Top 10 Books of 2012.

A playlist with all the reviews of the books mentioned in this video.
• Top 10 Books of 2012.
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Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
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The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.
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The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry.
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A Million Suns by Beth Revis.
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Divergent by Veronica Roth.
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Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton.
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I’m always happy to hear about upcoming books, but I’m afraid I don’t review self-published books and can only accept a small number of books for review. I enjoy reading classics, dystopian/apocalyptic novels, sci-fi, translated fiction and a variety of graphic novels, YA and contemporary literary fiction.
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[@booksandquills]

Yes! I Am Legend was my final book of 2012 and I still have to record a review for that one. Definitely enjoyed it!

[@hafsaibrahim7248]

I love how your bookshelf looks like, very colour coordinated..and you read really cool books, oh and I like your accent too x

[@RovingReader]

I haven't watched booktube videos in awhile but I love catching up on your channel b/c you have such a wide range of books you read! Thanks girl!

[@rudradeo2678]

Great video. Thanks I too like the way of presentation.

[@thekimwills]

your jumper is gorgeous! and I think I need to read the virgin suicides now I've heard so much good stuff about it, I'm excited for the full review!

[@KitKat4151]

I read The Fault in Our Stars at your suggestion a few weeks ago and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@BBforeva4]

I really like your book reviews. I have noticed the older I get, the more reading becomes more enjoyable. I have been trying to increase my 4 or 5 novels into dozens more, so I will now be coming to you when I need reference, or try some you recommend. Thanks for the help! (:

[@auag19]

Your courses have really interesting names! I'm excited about my study, still thinking about what to choose. Probably going to be journalism tho.

[@LorenaBathey]

Thank you for the suggestions. I love British humor and had not heard of Three Men in a Boat. I'll be checking it out!

[@allisonmcgarry5295]

Why do you need 3 copies of the same book?

[@Nickiiloves]

Ik vind het echt tof dat je zoveel book reviews doet! (:

[@uwhenling]

I really like your intro and outro, lol. I read Across the Universe because of your recommendation and I'm really liking A Million Suns so far too! I think I should read The Virgin Suicides next since I see everyone in the comments talking about it.

[@Amanda11762]

Added a few to my list of to be read. Also following you on GoodReads. :)

[@flaviaallamprese7757]

Amazing Top 10! I really enjoyed it. A lot of your books are in my wishlist from long time. I really hope to enjoy them like u did. It's always a pleasure to see your videos. See u soon. xxxxxxx

[@booksandquills]

That sounds like a really interesting one! I did something called: books, book shops and publishing, which was pretty fun. I really enjoyed my course 'From Gutenberg to Gates', which was just a series of lectures about the history of books and one course called 'The Book Historian at Work' which included us going on a tour through my uni city to visit an old library and we had to do research in the city archives.

[@wowitsella]

Lovely selection! It makes me want to read them all. One of my resolutions this year is to definitely read more. My favourite book of 2012 was probably Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. It just blew my mind - incredible writing style and such a captivating story.

[@kayfashionista]

I'm visiting all these book vlogs for my own personal reading lists! Thanks!

[@booksandquills]

Here is a list with all the tour stops in the Uk. penguin (dot) co (dot) uk /static/cs/uk/0/penguin_events/index (dot) html

[@HeikeRenee]

I'm reading Pretties now, and so far so good (: Did indeed hear that Specials dragged on a bit at the start, but got more interesting later. I just absolutely love the concept so far!

[@mebedrules]

You have inspired me to try and read at least 15 books this year, i am really slow at reading so hopefully i can do it and more!! :)

[@averya2159]

I'm so happy there is a channel about books! Love! :)

[@booksandquills]

I graduated in June, but I studied English language and culture at Leiden University in the Netherlands and did an MA in translation (and literature).

[@booksandquills]

I started Lolita in 2012, but didn't quite finish it. Very excited to read the rest of that one :)

[@booksandquills]

I won a Kindle Fire last month, so once I've used it for a while I'll put up a review!

[@GingerBookNerd]

Such a great selection here! I need to read The Virgin Suicides and Never Let Me Go.

