1. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
2. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
4. Key of Light by Nora Roberts
5. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
6. Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts
7. Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
8. The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
9. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
10. Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
11. Rising Tides by Nora Roberts
12. Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts
13. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
14. Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
15. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
16. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
17. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
18. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
19. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
20. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
21. Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
22. Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts
23. Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts
24. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
25. Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts
26. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
27. The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
28. A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
30. The Umpire Strikes Back by Ron Luciano
31. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
32. The Passage by Justin Cronin
33. Fire by Kristin Cashore
34. This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
35. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
36. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Stieg Larsson
37. Insatiable by Meg Cabot
38. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
39. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
40. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
41. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
42. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
43. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
44. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
45. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
46. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
47. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
48. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
49. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
50. Night World Book 1 (Secret Vampire, Daughters of Darkness, Enchantress) by L.J. Smith
51. The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
52. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
53. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
54. Matched by Ally Condie
55. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
56. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
57. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

Last year, I resolved to read more than 40 books, and I think it’s safe to say that I definitely managed to do that. 2010 was a year of reading like a maniac, the likes of which I haven’t seen in a while. (In fact, the last year I read more than 50 books was the 2007, the year I took that YA lit class in library school, which had me reading 33 books over one semester.) I seem to normally hover around 40 books in a good-reading year, 25 in a bad-reading year, so this year feels really good.

The highs in books this year were of course the last two books in the Martin series, the Percy Jackson series, Maggie Stiefvater’s two YA novels, the Passage, the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (seriously, read it), the Millennium trilogy, and of course the Hunger Games series, which totally rocked my socks. I also read a whole lot of books I’m not exactly embarrassed to have on my list, but… it’s not like I’m going to brag about exactly how many Nora Roberts books I read this year. (Although I will stand behind my assertion that there’s a time and a place for a purely predictable story with an absurdly happy ending. I have never been one who thinks that everything one reads needs to be literary, smart, or educational.)

And considering the fact that I’m currently re-reading the Harry Potter series from the beginning (spurred by the first half of the Deathly Hallows movie, naturally), it’s interesting that I haven’t actually read books 1-4 since before I started keeping track of my reading (so, 2004 or earlier). I read books 5 and 6 in 2005, 6 and 7 in 2007, and in 2009, I read book 6 once and book 7 twice. Not that anyone cares about that other than me, but it explains why it has been so enjoyable to re-read the series from the beginning.

Anyway! So what will by book resolution for 2011 be? I want to stick with the read-like-a-maniac thing, so my goal will be to read 52 books in 2011, and to read at least two classics that I haven’t read before. So I’ll leave this post with a question: what’s your favorite classic book? Mine is Jane Eyre; I collect copies and re-read it every few years and just love it. (Interesting too, since I haven’t yet been able to get through a Jane Austen novel.)

In Previous Years…
Books Read in 2009
Books Read in 2008
Books Read in 2007
Books Read in 2006
Books Read in 2005