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