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Books Read in 2014

This is a list of the books that I read in 2014, broken up into Early Reader & Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, and Adult Books. I have not listed picture books, because I read so many of them (though I do review the ones that particularly strike me).

Early Reader to Middle Grade Books

  1. Cynthia Lord: Half A Chance. Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed January 4, 2013. My review.
  2. Charise Mericle Harper: Bean Dog and Nugget: The Ball and Bean Dog and Nugget: The Cookie. Early Reader Graphic Novels. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed January 10, 2014. I found these vaguely reminiscent of the Elephant and Piggie books (two friends interacting, sparse backgrounds, aimed at new readers), but I just didn't warm to the characters in the same way.
  3. Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: Babymouse #1: Queen of the World. Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed January 10, 2014.
  4. Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: Squish #5: Game On! Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed January 10, 2014.
  5. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle (#10). Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed January 12, 2014.
  6. Kurtis Scaletta: Winter of the Robots. Middle Grade Fiction. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed January 13, 2014. My review.
  7. Matthew Kirby: The Quantum League #1: Spell Robbers. Scholastic Press. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed January 17, 2014. My review.
  8. Laurel Snyder: Bigger than a Bread Box. Yearling. Middle Grade. Completed January 18, 2014. My review.
  9. Ari Goelman: The Path of Names. Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic). Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed January 23, 2014. My review.
  10. Rohan Gavin: Knightley & Son. Bloomsbury USA. Middle School. Completed January 27, 2014. My review.
  11. Karen Foxlee: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed January 31, 2014. My review.
  12. Sara Pennypacker (ill. Marla Frazee): Clementine and the Spring Trip. Disney/Hyperion. Early Middle Grade. Completed February 1, 2014. My review
  13. Maryrose Wood: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book IV: The Interrupted Tale. Balzer + Bray. Middle Grade. Completed February 7, 2014, on MP3.
  14. Shannon Messenger: Keeper of the Lost Cities. Aladdin. Middle Grade. Completed February 9, 2014, on Kindle. My review
  15. Jennifer A. Nielsen: The Shadow Throne (Ascendance Trilogy, Book 3). Scholastic. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed February 9, 2014. My review.
  16. Kevin Henkes: The Year of Billy Miller. Greenwillow Books. Early Middle Grade. Completed February 14, 2014. My review.
  17. Shannon Messenger: Exile: Keeper of the Lost Cities, Book 2. Aladdin. Middle Grade. Completed February 16, 2014, on Kindle. My review
  18. Jonathan Stroud: Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase. Disney/Hyperion. Middle Grade. Completed February 24, 2014, on MP3.
  19. Jaleigh Johnson: The Mark of the Dragonfly. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed March 11, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  20. Noah Z. Jones: Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards. Scholastic. Early Reader. Completed March 17, 2014 (and many more times). My review.
  21. Megan Frazer Blakemore: The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill. Bloomsbury. Middle Grade. Completed March 18, 2014 (ARC). My review
  22. Marcia Wells (ill. Marcos Calo): Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile. HMH Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed March 29, 2014. My review.
  23. Richard Capwell: Witches Bureau of Investigation, Book 1. Amazon Digital Services. Middle Grade. Completed April 6, 2014, on Kindle.
  24. P. J. Hoover: Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life. Starscape. Middle Grade. Completed May 10, 2014 (printed ARC). My review.
  25. Varian Johnson: The Great Greene Heist. Scholastic. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed May 28, 2014. My review.
