Yes, summer is upon us, people all around the world are sharing some amazing summer and beach reading lists. Assuming you will be reading a great book for the summer, inspire your reading list with this list of the top-rated books across America. These books are the top-rated books about the USA from Goodreads users on Facebook.
Goodreads is the biggest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. We have more than 9,300,000 members who have added more than 330,000,000 books to their shelves. A home for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads users praise books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, find their next favorite book, form book clubs and much more. Top-rated books published in 2012, via Goodreads listed below:
FICTION:
1. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, 4.27 average rating
2. Bared to You (Crossfire, No. 1), Sylvia Day, 4.23
3. Home Front, Kristin Hannah, 4.16
4. The Shoemaker’s Wife, Adriana Trigiani, 4.13
5. The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey, 4.03
NONFICTION:
1. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir, Jenny Lawson, 4.27
2. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, Rachel Maddow, 4.24
3. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed, 4.12
4. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, Austin Kleon, 4.07
5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, Katherine Boo, 4.04
YOUNG ADULT FICTION:
1. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, 4.60
2. Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, No. 1), Veronica Rossi, 4.15
3. Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, No. 1), Marissa Meyer, 4.08
I am definitely looking forward to reading, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon. You are welcome to leave a comment below with your choice of readings from the top-rated list of most shared books or maybe you have a suggestion not listed above.
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