I enjoyed everyone’s posts with the books they read in 2011 and their personalized rankings, so I started a list of my own. Apparently I was a little book worm. These are separated by category and ranked out of 5 stars:

Adult Novels (not to be confused with “Adult” novels):

Wolf Hall (2.5 stars) by Hilary Mantel

The Poison Tree (5 stars) by Erin Kelly

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand (4.5 stars) by Helen Simonson

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (3.5 stars) by Junot Diaz

Room (5 stars) by Emma Donoghue

This is Where I Leave You (4 stars) by Jonathan Tropper

Alone (3.5 stars) by Lisa Gardner

Who by Fire (4 stars) by Diana Spechler

I’d Know You Anywhere (4 stars) by Laura Lippman

Dead Reckoning: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (4 stars) by Charlaine Harris

Young Adult Novels:

The Hunger Games (5 stars), Catching Fire (4.5 stars), and Mockingjay (4 stars) by Suzanne Collins

Divergent (4.5 stars) by Veronica Roth

The Carrie Diaries (4 stars) and Summer and the City (3 stars) by Candace Bushnell

L.A. Candy (4 stars), Sweet Little Lies (3 stars), and Sugar and Spice (3 stars) by Lauren Conrad

Memoirs:

A Stolen Life (5 stars) by Jaycee Dugard

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (2.5 stars) by Chelsea Handler

Love, Loss, and What I Wore (3 stars) by Ilene Beckerman

Uncharted TerriTORI (2.5 stars) by Tori Spelling

Everything is Wrong with Me (2 stars) by Jason Mulgrew

Everything is Going to be Great (1 star) by Rachel Shukery

It Could be Worse, You Could be Me (1 star) by Ariel Leve

Chick Lit:

Priceless (3.5 stars) by Nicole Richie

The Wedding Girl (3 stars) by Madeleine Wickham

A Desirable Residence (1 star) by Madeleine Wickham

Holly’s Inbox (4.5 stars) by Holly Denham

Perfect on Paper: The (Mis)Adventures of Waverly Bryson (4.5 stars) by Maria Murnane

A Total Waste of Makeup (4 stars) and Misery Loves Cabernet (4 stars) by Kim Gruenenfelder

There’s Cake in My Future (4 stars) by Kim Gruenenfelder

The Truth About Dating (2.5 stars) by Julie Christensen

Easily Amused (2.5 stars) by Karen McQuestion

The Best Day of Someone Else’s Life (2.5 stars) by Kerry Reichs

Romantically Challenged (2.5 stars) by Beth Orsoff

Honeymoon for One (3.5 stars) by Beth Orsoff

How I Learned to Love the Walrus (3.5 stars) by Beth Orsoff

Dating Mr. December (3 stars) by Phillipa Ashley

Seattle Girl (1.5 stars) by Lucy Kevin

Falling Fast (1 star) by Lucy Kevin

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