Make that, to be clear, favorite books read in 2012 (via Goodreads).
Five Star Books (amazing, faboo):
- Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
- The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
- The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
- Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
- Hidden Things, by Doyce Testerman
- Redshirts, by John Scalzi
- The President and the Assassin, by Scott Miller
- Leviathan* and Goliath*, by Scott Westerfeld
Four Star Books (I liked them a lot):
Star Surgeon, Hard Magic, River Marked, The Hunger Games, Monster Hunter International**, Monster Hunter Vendetta**, Monster Hunter Alpha**, Behemoth*, Colonel Roosevelt, The Honor of the Queen***, The Short, Victorious War***, Field of Dishonor***, Flag in Exile***, Honor Among Enemies***, Echoes of Honor***, The Best of Fredric Brown, Destiny of the Republic, Alpha, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Dream Park, Sten****, The Court of a Thousand Suns****, Pulling Up Stakes, The One Minute Manager, Return of the Emperor****, Vortex****, The Girl Who Would Be King, Little Fuzzy
* Leviathan series
** Monster Hunter series
*** Honor Harrington series
**** Sten series
I read a total of 60 books (text and audio, excluding graphic novels) in 2012. Overall, a pretty good year.