A Year in Books - 2011

I had to give this some thought and go through my Audible.com and Goodreads accounts, but I finally compiled a list of books I read in 2011. I think it's safe to say I loved/enjoyed most of them, and when it came time to try to pick favorites...I didn't think it was fair. So, in no particular order, here are the books I read in 2011, with links to their descriptions. I'd love to hear which of these YOU'VE read and enjoyed!

BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray
A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL by Suzanne Young
BRUISER by Neal Shusterman
IMAGINARY GIRLS by Nova Ren Suma
THIS IS NOT A TEST by Courtney Summers*
WILDEFIRE by Karsten Knight
TIME BETWEEN US by Tamara Ireland Stone*
TWENTY BOY SUMMER by Sarah Ockler
THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK by Melina Marchetta
ACCOMPLICE by Eireann Corrigan
I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore
THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin
THE BODY FINDER by Kimberly Derting
THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson
DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver
WAIT TILL HELEN COMES by Mary Downing Hahn
NUMBERS by Rachel Ward
THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO LIVING by Lia Hills
RAMPANT by Diana Peterfreund
WHERE SHE WENT by Gayle Forman
THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON by Stephen King
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis
THE MERMAID'S MIRROR by L.K. Madigan
BLEEDING VIOLET by Dia Reeves
SHIP BREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi
DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY by Oscar Wilde
EVERLOST by Neal Shusterman
PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White
PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ by A.S. King
CRANK by Ellen Hopkins
THE UNIDENTIFIED by Rae Mariz


* = titles to be released in 2012

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Emily Hainsworth is the author of THROUGH TO YOU, (Fall 2012 Balzer+Bray / HarperCollins), a sci-fi novel about a seventeen-year-old boy grieving for his dead girlfriend until he discovers she's still alive in a parallel reality--one where many things are different from the way they are back home. For more information, visit her website.