BOOK OF THE YEAR:FIVE STARS +++
1. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

FICTION
FIVE STARS
2. Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler
3. Altamont Augie by Richard Barager
4. The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
5. A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

FOUR & ONE HALF STARS
7. Oscar & Lucinda by Peter Carey
8. Amy & Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
9. February by Lisa Moore
10. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
11. Room by Emma Donaghue
12. Wrecker by Summer Wood

FOUR STARS
13. Postcards by E. Annie Proulx
14. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
15. The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
16. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
17. The Time-Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Neffenegger
18. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
19. The Guide by R.K. Narayan
20. I, the Divine: a Novel in First Chapters by Rabih Alameddine
21. The Spare Room by Helen Garner
22. Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
23. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
24. Alligator by Lisa Moore
25. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
26. To Join the Lost by Seth Steinzor
27. Henrietta’s War: Letters from the Home Front 1939-1942 by Joyce Dennys
28. A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
29. Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
30. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winnifred Watson

THREE & ONE HALF STARS
31. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
32. How to be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
33. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
34. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
35. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
36. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
37. The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
38. The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
39. The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obrecht
40. One Good Dog by Susan Wilson
41. From This Wicked Patch of Dust by Sergio Troncoso
42. Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
43. His Majesty’s Yankees by Thomas H. Raddall
44. Beautiful Joe: The Autobiography of a Dog by Marshall Saunders
45. Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard by Richard B. Wright
46. Vaclav & Lena by Haley Tanner
47. Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris (aka Flowers for Mrs. Harris) by Paul Gallico

THREE STARS
48. The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
49. The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson
50. Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay
51. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
52. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
53. Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
54. The Goat Woman of Largo Bay by Gillian Royes
55. Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga
56. The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
57. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
58. Tabloid City by Pete Hamill
59. Bullet Work by Steve O’Brien
60. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

TWO & ONE HALF STARS
61. The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers
62. Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen
63. Crossroads Road by Jeff Kay

ONE STAR
64. One Night at the Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat

Read large portion of, but Did Not Finish
65. Stanley Park by Timothy Taylor
66. The Magnificent Spinster by May Sarton
67. The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell

NON-FICTION
FOUR & ONE HALF STARS
68. A Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick
69. In the Queens’ Parlor by Ellery Queen
70. Building the Pauson House: the letters Frank Lloyd Wright & Rose Pauson

FOUR STARS
71. Agnes Warner & the Nursing Sisters of the Great War by Shawna M. Quinn
72. Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks by John Curran
73. The Barn by Randy Leffingwell
74. Radio Shangri-La: What I learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli
75. Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone) Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale by Susan Maushart
76. Unfinished Business: One Man’s Extraordinary Year of Trying to do the Right Things by Lee Kravitz

THREE & ONE-HALF STARS
77. The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family by Peter Firstbrook
78. Soul Clothes by Regina D. Jemison

THREE STARS
79. Following Josh: China to Poland by Rail by Dave Norman
80. Nancy’s Wedding Feast & Other Tasty Tales by James O. St. Clair & Yvonne C. LaVert

TWO & ONE HALF STARS
81. The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove by Cathy Erway

PICTURE BOOKS
FOUR & ONE HALF STARS
82. Linnea in Monet’s Garden by Christine Bjork

MYSTERY
FOUR & ONE HALF STARS
83. Five Little Pigs: Hercule Poirot mystery #24 by Agatha Christie
84. A Murder is Announced: Miss Marple mystery #4 by Agatha Christie
85. Thereby Hangs a Tail: Chet & Bernie mystery #2 by Spencer Quinn
86. To Fetch a Thief: Chet & Bernie mystery #3 by Spencer Quinn

FOUR STARS
87. Holmes on the Range: Holmes on the Range mystery #1 by Steve Hockensmith
88. Stratton’s War (aka The Innocent Spy): DI Ted Stratton mystery #1 by Laura Wilson
89. The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag: Flavia DeLuce mystery #2 by Alan Bradley
90. An Expert in Murder: Josephine Tey mystery #1 by Nicola Upson
91. Dumb Witness: Hercule Poirot mystery #24 by Agatha Christie
92. A Cold Day in Paradise: Alex McKnight mystery #1 by Steve Hamilton
93. An Impartial Witness: Bess Crawford mystery #2 by Charles Todd
94. Evans Above: Constable Evan Evans mystery #1 by Rhys Bowen
95. The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld
96. The Body in the Library: Miss Marple mystery #2 by Agatha Christie
97. Murder with Mirrors: Miss Marple mystery #5 by Agatha Christie
98. In the Shadow of the Glacier: Constable Molly Smith mystery #1 by Vicki Delaney

THREE & ONE HALF STARS
99. The Man in the Queue (aka Killer in the Crowd): Detective Alan Grant mystery #1 by Josephine Tey
100. A Small Death in the Great Glen: Joanne Ross mystery #1 by A.D. Scott
101. Snares of Guilt: Detective Inspector Handford mystery #1 by Lesley Horton
102. Billy Boyle: Billy Boyle WWII mystery #1 by James R. Benn
103. The Cape Cod Mystery: Asey Mayo mystery #1 by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
104. Grey Mask: Miss Silver mystery #1 by Patricia Wentworth
105. A Red Herring Without Mustard: Flavia DeLuce mystery #3 by Alan Bradley
106. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (aka On the Segregation of the Queen): Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes mystery #1 by Laurie R. King
107. Gator Aide: Rachel Porter mystery #1 mystery by Jessica Speart

THREE STARS
108. The Spellman Files: Izzy Spellman mystery #1 by Lisa Lutz
109. The Coffin Trail: Lake District mystery #1 by Martin Edwards
110. An English Murder (aka Honey-dew) by by Louise Doughty
111. The Bishop Murder Case: Philo Vance mystery #4 by S.S. Van Dine
112. The Edge of Ruin: Emily Daggett Weiss mystery #1 by Irene Fleming
113. Cat on the Edge: Joe Grey mystery #1 by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
114. The Mark of the Lion: Jade del Cameron mystery #1 by Suzanne Arruda
115. Murder on Astor Place: Gaslight mystery #1 by Victoria Thompson
116. Drawing the Line: Lina Townend mystery by Judith Cutler
117. Valley of the Lost: Constable Molly Smith mystery #2 by Vicki Delaney

TWO & ONE HALF STARS
118. A Bitter Truth: Bess Crawford mystery #3 by Charles Todd
119. The Hard Detective by H.R.F. Keating
120. The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette: Country House Crime mystery #1 by R.T. Raichev

TWO STARS
121. Hotel Bosphorus: Kati Herschel mystery #1 by Esmahan Aykol