  26. Sara St. Antoine: Three Bird Summer. Candlewick. Middle Grade. Completed June 1, 2014. My review.
  27. Sharon M. Draper: Out of My Mind. Atheneum Books. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed July 5, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  28. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed July 8, 2014, on MP3 (library copy).
  29. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed July 12, on MP3 (library copy).
  30. Betsy Byars: The Pinballs. Apple. Middle Grade. Completed July 14, 2014, on MP3.
  31. Elizabeth Enright: Gone-Away Lake. HMH Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed July 17, 2014, on MP3.
  32. Holly Webb: Rose. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Middle Grade. Completed July 21, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  33. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed July 24, 2014, on MP3 (library copy).
  34. Gordan Korman: The Hypnotists (Book 1). Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed July 28, 2014. My review.
  35. Gordon Korman: The Hypnotists (Book 2): The Memory Maze. Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed July 31, 2014. My review.
  36. Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, Jarrett Krosoczka, et. al: Comics Squad: Recess!. Random House. Early Middle Grade. Completed July 31, 2014. My review.
  37. Holly Webb: Rose and the Lost Princess. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Middle Grade. Completed August 3, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  38. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Scholastic. Middle Grade. Completed August 5, 204, on MP3.
  39. Dana Alison Levy: The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed August 7, 2014. My review.
  40. Holly Webb (ill. Marion Lindsay): The Case of the Stolen Sixpence: Book 1. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Early Middle Grade. Completed August 15, 2014. My review.
  41. George Hagen (ill. Scott Bakal): Gabriel Finley & the Raven's Riddle. Schwartz & Wade. Middle Grade. Completed August 18, 2014. My review.
  42. Annie Barrows: The Magic Half. Bloomsbury USA. Early Middle Grade. Completed August 21, 2014, on Kindle.
  43. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Scholastic. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed August 21, 2014, on MP3.
  44. Elizabeth Enright: Return to Gone-Away. HMH Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed August 25, 2014, on MP3.
  45. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Scholastic. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed September 8, 2014, on MP3.
  46. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7). Scholastic. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed September 27, 2014, on MP3.
  47. Peggy Eddleman: Sky Jumpers #2: The Forbidden Flats. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed October 2, 2014. My review.
  48. Rick Riordan: The Heroes of Olympus: Book 5: The Blood of Olympus. Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed October 20, 2014, on MP3.
  49. Kallie George (ill. Alexandra Boiger): The Magical Animal Adoption Agency: Book 1: Clover's Luck. Disney-Hyperion. Early Chapter Book. Completed October 27, 2014, ARC.
  50. Mac Barnett and Jory John (ill. Kevin Cornell): The Terrible Two. Amulet Books. Middle Grade. Completed October 28, 2014, ARC. My review.
  51. Bill Harley (ill. Adam Gustavson): Charlies Bumpers vs. the Squeaking Skull. Peachtree. Early Middle Grade. Completed October 28, 2014. My review.
  52. Holly Black & Cassandra Clare: The Iron Trial (Book One of Magisterium). Scholastic. Middle Grade / Middle School. Completed November 16, 2014. My review.
  53. Jennifer Allison (ill. Michael Moran): Iggy Loomis, A Hagfish Called Shirley. Dial Books for Young Readers. Early Middle Grade. Completed December 2, 2014. My review.
  54. Lisa Graff: Absolutely Almost. Philomel Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed December 9, 2014.
  55. Holly Goldberg Sloan: Counting by 7's. Dial Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed December 16, 2014.

Young Adult Books

  1. A. S. King: Reality Boy. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed January 7, 2014. My review.
  2. Rainbow Rowell: Eleanor and Park. St. Martin's Griffin (Macmillan). Young Adult Fiction. Completed January 8, 2014.
  3. Marie Lu: Champion (A Legend Novel). Putnam Juvenile. Young Adult Fiction. Completed January 15, 2014, on Kindle.
  4. Hollis Gillespie: Unaccompanied Minor. Merit Press. Young Adult Fiction. Completed January 22, 2014, on Kindle. I read this after reading a recommendation from Leila at Bookhselves of Doom. She said that she was too sick to read, but this book held her interest. I read it while exercising, and it kept my interest, too. The writing style took a bit of getting used to (the story is told in the form of a debrief between the main character and the authorities after an incident involving a plane hijacking and a bomb), and there's a bit more detail about the things that can go wrong on board airplanes than I personally needed. It's also relatively violent, with several deaths. Despite all that, it works as escapist fare.
  5. Mark Frost: Alliance (The Paladin Prophecy, Book 2). Random House Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed March 3, 2014. My review.
  6. Jennifer E. Smith: The Geography of You and Me. Poppy (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers). Young Adult. Completed March 4, 2014, e-ARC on Kindle. My review.
  7. Lauren Henderson: Kissing in Italian. Random House Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed March 9, 2014. My review.
  8. Shannon Hale: Dangerous. Bloomsbury. Young Adult. Completed March 28, 2014, on Kindle.
  9. E. Lockhart: We Were Liars. Delacorte. Young Adult. Completed March 30, 2014, digital ARC on Kindle. My review.
  10. Jennifer Brown: Torn Away. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed April 4, 2014, digital ARC on Kindle.
  11. Jennifer Brown: Hate List. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed April 10, 2014, on Kindle (library copy). My review.
  12. Meg Rosoff: Picture Me Gone. Putnam Juvenile. Young Adult. Completed April 11, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  13. Ashley Elston: The Rules for Breaking. Disney-Hyperion. Young Adult. Completed April 13, 2014, digital ARC on Kindle.
  14. Stephen Chbosky: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. MTV Books. Young Adult. Completed April 22, 2014, on MP3.
  15. Laini Taylor: Dreams of Gods and Monsters (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, Book 3). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed April 24, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  16. Amber Kizer: Pieces of Me. Delacorte Press. Young Adult. Completed April 25, 2014. My review.
  17. William Campbell Powell: Expiration Day. Tor Teen. Young Adult. Completed May 10, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  18. Jillian Cantor: Searching for Sky. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Young Adult. Completed June 3, 2014. My review.
  19. Allen Zadoff: I Am the Mission (The Unknown Assassin, Book 2). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed June 5, 2014, on digital ARC. My review.
  20. Chris Weitz: The Young World. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed June 16, 2014, on digital ARC. My review.
  21. Blake Nelson: The Prince of Venice Beach. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed June 16, 2014, on digital ARC. My review.
  22. Demitria Lunetta: In the After. Harper Teen. Young Adult. Completed June 18, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  23. Charlie Higson: The Fallen (Enemy #5). Hyperion. Young Adult. Completed June 29, 2014.
  24. Michele Weber Hurwitz: The Summer I Saved the World ... in 65 Days. Wendy Lamb Books. Middle School. Completed July 2, 2014. My review.
  25. Naomi Paul: Code Name Komiko. Scarlet Voyage. Young Adult. Completed July 13, 2014, on Kindle.
  26. Maggie Stiefvater: Sinner (companion to the Shiver series). Scholastic. Young Adult. Completed July 21, 2014.
  27. D.J. MacHale: Storm (The SYLO Chronicles, Book 2). Razorbill. Middle School. Completed August 3, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  28. Dan Wells: Ruins (Partials Sequence). Balzer + Bray. Young Adult. Completed August 11, 2014, on Kindle.
  29. A. J. Betts: Zac & Mia. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Young Adult. Completed August 15, 2014. My review.
  30. Garth Nix: Clariel. Harper Collins. Young Adult. Completed August 31, 2014. My review.
  31. Sarah Rees Brennan: Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy, Book 3). Random House. Young Adult. Completed September 16, 2014. My review.
  32. Virginia Bergin: H2O. Sourcebooks Fire. Young Adult. Completed September 24, 2014, on digital ARC. My review.
  33. Rick Yancey: The Fifth Wave. Putnam Juvenile. Young Adult. Completed October 12, 2014, on MP3.
  34. Maggie Stiefvater: The Raven Cycle #3: Blue Lily, Lily Blue. Scholastic. Young Adult. Completed October 23, 2014. My review,
  35. Rick Yancey: The Infinite Sea. Putnam Juvenile. Young Adult. Completed October 26, 2014, on Kindle. My review.
  36. Robin LaFevers: Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, Book 3). HMH Books for Young Readers. Completed November 4, 2014. My review.
  37. J.C. Carleson: The Tyrant's Daughter. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed December 26, 2014, Kindle library copy.
  38. Lamar Giles: Fake ID. Amistad. Young Adult. Completed December 27, 2014, Kindle library copy.

