★½
056: The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe #1) – L.M. Boston ★★★★
057: The Treasure of Green Knowe Green Knowe #2) – L.M. Boston ★★★★½
058: The Sea of Monsters – Rick Riordan ★★★★½
059: The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan ★★★½
060: The Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan ★★★★½
061: Throne of Jade – Naomi Novik ★★★★½
062: Black Powder War – Naomi Novik ★★★½
063: Assassin’s Apprentice – Robin Hobb ★★★★
064: Blood Engines – T.A. Pratt ★★★½
065. The Journal of Curious Letters (The 13th Reality #1) – James Dashner ★★★
066: The Escape From Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1) – Avi ★★★★★
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April
067: Empress (Godspeaker #1) – Karen Miller ★★★★½
068: Sabriel (Abhorsen #1) – Garth Nix ★★★★
069: Hal Spacejock – Simon Haynes ★★★★½
070: Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen #1) – Liz Williams ★★★★½
071: Doc Sidhe – Aaron Allston ★★★½
072: Lord Darcy – Randal Garrett ★★★★★
073: Masks: Rise of Heroes – Hayden Thorne ★★★½
074: Masks: Evolution – Hayden Thorne ★★★½
075: The Demon Ororon Vol. 1 ★★
076: Travel Light – Naomi Mitchison ★★★★
077: Shopaholic & Sister – Sophie Kinsella ★★★★½
078: Shopaholic & Baby – Sophie Kinsella ★★★★½
079: Can You Keep A Secret? – Sophie Kinsella ★★★★ *
080: Interstellar Patrol – Christopher Anvil ★★★★★
081: Earthseed – Pamela Sargent ★★★★
082: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 1 ★★★★½ *
083: Ptolemy’s Gate (Bartimaeus Trilogy #3) – Jonathan Stroud ★★★½
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May
084: Only Human – Tom Holt ★★★★
085: Please Step Back – Ben Greenman ★★★★½
086: Less Than Heroes – David Yurkovich ★★★
087: The House of Windjammer – V.A. Richardson ★★★★
088: Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice #1) – Joseph Delaney ★★★★½
089: Curse of the Bane (The Last Apprentice #2) – Joseph Delaney ★★★★
090: Triskellion 2: The Burning – Will Peterson ★★★★
091: Fire and Hemlock – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★
092: The Dealer (CHERUB #2) – Robert Muchamore ★★★½
093: Nothing But the Truth – Avi ★★★
094: Charmed Life – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★½ *
095: The Lives of Christopher Chant – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★★ *
096: The Ink Drinker – Eric Sanvoisin ★★★
097: The Anybodies – N.E. Bode ★★★★½
098: My Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George ★★★½ *
099: The Other Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George ★★★½
100: Frightful’s Mountain – Jean Craighead George ★★★
101: Gone – Michael Grant ★★★★½
102. Well Witched – Frances Hardinge ★★★★½
103. A Sorcerer’s Apprentice (From Thief to King #1) – Michael Williams ★★★½
104. The Undomestic Goddess – Sophie Kinsella ★★★
105. Merchant of Death (Pendragon #1) – D.J. Hale ★★★½
106. Lake of Skulls (A Knight’s Story #1) – Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell ★★★
107. Adam of the Road – Elizabeth Janet Gray ★★★★½
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June
108. Behind the Curtain (Echo Falls #2) – Peter Abrahams ★★★★½
109. Magic Kingdom For Sale– Sold! (Landover #1) – Terry Brooks ★★★★
110. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon #1) – Alison Goodman ★★★½
111. The Demon and the City (Detective Inspector Chen #2) – Liz Williams ★★★★
112. Fly By Night – Frances Hardinge ★★★★½
113. Eastern Standard Tribe – Cory Doctorow ★★★½
114. The Demon’s Lexicon – Sarah Rees Brennan ★★★★
115. Heroes of the Valley – Jonathan Stroud ★★★★½
116. The Last Days – Scott Westerfeld ★★★★
117. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl – Barry Lyga ★★★½
118. Flygirl – Sherri L. Smith ★★★★
119. Night of the Soul Stealer (The Last Apprentice #3) – Joseph Delaney ★★★½
120. Watermelon – Marian Keyes ★★★★
121. Monster – Walter Dean Myers ★★★★½
122. Where I’d Like to Be – Frances O’Roark Dowell ★★★½
123. The Buried Pyramid – Jane Lindskold ★★★★
124. Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Jaz Parks #1) – Jennifer Rardin ★★★½
125. Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries #1) – Charlaine Harris ★★★★
