I ended up reading 83 books in 2012, the vast majority of them middle grade. Books I reviewed are linked. If it made my list of favorite MG/YA reads of 2012, it’s starred.

1. River’s End by Nora Roberts
2. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
3. The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne
4. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
5. Love, Come to Me by Lisa Kleypas
6. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson*
7. Nicola and the Viscount by Meg Cabot
8. The Next Always by Nora Roberts
9. Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau
10. Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow by Nathan Bransford
11. The Mediator #1: Shadowland by Meg Cabot
12. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
13. The Pricker Boy by Rheade Scott Whinnem
14. The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman
15. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
16. Artemis Fowl: Book One by Eoin Colfer
17. Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
18. Heist Society by Ally Carter
19. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
20. Moonlight in the Morning by Jude Deveraux
21. The Pleasure of Your Kiss by Teresa Medeiros
22. My Wicked Little Lies by Victoria Alexander
23. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
24. The BFG by Roald Dahl
25. Kid vs. Squid by Greg van Eekhout
26. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
27. The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
28. Eight Keys by Suzanne Lafleur
29. The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
30. The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
31. The Fourth Stall Part II by Chris Rylander
32. When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey
33. The Dead Gentleman by Matthew Cody
34. Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
35. Katana by Cole Gibsen
36. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
37. I’ll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
38. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
39. The Seventh Level by Jody Feldman
40. The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy*
41. A Farewell to Charms by Lindsey Leavitt*
42. Tempest by Julie Cross
43. Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver
44. Split Second by Catherine Coulter
45. A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
46. The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood
47. Heartwishes by Jude Deveraux
48. Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas
49. Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
50. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
51. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
52. Endlessly by Kiersten White*
53. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
54. Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
55. Circle of Secrets by Kimberley Griffiths Little
56. Seeing Cinderella by Jenny Lundquist*
57. Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
58. The Billionaire’s Curse by Richard Newsome
59. Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale Basye
60. The Second Spy by Jacqueline West
61. Cinder by Marissa Meyer*
62. All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
63. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
64. The Scent of Rain by Kristin Billerbeck
65. The Paradise Trap by Catherine Jinks
66. The Unwanteds: Island of Silence by Lisa McMann
67. Stranger in the Moonlight by Jude Devereux
68. Science Fair by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
69. A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
70. Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
71. Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger*
72. Once and Always by Judith McNaught
73. The End of Infinity by Matt Myklusch*
74. Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught
75. Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
76. Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
77. The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
78. Reached by Ally Condie*
79. A Million Suns by Beth Revis*
80. Until You by Judith McNaught
81. Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
82. The Prince of Ravenscar by Catherine Coulter
83. The Last Hope by Nora Roberts