[@TheBookchemist]

Awesome top 10 :) I've started reading Scott Pilgrim in 2012 too and I'm loving it, especially the way it blends surreal/fantasy fiction and everyday realism; I love Eugenides, though I much prefer his second and especially third novel (if you still haven't, you should totally read The Marriage Plot :) ); Kerome is of course incredibly funny and well, The Day of the Triffids is one of my favorite sci-fi novels of all times :)

[@blessedmommyofthree]

I love reading books soooo much! Im 11 years old. I liked the fault in our stars.

[@WWJimbo]

Of course.... just like every other teen/ young adult, let mr ask you a question, have you ever read the adventures of huckleberry Finn or any other classics, do you even know who Mark Twain is?

[@booksandquills]

Chris Feliciano Let me ask you a question: why does it matter?

[@mastervaderm16]

Chris Feliciano who

[@WWJimbo]

mario lozano blessedmommyofthree and that is a weird name for an 11 year old

[@WWJimbo]

booksandquills because that is true literature...

[@robotnic]

Good choices, thanks for sharing. If you're looking to read more by Stephen Fry, I enjoyed The Liar (fiction) and the first part of his autobiography, Moab is My Washpot.

[@booksandquills]

Yup, the ticket system for London wasn't loading and we figured it would be fun to go on a little field trip :)

[@austinRwilson]

Just discovered your channel and am loving all of the book discussion! I saw you spoke about 'Scott Pilgrim' and 'Hark A Vagrant,' and wondered if anyone had recommended 'The Unwritten' to you. It's a comic published by Vertigo, written by Mike Carey and illustrated mostly by Peter Grose. I think you should check it out!

[@Appaandme101]

What are you majoring in? Love your videos!

[@machinaheart]

oh my! I just found this and ... love it! So great, because I have a whole channel full of videos to watch : D May I ask where you went to uni? Out of curiosity because I consider trying to do my master's degree in the Netherlands :)

[@queenlucysroyalmaid1]

AAAH. Okay, I'm a new subscriber and I was just casually looking through your videos, then went on your tumblr and saw that you had THE VIRGIN SUICIDES IN ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS, so it led me here. I am so happy, that book is incredible. I've read it like ten times in the past year! It's really nice to know someone else has read it, cannot wait for your review! Also, have you found his book The Marriage Plot? I tried to get into it cause I love TVS, and I started to get into Middlesex, but couldn't.

[@furiousseasons1]

Thanks for making this great list! Planning to read Virgin Suicides sometime this year. My favorites reads of 2012 were: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray and The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock

[@digablegold1]

Great list! You're one of the few booktubers that read mainly adult fiction - so I love that as I'm getting too old for all this YA stuff! :) Best books for me 2012: 1) The Orphan Master's Son - Johnson 2) HHhH - Binet 3) Point Omega - Delilio 4) Mona Lisa Overdrive - Gibson

[@pa5488]

Awesome! Thanks for the response and the info :)

[@HeavyShelves]

I've only read 'Looking for Alaska' by John Green and I enjoyed it, but i wasn't blown away. I'm looking forward to seeing him and Hank in Swindown though and picking up a copy of 'TFioS' to see if that has more of an impact :)

[@mereljune4174]

I love how I can hear your accent evolve over time^^

[@queenlucysroyalmaid1]

YAY!!!! I started reading Middlesex but got distracted by essays, is it better than TVS?

[@tmikemartin]

Whoa, Day of the Triffids -- you *never* hear people talking about that anymore! DotT is one of the books that most planted the seeds (pun intended, heh-heh) for the modern post-apocalyptic story. (You can draw a straight like from Triffids to 28 Days Later, for instance.) I think the only other book that had as much influence on the genre is Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, which I can't recommend highly enough. Have you read? Great video, and thank you for sharing your list with us! Mike

[@heidi3307]

I am so glad I watched this again ten years later, for I had forgot the name of Million suns and have been thinking about it for all this time

[@karakamos]

Have you seen the documentary series Stephen Fry in America? I haven't read the book, but I saw the mini-series and really enjoyed it. And I've also been watching a lot of QI recently. Yay, Fry!

[@HannahIsUnoriginal]

I've recently bought both of those books! I'm really excited to read them, but I have so much work / reading for uni so it'll take me a while to finish them. Any other dystopian books you'd recommend?

