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So many books, so little time—part six.

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the sixth year we’ve done this.

My favorite book of 2012 was probably The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It will make a gorgeous movie if the right director get ahold of it.

I also loved The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, and Wonder, a young adult book by R.J. Palacio.

I’ve also been trying to read chick lit, and chicklet lit (young adult) more regularly because I’m hoping to take a stab at that genre myself when I have a little more time. I’m thinking this might help explain why there are so few male authors on my list.

Anyway, I’d love to hear about other people’s favorite books this year.

Overbite	Cabot	Meg
Declaring Spinsterhood	Brezel	Jamie Lynn
Plum Wine	Davis-Gardner	Angela
The Last Time I Saw You	Berg	Elizabeth
Abandon	Cabot	Meg
Treachery in Death	Robb	J.D.
Summer Rental	Andrews	Mary Kay
Love Mercy	Fowler	Earlene
Moby-Duck	Hohn	Donovan
Red-Hook Road	Waldman	Ayelet
Another Thing to Fall	Lippman	Laura
Hissy Fit	Andrews	Mary Kay
The Hunger Games	Collins	Suzanne
Dirty Blonde	Scottoline	Lisa
The God of Small Things	Roy	Arundhati
By a Spider’s Thread	Lippman	Laura
A Turn in the Road	Macomber	Debbie
Living the Creative Life	Freeman-Zachery	Rice
Twilight Whispers	Delinsky	Barbara
If You Ask Me	White	Betty
The White Album	Didion	Joan
The Best Awful	Fisher	Carrie
Eat, Drink, and Be Married	Bloom	Rebecca
Bleachers	Grisham	John
Slouching Towards Bethlehem	Didion	Joan
Mocking Jay	Collins	Suzanne
Catching Fire	Collins	Suzanne
Moneyball	Lewis	Michael
Home Game	Lewis	Michael
Breaking All the Rules	Taylor Bradford	Barbara
Girl Nearly 16 Absolute Torture	Limb	Sue
Three Cups of Deceit	Krakauer	Jon
Falling Together	de los Santos	Marisa
State of Wonder	Patchett	Ann
Happy Accidents	Lynch	Jane
Being Perfect and A Short Guide to a Happy Life	Quindlen	Anna
Real Life & Liars	Riggle	Kristina
It’s My F__ing Birthday	Markoe	Merrill
Swim Back to Me	Packer	Ann
An Accidental Woman	Delinsky	Barbara
The Last Boyfriend	Roberts	Nora
Leeway Cottage	Gutcheon	Beth
Nursery Crimes	Waldman	Ayelet
Gimme A Call	Mlynowski	Sarah
Painted Pages	Ahearn Bellemare	Sarah
The Witness	Roberts	Nora
The Big Nap	Waldman	Ayelet
So Much For That	Shriver	Lionel
Girls in White Dresses	Close	Jennifer
Celia and the Fairies	McQuestion	Karen
Drift	Maddow	Rachel
Everyone’s Reading Bastard	Hornby	Nick
The Art of Personal Imagery	Moortgat	Corey
The Book of Tomorrow	Ahern	Cecilia
Girl In Translation	Kwok	Jean
Don’t Look Down	Crusie	Jennifer and Bob Mayer
Probable Future	Hoffman	Alice
The Goddess Lounge	Finnegan	Margaret
The Rest of Her Life	Moriarty	Laura
Wonder	Palacio	R.J.
Another Piece of My Heart	Green	Jane
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake	Bender	Aimee
The Three Weissmans of Westport	Schine	Cathleen
Maybe This Time	Crusie	Jennifer
When We Were Orphans	Ishiguro	Kazuo
All These Things I’ve Done	Zevin	Gabrielle
Last Night in Twisted River	Irving	John
A Kiss in Time	Flynn	Alex
The Night Strangers	Bohjalian	Chris
An American Wife	Sittenfield	Curtis
New York to Dallas	Robb	J.D.
Little Night	Rice	Luanne
Wishful Drinking	Fisher	Carrie
The Beginner’s Goodbye	Tyler	Anne
The Secret Between Us	Delinsky	Barbara
Then We Came to the End	Ferris	Joshua
1225 Christmas Tree Lane	Macomber	Debbie
London is the Best City in America	Dave	Laura
Poke the Box	Godin	Seth
Boomerang	Lewis	Michael
The Night Circus	Morgenstern	Erin
Cream Puff Murder	Fluke	Joanne