Best Books of 2012

Top 12 Books of 2012
1. BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore
2. THE CROWN OF EMBERS by Rae Carson
3. A MILLION SUNS by Beth Revis
4. WANDERLOVE by Kirsten Hubbard
5. PANDEMONIUM by Lauren Oliver
6. VESSEL by Sarah Beth Durst
7. CODE NAME VERITY by Elizabeth Wein
8. THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater
9. VENOM by Fiona Paul
10. UNDER THE NEVER SKY by Veronica Rossi
11. SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo
12. CINDER by Marissa Meyer

Best Female Main Character
Liyana from VESSEL

Best Male Main Character

Perry from UNDER THE NEVER SKY
Colby from THE DISENCHANTMENTS

Most Amusing Main Character

Aurora from DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT

Most Realistic Male Main Character

Travis from SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL

Most Realistic Female Main Character
Bria from WANDERLOVE

Best Supporting Male Character

Hector from THE CROWN OF EMBERS
Ronan from THE RAVEN BOYS

Best Supporting Female Character
Asha from SPEECHLESS

Mara from THE CROWN OF EMBERS

Best Character That You Love to Hate
Storm from THE CROWN OF EMBERS

Best Family
The Merrick's from STORM

Best Bookish Character
Death from BITTERBLUE

Best Supporting Android

Iko from CINDER

(Yes, I made a category just for Iko)

Best BFF's
Queenie & Maddie in CODE NAME VERITY

Most Swoonworthy
Korbyn from VESSEL
Hector from THE CROWN OF EMBERS

Best Novel Title 
SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY

Best Horror

TEN

Best Villain
The Darkling from SHADOW AND BONE

Best Sci-Fi 

A MILLION SUNS

Best Mystery
THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND SHADOW
THE DIVINERS

Best Multiple POV Novel
PUSHING THE LIMITS
THE DIVINERS

Best Fantasy

BITTERBLUE
THE CROWN OF EMBERS

Best Dystopian
PANDEMONIUM

Best Romance
THE CROWN OF EMBERS
UNDER THE NEVER SKY
EASY

Best Historical

CODE NAME VERITY 

Best Contemporary

WANDERLOVE

Best Standalone
VESSEL

Best Writing
PANDEMONIUM

Best Novella
THE QUEEN'S ARMY
THE ASSASSIN AND THE DESERT

Best Setting / World

Renaissance Venice in VENOM
Godspeed in A MILLION SUNS

Best Ending to a Series / Trilogy
REACHED

Best WTF Moment (aka Best Plot Twist)
THE RAVEN BOYS

THE FORSAKEN
 PANDEMONIUM

Best Sequel

THE CROWN OF EMBERS

Best Self or Small-Press Published Story
EASY
STORM

Most Surprising
CREWEL
CODE NAME VERITY 

Best Under-The-Dust-Jacket Design
INSURGENT
TEN

Best Interior Artwork
BITTERBLUE
(Image from Graceling Realm)

Best Covers of 2012

SHADOW AND BONE
THE RAVEN BOYS
VESSEL 
TEN

The Must-Read Novels of 2012

VESSEL
BITTERBLUE
WANDERLOVE
CODE NAME VERITY
THE CROWN OF EMBERS


What was your favorite novel of 2012?

My Past "Best of" Lists

Best of 2011

Best of 2010