[@booksandquills]

Oh I was just talking about being assigned some of these books for a class in my final year. I'm actually looking for a job in London.

[@ClocksInMyPlace]

I added this video to my Favourites so I can go back to it easily. Now I'm interested in Scott Pilgrim and The Virgin Suicides. Is there any difference between adding to Favourites and adding to Playlists to the video uploader? What I mean is, do all playlists count as "Favourites" to KZbin/KZbinrs?

[@Bleesian]

Hoi! I'm from Belgium.I love reading so I'm so happy I found your channel!

[@KDPhilosophy]

Have you read any of the Iron Druid Chronicles? I'd love to see some reviews.

[@buffymoonxo]

I haven't read any of those books because I am only starting out as a new bookworm, but many of them do sound interesting so I'll keep an eye out.

[@sk8terac]

Hey Sanne do you have more information on the John Green event in Swindon? I've never heard about that and I'd love to actually make it to a nerdfigther event for once.

[@karinhwangbooks]

I really really really miss your old videos. Back when you were in university.

[@booksandquills]

+Karin Hwang anything you’d like to see more of?

[@HeikeRenee]

I was wondering, have you read 'Uglies' by Scott Westerfeld? I think Carrie recommended it once, and I absolutely loved it (: It's a post-apocalyptic book!

[@francescaholmes1109]

I'm going to the John Green event in Swindon! I can't wait :D

[@Biblioconto]

I also read "Never let me go" this year, also after watching the movie (although I had watched the movie a year before) and it is one my favorite books ever. I mean, it's a book I can easily recommend, how he deals with memory... Fantastic!

[@samanthahurl]

Never Let Me Go was the first book I read in 2013 and I'm already pretty sure it's going to be one of my favourites for the year. I loved the way he wrote about childhood memories with a slightly "blurred" edge as they become forgotten and disputed over time. I've already recommended this one to all of my friends!

[@rockkyourworld19]

The 3rd one in the across the universe series, comes out on the 15th. I'm psyched :)

[@queenlucysroyalmaid1]

Hey, I LOVE TVS and I've been trying to get into The Marriage Plot, but I can't seem to do it. It has a totally different feel to it, I've found. Do you like it more than TVS?

[@PeanutMuffin93]

When is John Green coming to Swindon? I really want to go there then as well :)

[@depressioncherries]

I absolutely LOVED the Scott Pilgrim series. I didn't know that it was popular when I read it, I just picked up the most appealing book on the graphic novel section in the library. I finally bought the whole series so I can read it again!

[@booksandquills]

I am a Dutch person who previously had a British accent, but switched 3 years ago to American and now lives in London. It's complicated :)

[@51mon72]

hay great top 10... please try Niel Gaiman's Good Omans.also with Terry P

[@JTDGA]

You took an Apocalyptic Book Course? You make me wish I was still an English student. Would you by chance be able to give a list of the books you read for that class?

[@sk8terac]

Thank you so much!

[@Butterklumpenful]

I remember reading The Virgin Suicides exactly one year ago, after spending Christmas with my family and waiting at the airport in Düsseldorf for my connection flight for 10 hours. With the Virgin Suicides it only felt like 9. Your jumper is lovely!

[@rosemannering]

I've been thinking about reading The Virgin Suicides for ages. I love the film but I generally like to read the book before the film, like you said.

[@Eliot832]

YESSS! I just read The Virgin Suicides in 2012 as well and it has also stolen a place in my top favorite books! Beautiful. Did Rosianna convince you to read it?

[@booksandquills]

Yes!

[@Oser014]

Have you read Dan Browns books such as digital fortress I highly recommend to read all 5 of his books as they are simply amazing

[@thejosiexxx]

I read some amazing books this year, some of which I now consider to be in my favourites. The one that I loved most would have to be The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

[@killhannaah]

The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent&The Hunger Games! This year I kinda started to get into English books. I primarily bought a lot of (English) books. So didn't read as much this year. I pushed myself to finish reading New Moon which took me quite awhile. Nothing really happened, I found. But I enjoyed it anyway. I also enjoyed TFiOS very very much. Loved it! Everything was so beautiful about it. Can't wait to read more John Green. I had never really read dystopian books, but LOVED Divergent. :D

[@queenlucysroyalmaid1]

I loved them bot! I'd love to go in and ask Sofia why she excluded certain bits from the movie that were in the book, like how Mary didn't die until after everyone else and stuff, cause the translation from book to movie interests me...

