The Best of 2011 - Top 10 Reads of YA & Adult

According to my Goodreads account, I've read over 140 books this year. I'm quite impressed with this number; it's more than last year but it is also inaccurate. There are so many books I borrowed and didn't record on Goodreads. So many I re-read. But here what it is a true account of - 140 new books discovered. So it was no wonder when I sat down to write my Top Ten Reads of 2011, that I struggled to pick only ten out of all those books. In the end, I said, sod it, I'll have two categories. So here they are - my favourite reads of 2011. They have made me cry, laugh, swoon, shift uncomfortably, want to hide it in the freezer, but they are all on this list for a reason. And here they are.

Top 10 Adult Reads of 2011

No. 10

 

I absolutely adored Stone Cold Seduction. Hot guys, fierce heroine, betrayal, lost memories and intense action. What's not to love?

No. 9

The movie does not do this book justice. An epic historical romance with the intoxicating pull of the circus.

No. 8 

This book put me through the ringer. I felt every emotion possible. Read it now, and get the tissues ready.

No. 7

This is to represent the entire Royal House of Shadows series. It was epic, amazing, romantic, hot and sweaty and just, well, amazing. 

No. 6

The Last Letter From Your Lover stayed with me a long time after I read it. Definitely one of my all time favourite reads.

No. 5

I really got into the WW2 historical romances this year. This was one of the best.

No. 4

Ethereal. Beautiful. Mesmerising. Blissful.

No. 3

And the Band Played on haunted me. 

No. 2

For another complete series. Kat kicks ass. Bones is...Bones...

No. 1

This series grabbed me by the throat and still hasn't let go. Rock on January for book 5!

Top Ten YA Reads of 2011

No. 10

Edgy. Gripping. Dark. 

No. 9

Edgy romance. One of my favourite non-paranormal reads of 2011.

No. 8 

One of my first trips into dystopian. And of course the beginning of a dystopian obsession.

No. 7

Andrea Cremer's world of Guardian wolves is dark and dangerous. And oh so intoxicating.

No. 6

Why am I always a sucker for a bad boy?

No. 5 

Forgotten was like nothing I'd ever read before. And haven't since. 

No. 4

Zombies and Victorians and hotties oh my!

No. 3

Two of my favourite things - romance and Greek mythology.

No. 2

See what I mean? Obsession...

No. 1

Do I really need to say anything?!

So there you have it. But I'm curious - what are some of your favourite reads of this year? Let me know!