Ten years ago was 2012. During this year, the spacecraft Curiosity landed on Mars, the film “Marvel’s The Avengers” was released and became one of the highest-grossing films, and Carly Rae Jepsen debuted with her song “Call Me Maybe.” Additionally, these following books became the most read and highest voted of the year! Take a look back in time and read one of these books.
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FICTION
Where We Belong – Emily Giffin
Home Front – Kristin Hannah
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
11th Hour – James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
The Beautiful Mystery – Louise Penny
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Stedman
The Secret Keeper – Kate Morton
The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
FANTASY
The Wind Through the Keyhole – Stephen King
Shadow of Night – Deborah Harkness
Wicked Business : A Lizzy and Diesel Novel – Janet Evanovich
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY
Wild : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed
Paris in Love – Eloisa James
Killing Kennedy : The End of Camelot – Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard
FOOD/COOKBOOKS
The Pioneer Woman Cooks : Food From my Frontier – Ree Drummond
Paris, My Sweet : A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate) – Amy Thomas
Diabetes Cooking 101 : Master Diabetes Cooking with 101 Great Recipes – Perrin Davis
HUMOR
Sacre Bleu : A Comedy D’art – Christopher Moore
America Again : Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t – Stephen Colbert
Stick Man’s Really Bad Day – Steve Mockus
YOUNG ADULT
The Fault in Our Stars – John Green
Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein
Insurgent – Veronica Roth
MIDDLE GRADE/CHILDRENS
The Mark of Athena – Rick Riordan
Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Third Wheel – Jeff Kinney
Wonder – R.J. Palacio
PICTURE BOOKS
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? – Mo Willems
Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons – Eric Litwin
Creepy Carrots! – Aaron Reynolds