2013 Books

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1 – Deadtown by Nancy Holzner – B-
2 – Killer in High Heels by Gemma Halliday – C-
3 – In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks – D+
4 – Undercover in High Heels by Gemma Halliday – D-
5 – Old Man’s War by John Scalzi – B+
6 – Murder on Monday by Ann Purser – F
7 – Alibi in High Heels by Gemma Halliday – D-
8 – A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson – B-
9 – Mayhemin High Heels by Gemma Halliday – D
10 – Defending Jacob by William Landay – A-
11 – The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein (Audiobook) – A-
12 – One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – C-
13 – To Catch a Highlander by Karen Hawkins – B-
14 – Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop – D+
15 – The Trouble with Spells by Lacey Weatherford – F
16 – Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari – C+
17 – Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future by Nick Spencer – C+
18 – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan – A+
19 – Child of the Mist by Kathleen Morgan – D-
20 – A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James – B-
21 – Murder Over Easy by Jimmie Ruth Evans – C+
22 – The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter – F
23 – The Highwayman by Doreen Owens Malek – B-
24 – Deadly Night by Heather Graham – D+
25 – Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn – C
26 – Stuff to Die For by Don Bruns – C-
27 – Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard – C+
28 – From This Moment On by Bella Andre – D-
29 – Changeless by Gail Carriger – B+
30 – Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn – B-
31 – Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton – C+
32 – Graceling by Kristin Cashore – A-
33 – Much Ado About You by Eloisa James – A-
34 – Daughter of Smoke and Bone byLaini Taylor – C-
35 – The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper – B+
36 – Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione – A
37 – The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult – A
38 – Shades of Earth by Beth Revis – B+
39 – All She Ever Wanted by Barbara Freethy
40 – Calculated in Death by JD Robb – C
41 – Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands – B-
42 – Blood Island by H. Terrell Griffin – C-
43 – Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb – A
44 – At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost – C
45 – One Con Glory by Sarah Kuhn – C+
46 – Fool for Love by Julia Quinn – B+
47 – Taffy by Becca Smejkal – D+
48 – Needled to Death by Maggie Sefton – C-
49 – Frozen Heat by Richard Castle – B-
50 – City of Whispers by Katherine Sorin – B-
51 – The Rook by Daniel O’Malley – A
52 – The Abandoned by Amanda Stevens – D
53 – The Selection by Kiera Cass – B+
54 – Unearth by Jenna Bernel – D+
55 – Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon – B
56 – Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson – C+
57 – Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher – B+
58 – Half Past Midnight by Jeff Brackett – B
59 – Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy – C
60 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling – A+
61 – My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick – B
62 – A Deadly Yarn by Maggie Sefton – D+
63 – Archer’s Goon by Diana Wynne Jones – B
64 – Bossypants by Tiny Fey – B+
65 – The Sunshine When She’s Gone by Thea Goodman – D
66 – Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney – C
67 – The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender – D+
68 – Wool:  Part One by Hugh Howey – B
69 – The Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George – C+
70 – Splendid by Julia Quinn – C+
71 – Game of Cages by Harry Connolly – C+
72 – The Dead Man by Joel Goldman – C-
73 – Shadow’s Claim by Kresley Cole – B+
74 – The Elite by Kiera Cass – C-
75 – Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreigh – B+
76 – The Rising by Kelley Armstrong – C-
77 – A Hidden Witch by Debora Geary – C-
78 – Poison Princess by Kresley Cole – D
79 – Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris – D-
80 – Haunted by Heather Graham – D-
81 – Under the Dome by Stephen King – A-
82 – A Wild Pursuit by Eloisa James – B
83 – A Reckless Witch by Debora Geary – C
84 – Blameless by Gail Carriger – C+
85 – Fire Lord’s Lover by Kathryne Kennedy – B+
86 – Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James – C+
87 – Loose Ends by Terri Reid
88 – Beauty Queens by Libba Bray – D-
89 – Dauntless by Jack Campbell – D-
90 – Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist – A-
91 – Anything Goes by John Barrowman – B+
92 –  Crushed by Sara Shepard – D+
93 – The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry – C
94 – Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell – C-
95 – The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole – D-
96 – That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran – C+
97 – Pariah by Bob Fingerman – D+
98 – Muder in Vein by Sue Ann Jaffarian – D+
99 – Faking It by Jennifer Crusie – B-
100 – Heartless by Gail Carriger – C-
101 – The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – D+
102 – Revenge Wears Prada:  The Devil Returns by Lauren Weisberger – C-
103 – Summer People by Aaron Stander – D+
104 – Jhereg by Steven Brust – A
105 – Yendi by Steven Brust – A-
106 – Teckla by Steven Brust – A-
107 – The Soulkeepers by GP Ching – F
108 – Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters – C-
109 – Enchanted by Alethea Kontis – D+
110 – Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero – B
111 – Harry Potter’s Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventure by John Granger – B
112 – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith – B+
113 – An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James – B+
114 – Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead – B-
115 – The Selkie Spell by Sophie Moss – B
116 – The Selkie Enchantress by Sophie Moss – B
117 – Circle of Secrets by Kimberley Griffiths Little – B-
118 – Darwen Arkwright and the Insidiuous Bleck by AJ Hartley – B+
119 – Inferno by Dan Brown – C+
120 – Blood Will Tell by Samantha Young – C
121 – Paramour by Margaret Ethridge – D+
122 – James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper by G. Norman Lippert – B+
123 – Assassins in Love by Kris DeLake – C
124 – Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich – B-
125 – Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon – C-
126 – An English Bride in Scotland by Lynsay Sands – C-
127 – The Never List by Koethi Zan – B
128 – Out of Time by Deborah Truscott – C
129 – Murder Over Easy by Marshall Cook – D+
130 – His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik – B+
131 – An Unsuitable Bride by Jane Feather – C
132 – The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos – F
133 – Don’t Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon – A
134 – The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank – C+
135 – Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander – C+
136 – Redshirts by John Scalzi – C+
137 – Joyland by Stephen King – A-
138 – Warrior by Zoe Archer – D-
139 – Time Thief by Katie MacAlister – C+
140 – A Red Dead Heart by RP Dahlke – C-
141 – Pleasure for Pleasure by Eloisa James – B-
142 – Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins – C-
143 – Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly – A+
144 – The Lady Most Likely… by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James & Connie Brockway – C-
145 – Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch – B
146 – The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen – C+
147 – The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer – C+
148 – Unwind by Neal Shusterman – C+
149 – Ryan’s Return by Barbara Freethy – D+
150 – Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead – C+
151 – The Lady Most Willing… by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, & Connie Brockway – C-
152 – The Returned by Jason Mott – B-
153 – Breathless by VJ Chambers – D-
154 – Fourtunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman – A
155 – The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett – A
156 – The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg – A
157 – His Last Duchess by Gabrielle Kim – C
158 – First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones – B-
159 – Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey – A
160 – The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – A
161 – Help for the Haunted by John Searles – C+
162 – Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell – A
163 – Man of Wax by Robert Swartwood – B-
164 – Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones – B-
165 – Autumn Bones by Jacqueline Carey – C+
166 – Minx by Julia Quinn – B-
167 – The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon – D+
168 – First Impressions by Debra White Smith – F
169 – The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike – F
170 – Going Underground by Susan Vaught – A
171 – The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan – B
172 – Wonder by RJ Palacio – A
173 – If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson – B+
174 – The House on Tradd Street by Karen White – D-
175 –  A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay – A
176 – Hollywood Ending by Lucie Simone – D+
177 – Playing with Fire by Katie MacAlister – C+
178 – The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn – A
179 – One Lucky Vampire by Lynsay Sands – C+
180 – The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler – B-
181 – So Enchanting by Connie Brockway – C-
182 – The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade – C+
183 – Thankless in Death by JD Robb – B
184 – Leaving the Comfort Cafe by Dawn DeAnna Wilson – C
185 – Darwen Arkwright and the School of Shadows by AJ Hartley – B+
186 – Allegiant by Veronica Roth – D+
187 – Killer Calories by GA McKevett – C
188 – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell – B+
189 – Longbourn by Jo Baker – F
190 – Foxy’s Tale by Karen Cantwell & LB Gschwandtner – D+
191 – NOS4A2 by Joe Hill – F
192 – Waking the Dead by Margo Bond Collins – B
193 – Lady Isabella’s Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley – B-
194 – Bound by Night by Larissa Ione – D
195 – Practice Cake by Dalya Moon – C+
196 – Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schule – C
197 – The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson – D+
198 – Double Down by Mark Halperin & John Heilemann – B+
199 – Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo – B+
200 – Sins of a Wicked Duke by Sophie Jordan – F
201 – The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal – B
202 – Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland – C
203 – Nuclear Winter Wonderland by Joshua Corrin – C-
204 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth – B-
205 – Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost – B
206 – The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb – C+

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