Last year was the first time I kept a reading list and tracked what I read. And I have to say, I’m glad I did! I would have forgotten half of the stuff I read had I not written it down. So here’s my list (in no particular order). With a few exceptions, I’d enthusiastically recommend all of them!

Walk Softly, Rachel by Kate Banks
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Skellig by David Almond
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Compound and The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Unwind and Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Life As We Knew It (twice!), The Dead and the Gone and This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Forest of Hands and Teeth and The Dead Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
The Roar by Emma Clayton
Hush, hush and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Numbers by Rachel Ward
The Line by Teri Hall
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last of the Olympians by Rick Riordan