126. Living Dead in Dallas (SVM #2) – Charlaine Harris ★★★★½
127. Club Dead (SVM #3) – Charlaine Harris ★★★½
128. Dead to the World (SVM #4) – Charlaine Harris ★★★★½
129. Dead as a Doornail (SVM #5) – Charlaine Harris ★★★★
130. Definitely Dead (SVM #6) – Charlaine Harris ★★★★
131. The Princess Diaries (Princess Diaries #1) – Meg Cabot ★★★½
132. Princess in the Spotlight (Princess Diaries #2) – Meg Cabot ★★★½
133. Princess in Love (Princess Diaries #3) – Meg Cabot ★★★½
134. All Together Dead (SVM #7) – Charlaine Harris ★★★★
135. From Dead to Worse (SVM #8) – Charlaine Harris ★★★½
136. Dead and Gone (SVM #9) – Charlain Harris ★★★
137. Not A Girl Detective – Susan Kandel ★★★½
138. Shakespeare’s Landlord (Lily Bard #1) – Charlaine Harris ★★★
139. There Will Be Dragons – John Ringo ★★★★
140. For Love of Mother-Not – Alan Dean Foster ★★★½
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July
141: Her Wiccan, Wiccan Ways – Traci Hall ★★★½
142: Nevermore (Supernatural #1) – Keith R.A. DeCandido ★★½
143. 9Tail Fox – Jon Courtenay Grimwood ★★½
144. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) – Elizabeth Peters ★★★★½
145. Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2) – Elizabeth Peters ★★★★
146. The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3) – Elizabeth Peters ★★★★½
147. Lion In the Valley (Amelia Peabody #4) – Elizabeth Peters ★★★½
148. A Total Waste of Makeup – Kim Gruenenfelder ★★★
149. East Coast Rising Vol. 1 – Becky Cloonan ★★★½
150. I’s Vol. 1 – Masakazu Katsura ★★
151. Beyond Heaving Bosoms – Candy Tan & Sarah Wendell ★★★★
152. Sushi For Beginners – Marian Keyes ★★★★
153. Million Dollar Baby – Amy Patricia Meade ★★½
154. The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody #5) – Elizabeth Peters ★★★★½
155. Whose Body? – Dorothy L. Sayers ★★★
156. Last Chance Saloon – Marian Keyes ★★★½
157. The Other Side of the Story – Marian Keyes ★★★★
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August
158. Thank You For Smoking – Christopher Buckley ★★★½
159. Unexpected Magic – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★★
160. Eighth Grade Bites – Heather Brewer ★★★
161. Time Switch – Matt Chamings ★★★½
162. The Diamond of Drury Lane (Cat Royal #1) – Julia Golding ★★★★½
163. Cat Among the Pigeons (Cat Royal #2) – Julia Golding ★★★★½
164. Swallows and Amazons (Swallows & Amazons #1) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★½
165. Swallowdale (S&A #2) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★½
166. Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone: The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival – Dene Low ★★★½
167. Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City – Kirsten Miller ★★★★½
168. Peter Duck (S&A #3) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★½
169. Tanglewreck – Jeanette Winterson ★★★★
170. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp – Rick Yancey ★★★½
171. March Upcountry – David Weber & John Ringo ★★★★½
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September
172. Winter Holiday (S&A #4) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★½
173. Coot Club (S&A #5) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★
174. Andromeda Klein – Frank Portman ★★★★½
175. Power of Three – Diana Wynne Jones ★★★★★
176. So Below: Key to the City – Matt Whyman ★★★
177. King Dork – Frank Portman ★★★½
178. The Ghost Writer – John Harwood ★★★★
179. The Uninvited – Tim Wynne-Jones ★★★★
180. Faerie Wars – Herbie Brennan ★★★★½
181. Feathers – Jacqueline Woodson ★★★★★
182. The House You Pass on Your Way – Jacqueline Woodson ★★★★
183. George’s Marvelous Medicine – Roald Dahl ★★★★
184. Going Solo – Roald Dahl ★★★★★
185. Freedom & Necessity – Emma Bull and Steven Brust ★★★★½
186. The Eagle of the Ninth – Rosemary Sutcliff ★★★½
187. Horns & Wrinkles – Joseph Helgerson ★★★
188. Savvy – Ingrid Law ★★★★
189. The Lantern Bearers – Rosemary Sutcliff ★★★★
190. Pigeon Post (S&A #6) – Arthur Ransome ★★★½
191. We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (S&A #7) – Arthur Ransome ★★★½
192. Roman Folly – Alice-Leone Moats ★★★½
193. Secret Water (S&A #8) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★½
194. The Girl Who Owned a City – O.T. Nelson ★½
195. Foundation – Isaac Asimov ★★★½
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October
196. The Summerfolk – Doris Burn ★★★★★
197. Foundation and Empire – Isaac Asimov ★★★★
198. Tunnels – Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams ★★½
199. Second Foundation – Isaac Asimov ★★★½
200. Foundation’s Edge – Isaac Asimov ★★★½
201. Boneshaker – Cherie Priest ★★★★
202. The Silver Branch – Rosemary Sutcliff ★★★½
203. The Feng Shui Detective’s Casebook – Nury Vittachi ★★★★
204. The Monstrumologist – Rick Yancey ★★★★★
205. Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld ★★★★★
206. Candle Man, Book One: The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance – Glenn Dakin ★★★
207. Physik (Septimus Heap #3) – Angie Sage ★★★
208. Queste (Septimus Heap #4) – Angie Sage ★★★½
209. Syren (Septimus Heap #5) – Angie Sage ★★★★
210. The Big Six (S&A #9) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★½
211. Twenties Girl – Sophie Kinsella ★★★★
212. Little Lord Fauntleroy – Frances Hodgson Burnett ★★★
213. The Ghost and Mrs McClure – Alice Kimberly ★★★
214. The Boggart – Susan Cooper ★★★
215. A College of Magics – Caroline Stevermer ★★★★
216. The Chocolate Cat Caper – JoAnna Carl ★★½
217. Missee Lee (S&A #10) – Arthur Ransome ★★★★
218. The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy #1) – Kevin Crossley-Holland ★★★★½
219. At the Crossing Places (Arthur Trilogy #2) – Kevin Crossley-Holland ★★★★
220. King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3) – Kevin Crossley-Holland ★★★★½
221. The Naming (Pellinor #1) – Alison Croggon ★★★★½
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November
222. The Magician’s Elephant – Kate Dicamillo ★★★★
223. The Winter King – Bernard Cornwell ★★★★½
224. Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian ★★★
225. The Picts and the Martyrs – Arthur Ransome ★★★★
226. The Light Princess and other stories – George MacDonald ★★★½
227. Castle Waiting – Linda Medley ★★★★½
228. The Riddle (Pellinor #2) – Alison Croggon ★★★★
229. The Taker and the Keeper – Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin ★★★★
230. Mercury Falls – Robert Kroese ★★★★
231. The Magicians – Lev Grossman ★★★
232. Montmorency – Eleanor Updike ★★½
233. Hood (King Raven #1) – Stephen R. Lawhead ★★★
234. The Mark of Zorro – Johnston McCulley ★★★★
235. Poison – Chris Wooding ★★★½
236. The Lost City of Z – David Grann ★★★★
237. The House of Power (Atherton #1) – Patrick Carman ★★★★½
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December
238. East by Edith Pattou ★★★★½
239. The Mystery of the Third Lucretia – Susan Runholt [3.5/5]
240. Ozma of Oz – L. Frank Baum [3.5/5] *
241. The Rose & the Beast – Francesca Lia Block ★★★
242. Princess Ben – Catherine Murdock ★★★½
243. The Broken Teaglass – Emily Arsenault ★★★★
244. Ash – Malinda Lo ★★★½
245. Kissing the Witch – Emma Donoghue ★★★½
246. The Commitments – Roddy Doyle ★★★★
247. The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo ★★★★
248. The Snapper – Roddy Doyle ★★★★
249. The Van – Roddy Doyle ★★★★
250. The Queen of Babble – Meg Cabot ★★★½
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6 Comments

  • Sandra

    Wow, you read a lot. I read all the Agatha Christie’s some years ago and enjoyed them very much. I’m glad you give a numbered rating. I was debating about The Teashop Girls but you liked it do I may just try it. I love your “Excessively Diverting” award by the way, it’s beautiful.

  • CoolMe

    Wow, you sure do read alot! im 13(7th grade) and i LOVE to read! ive read alot of the agatha christie books, like in 6th and 5th grade, i am also reading sherlock holmes. i like it how you give that rating after each book you have read, thats helpful!

    • Anastasia

      That’s wonderful! Old mysteries like Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes were some of my favorite books when I was your age, too. You might also like the Campion series by Margery Allingham and the Lord Peter by Dorothy L. Sayers. They take place around the same time, in the 1920s-1940s, and they’re some of my favorite books.

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