[@WhatTravisSays]

I just bought Hark! A Vagrant online last night as one of the 300 graphic novels I'm going to read in 2013. I'm glad it comes so highly recommended!

[@KDPhilosophy]

Incidently The Iron Druid Choncles that came out this last year (namely the latest entries) were my favorite books of the year by far.

[@auag19]

hey Anne I was wondering, which minor did you do with your study? I am doing English and have to choose a minor, I am thinking about choosing Media and journalism.

[@kaysyconundrum]

Based on your descriptions, I want to read ALL OF THOSE BOOKS. My favorite books of 2012 were Fray, V for Vendetta (both AMAZING graphic novels), Pillowman (a play), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and (obviously) The Fault in Our Stars!

[@tekna2908]

I first read 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 this year and they both blew my mind. I've also just finished Uglies which is awesome as well

[@itsybitsyspider1]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who owns multiple copies of John Green's books. I had a few, and then bought the boxed set...

[@tifffanypack]

I love your accent. I also enjoyed your book review :)

[@ForeignThoughts]

Favourite books I read last year: Ready Player One, The Great Gatsby, The Fault in our Stars, Hollywood and the A song of Ice and Fire series Also I ended up reading and enjoying Player One, Divergent and three John Wyndham books because of your reviews, so thanks you!

[@mackenziestewart3127]

those all i have never read but they look very interesting thanks for the video

[@TheBeautyeyesxx]

what book would you reccomend for a 14 year old?

[@shmemmalee]

Catch-22 was my favorite, hands down. It was the first bit of classic literature I ever read and it reminded me why reading is awesome.

[@sgowing69]

You should read To Say Nothing of the Dog. It ties in Three Men in a Boat a lot, and John Green recommended it.

[@MusicIsTheWeapon666]

You had an apocalyptic fiction class?! I don't think I've ever been quite as jealous of someone else's education before. Any you would recommend from it? (aside from the one shown in the video)

[@PartTimeSarah2]

Have you read any of Stephen Fry's novels? I LOVE them, especially "The Liar" and "Revenge"

[@TomRPI]

This reminds me that I need to find and read Hark! A Vagrant. I'm presently book-less, so good timing too ^_^

Love, love, love this.

[@nikwizard333]

But you still say you have to do this and that for a class. What do you do in London then if not study?

[@WhoAteEarth]

yes! i love Scott Pilgrim! i saw the movie and have been collecting the books ever since. i just need the 6th and final one :)

[@AmirasBookReviews]

I loved Divergent! I remember not being able to put it down.. aha. And TFiOS, of course.

[@Eliot832]

Also, will you be doing helmikuu (sorry about spelling) this year?

[@abbstaaarr]

Sanne you're so beautiful. I've just started reading Never Let Me Go and I'm loving it so far,I'm also desperate to read TFiOS soon as well

[@amybookaholic]

How can I get them in PDF FORMAT please?????

[@booksandquills]

WHAT IS HAPPENING I DON'T KNOW I CAN'T HEAR IT.

[@pa5488]

I don't know if you'll see this, but since you are Dutch, do you find it easy to read German? I went on exchange to Germany last year and have recently realised that I can actually read a fair bit of Dutch. I think they might be fairly similar languages, as some European languages tend to be.

[@caorgi]

I didn't know you were at Swindon!!! I WAS THERE! Ahh memories of 500 miles!

[@accidentallybreathle]

I love your hair!

[@booksandquills]

I don't count rereads within the same year, but I definitely count normal rereads!

[@rangers94ism]

A book that the end of.a series was A Memory of Light Book 14 of The Wheel of Time. I am not sure if you are into fantasy but I really enjoyed it so much that it inspired me to reread the series. BTW almost done the A Fault in Our Stars and it is increadible.

[@skilledtrailers]

About how many books do you read per year? And do you read many novellas, short stories or poetry? I'm just asking because I'm making a reading list for the first time this year. I'm curious to know what other people normally do.

[@constanzarosselli631]

Interesting, thanks.