Adult Books

  1. Michael Connelly: The Gods of Guilt. Little, Brown and Company. Adult Mystery. Completed January 19, 2014.
  2. Salman Kahn: The One World Schoolhouse. Twelve. Adult Nonfiction. Completed January 20, 2014.
  3. Sue Grafton: Q is for Quarry. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed February 2, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  4. Sue Grafton: R is for Ricochet. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed February 21, 2014, on Kindle.
  5. Robin Sloan: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. Picador. Adult Fiction. Completed February 26, 2014, on Kindle.
  6. Maeve Binchy: A Week in Winter. Knopf. Adult Fiction. Completed March 19, 2014, on MP3.
  7. Brigid Schulte: Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time. Sarah Crichton Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed March 23, 2014, on Kindle.
  8. Maeve Binchy: Whitethorn Woods. Anchor. Adult Fiction. Completed March 30, 2014, on MP3.
  9. Maeve Binchy: A Week in Summer. Random House. Adult Fiction (short story). Completed March 30, 2014, on MP3.
  10. Ben Winters: The Last Policeman. Quirk Books. Adult Mystery. Completed April 2, 2014, on Kindle.
  11. Richard A. Thompson: Lowertown. Forty Press. Adult Mystery. Completed April 8, 2014, on Kindle.
  12. Laura Lippman: After I'm Gone. William Morrow. Adult Mystery. Completed April 9, 2014, on MP3.
  13. Sue Grafton: S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone series). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed April 13, on Kindle (library copy).
  14. Harlan Coben: Missing You. Dutton. Adult Mystery. Completed April 18, on MP3.
  15. Sue Grafton: T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone series). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed April 21, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  16. Jo Nesbo: The Bat (the first Harry Hole novel). Vintage. Adult Mystery. Completed April 27, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  17. Sue Grafton: U is for Undertow. Putnam. Adult Mystery. Completed May 1, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  18. Jodi Picoult: Second Glance. Atria Books. Adult Fiction. Completed May 3, 2014, on MP3.
  19. Daniel Suarez: Influx. Dutton. Adult Fiction. Completed May 11, 2014, on MP3.
  20. Meg Cabot: Size 12 Is Not Fat. William Morrow. Adult Mystery. Completed May 16, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  21. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner: Think Like a Freak. William Morrow. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 24, 2014, on Kindle.
  22. Sue Grafton: V is for Vengeance. Putnam. Adult Mystery. Completed May 24, 2014, on Kindle (library copy).
  23. Maeve Binchy: Chestnut Street. Knopf. Adult Fiction. Completed May 27, 2014, on MP3.
  24. Craig Johnson: Any Other Name (A Longmire Mystery). Viking Adult. Mystery. Completed June 1, 2014, on MP3.
  25. Jennifer Senior: All Joy and No Fun. Ecco. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 9, 2014, on Kindle.
  26. Charlaine Harris: Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas). Ace Hardcover. Adult Mystery. Completed June 10, 2014, on MP3.
  27. Victoria Thompson: Murder in Murray Hills (A Gaslight Mystery). Berkley Hardcover. Adult Mystery. Completed June 21, 2014, on MP3.
  28. Elizabeth Bird, Julie Danielson, and Peter Sieruta: Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature. Candlewick. Nonfiction. Completed June 23, 2014, ARC. My review.
  29. Janet Evanovich: Top-Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum). Bantam. Adult Mystery. Completed June 24, 2014, on MP3.
  30. Anthony Doerr: All the Light We Cannot See. Scribner. Adult Fiction. Completed July 3, 2014, on MP3.
  31. Kelly Jensen: It Happens: A Guide to Contemporary Realistic Fiction for the YA Reader. VOYA Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed August 6, 2014. My review.
  32. William Deresiewicz: Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. Free Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed August 24, 2014, on Kindle.
  33. Louise Penny: The Long Way Home (A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed September 19, 2014, on Kindle.
  34. Deborah Crombie: To Dwell in Darkness (Kincaid/James). William Morrow. Adult Mystery. Completed September 29, 2014, on Kindle.
  35. Lee Child: Personal (A Reacher Novel). Delacorte Press. Adult Mystery/Thriller. Completed October 5, 2014, on MP3.
  36. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness. Berkley Press. Adult Mystery. Completed October 24, 2014, on MP3.
  37. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: A Royal Pain. Berkley Press. Adult Mystery. Completed October 31, 2014, on MP3.
  38. Tana French: The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad). Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed November 10, 2014, on MP3.
  39. Michael Connelly: The Burning Room (A Harry Bosch Novel). Little, Brown. Adult Mystery. Completed November 15, 2014, on MP3.
  40. Mark Forsyth: The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase. Berkley Trade. Adult Nonfiction. Completed November 17, 2014, on Kindle.
  41. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: Royal Flush. Berkley Press. Adult Mystery. Completed November 20, 2014, on MP3.
  42. Atul Gawande: The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right. Picador. Adult Nonfiction. Completed November 22, 2014, on Kindle.
  43. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: Royal Blood. Berkley Press. Adult Mystery. Completed November 30, 2014, on MP3.
  44. Peter Thiel: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future. Crown Business. Adult Nonfiction. Completed December 2, 2014, on Kindle.
  45. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: Naughty in Nice. Berkley Press. Adult Mystery. Completed December 5, 2014, on MP3.
  46. Sophia Dembling: The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World. Perigee Trade. Adult Nonfiction. Completed December 8, 2014, on Kindle.
  47. Tana French: Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3). Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed December 13, 2014, on MP3.
  48. Tana French: Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad, #4). Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed December 31, 2014, on MP3).

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