Best Read List

Based on the FridayReads posts on September 9, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. The Magicians by Lev Grossman

2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

4. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

5. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

6. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Crystal Brave: Earthquake at the Taum Sauk by B. K. Bradshaw
The Taker by Alma Katsu

7. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

8. Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
In the Garden Of Beasts by Erik Larson
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Room by Emma Donoghue
Straw Dogs by Stevie Simkin
The Cut by George Pelecanos
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
The Submission by Amy Waldman
We the Animals by Justin Torres

9. Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

10. A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
After You by Julie Buxbaum
All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Based on the FridayReads posts on September 2, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

5. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
The Submission by Amy Waldman

7. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett
We the Animals by Justin Torres

10. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

14. Crystal Brave: Brave Earthquake at the Taum Sauk by BK Bradshaw
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

17. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Legend by Marie Lu
Mile 81 by Stephen King
Once upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Snapped by Laura Griffin
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

26. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Luminarium by Alex Shakar
Marvellous Hairy by Mark A. Rayner and M. Tundra
One Day by David Nicholls
The Cut by George Pelecanos
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey

Based on the FridayReads posts on August 26, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

4. The Explorer’s Code by Kitty Pilgrim

5. The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The Magician King by Lev Grossman

7. The Magicians by Lev Grossman

8. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

12. The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
The Submission by Amy Waldman

14. Divergent by Veronica Roth
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

16. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall

25. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Equations of Life by Simon Morden
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
One Day by David Nicholls
Room by Emma Donoghue
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

34. A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
Horns by Joe Hill
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Firm by John Grisham
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
The Leopard by Jo Nesbø
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
We the Animals by Justin Torres

Based on the FridayReads posts on August 19, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. The Magician King by Lev Grossman

2. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

4. The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

6. One Day by David Nicholls
The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
The Magicians by Lev Grossman

9. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

12. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

16. Room by Emma Donoghue
State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

19. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Heartless by Gail Carriger
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
No Place to Die by James L. Thane
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
The Submission by Amy Waldman
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

29. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Possession by AS Byatt
The Cut by George Pelecanos
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery and Alison Anderson
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas
This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
We the Animals by Justin Torres

Based on the FridayReads posts on August 12, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

2. The Magician King by Lev Grossman

3. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

4. The Memory Palace by Mira Bartók

5. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin

7. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

11. Beauty Queens by LIbba Bray
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman

14. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

18. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
Maid for the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

27. A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Hourglass by @MyraMcEntire
It’s Always Been You by Victoria Dahl
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Monstrumologist by Richard Yancey
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
One Day by David Nicholls
Situations Matter by Sam Sommers
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Ninth Day by Jamie Freveletti
The Pope’s Daughter by Caroline Murphy
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Based on the FridayReads posts on August 5, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

2. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

4. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

5. The Magicians by Lev Grossman

6. A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
One Day by David Nicholls
Room by Emma Donoghue
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

11. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer

17. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Wildefire by Karsten Knight

24. Close Your Eyes by @amandaeyreward
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Matched by Ally Condie
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Storms Heart by Thea Harrison
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

34. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Dancing in The Shadows of Love by @judy_croome
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Geek Wisdom by @stephenhsegal
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Hourglass by @MyraMcEntire
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Old Mans War by John Scalzi
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Near Witch by @veschwab
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer by @MichelleHodkin
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas
Wildwood by @colinmeloy and @cfellis
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Based on the FridayReads posts on July 29, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

2. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

3. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

5. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Room by Emma Donoghue

10. Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The First Husband by Laura Dave

12. The End of Everything by Megan E. Abbott
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

14. One Day by David Nicholls

15. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

21. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Freedom by Johnathan Franzen
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Supernaturally by Kiersten White
The End of Molasses Classes by Ron Clark
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Untold Story by Monica Ali
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Wildefire by Karsten Knight

Based on the FridayReads posts on July 22, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. A Dance with Dragons by George R R Martin

2. Maine by J Courtney Sullivan

3. State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett

4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
The Stand by Stephen King

7. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

9. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

13. A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Divergent by Veronica Roth
French Lessons by Peter Mayle
Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

20. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Dignity by Ken Layne
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Once upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
One Day by David Nicholls
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

31. A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Freedom by Johnathan Franzen
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
Horns by Joe Hill
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Killer Move by Michael Marshall
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Making Waves by @tawnafenske
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
The Astral by Kate Christensen
The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Wildefire by Karsten Knight
Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Based on the FridayReads posts on July 15, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin

2, A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

3. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Room by Emma Donoghue

5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

7. Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
One Day by David Nicholls
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

10. Freedom by Johnathan Franzen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The First Husband by Laura Dave
The Iron Knight by @Jkagawa
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

16. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
Heartless by Gail Carriger
Life by Keith Richards
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo

22. A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Faithful Place by Tana French
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Based on the FridayReads posts on July 8, 2011, here’s the Best Read List, the list of the most frequently shared books:

1. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

2. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett

4. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

6. Heartless by Gail Carriger
Room by Emma Donoghue

8. In the Garden Of Beasts by Erik Larson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

10. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Bossypants by Tina Fey

12. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

18. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
The Astral by Kate Christensen
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

25. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott
Beekeeping for Beginners by Laurie R. King
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Dear Cupid by Julie Ortolon
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Long Gone by Alafair Burke
Once upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy
The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
The Firm by John Grisham
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer