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SantaThing 2014 Gifts

Description: This year, Loranne collected all the books chosen by all our Secret Santas for SantaThing into one list. Titles are ordered from most to least popular in terms of number of copies ordered for SantaThing.
Based on tag: SantaThing 2014

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Rank Title Author Added

1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

43,498 members

1,161 reviews

4.1

6 Members: elleayess, ahef1963, yorklmd, NHNick, SantaThing2014, SoniaCabellud

2

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

21,080 members

795 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: lenshep, kicomp, EllsieFind, SantaThing2014

3

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,845 members

292 reviews

4.1

4 Members: sylvatica, ahef1963, EllsieFind, SantaThing2014

4

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

15,302 members

975 reviews

4.1

4 Members: BobJay, ahef1963, EllsieFind, SantaThing2014

5

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

23,515 members

943 reviews

3.8

4 Members: elleayess, ahef1963, yorklmd, SantaThing2014

6

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly

7,031 members

330 reviews

3.9

4 Members: kicomp, ahef1963, yorklmd, SantaThing2014

7

by Terry Pratchett

35,577 members

798 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: lenshep, kicomp, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

8

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,502 members

430 reviews

4.1

4 Members: kicomp, ahef1963, yorklmd, SantaThing2014

9

The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion

7,817 members

557 reviews

4

3 Members: susan0316, KimKimpton, SantaThing2014

10

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

3,674 members

248 reviews

4.1

3 Members: susan0316, yorklmd, SantaThing2014

11

18,865 members

1,253 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: BobJay, SantaThing2014

12

by Edward Rutherfurd

4,609 members

78 reviews

3.9

3 Members: kicomp, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

13

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

25,644 members

528 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lenshep, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

14

41,323 members

1,598 reviews

4.2

3 Members: susan0316, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

15

by Marilynne Robinson

11,037 members

365 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hazel1123, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

16

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

8,452 members

588 reviews

4

2 Members: susan0316, SantaThing2014

17

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

by Philip Pullman

36,877 members

746 reviews

4.1

3 Members: kicomp, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

18

by Markus Zusak

46,094 members

2,133 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, yorklmd, SantaThing2014

19

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

8,497 members

724 reviews

3.8

2 Members: erinclark, SantaThing2014

20

by Diana Gabaldon

24,285 members

992 reviews

4.2

2 Members: KimKimpton, SantaThing2014

21

Wicked Appetite

by Janet Evanovich

2,745 members

154 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Susan300, SantaThing2014

22

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,962 members

279 reviews

4.2

3 Members: kicomp, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

23

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

9,713 members

539 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Caputok, SantaThing2014

24

The Secret History

21,091 members

557 reviews

4.1

3 Members: kicomp, ahef1963, SantaThing2014

25

5,220 members

242 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lenshep, SantaThing2014

26

The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

12,939 members

285 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, yorklmd, SantaThing2014

27

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

20,037 members

1,136 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

28

by Stephen King

4,785 members

103 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hazel1123, SantaThing2014

29

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,542 members

96 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: elleayess, SantaThing2014

30

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

27,429 members

781 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

31

The Forgotten Garden

8,039 members

448 reviews

4

2 Members: EllsieFind, SantaThing2014

32

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini

7,393 members

326 reviews

4

2 Members: hazel1123, SantaThing2014

33

American Gods {original}

33,223 members

929 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

34

by Gillian Flynn

22,762 members

1,540 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

35

The Pillars of the Earth

27,743 members

759 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

36

by Cornelia Funke

18,692 members

514 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

37

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

53,718 members

1,306 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

38

by Margaret Atwood

17,237 members

539 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

39

The Clockwork Scarab

by Colleen Gleason

727 members

111 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: kicomp, SantaThing2014

40

by Tatiana de Rosnay

11,271 members

656 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

41

25,313 members

589 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

42

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,402 members

535 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

43

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

8,950 members

521 reviews

3.9

2 Members: kicomp, SantaThing2014

44

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,989 members

354 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

45

Olive Kitteridge

by Elizabeth Strout

10,146 members

622 reviews

3.9

2 Members: kicomp, SantaThing2014

46

Faceless Killers

by Henning Mankell

5,417 members

207 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

47

by Neal Stephenson

20,470 members

401 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

48

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

14,039 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

49

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

7,903 members

658 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

50

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

19,075 members

414 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

51

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

by Catherynne M. Valente

3,887 members

259 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

52

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,562 members

168 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

53

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

21,976 members

546 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

54

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,731 members

140 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

55

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

16,031 members

380 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

56

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith

10,137 members

585 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

57

by Tess Gerritsen

4,430 members

138 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

58

by Sarah Addison Allen

5,102 members

368 reviews

4

Member: SantaThing2014

59

by Daphne Du Maurier

21,293 members

618 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

60

Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story

by Christopher Moore

4,953 members

161 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

61

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami

18,208 members

372 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

62

by Louise Penny

6,856 members

430 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

63

A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters

4,012 members

106 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

64

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

19,670 members

1,252 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

65

Ancillary Justice

6,175 members

375 reviews

4

Member: SantaThing2014

66

by Connie Willis

2,645 members

118 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

67

by Connie Willis

8,082 members

377 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

68

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

19,823 members

168 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

69

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

3,695 members

215 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

70

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

10,086 members

460 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

71

Northanger Abbey

22,224 members

418 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

72

by J. M. Barrie

19,696 members

328 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, SantaThing2014

73

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

19,153 members

1,289 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

74

by Rachel Hartman

3,906 members

259 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

75

by Emily St. John Mandel

12,135 members

790 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

76

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

9,528 members

318 reviews

4

Member: SantaThing2014

77

Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

13,454 members

452 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: SantaThing2014

78

8,867 members

412 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

79

It Takes a Witch

by Heather Blake

424 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: SantaThing2014

80

Cordelia's Honor (Shards of Honor/ Barrayar/ Aftermaths)

by Lois McMaster Bujold

2,733 members

79 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: SantaThing2014

81

10,480 members

589 reviews

3.8

Member: SantaThing2014

82

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

by N. K. Jemisin

4,278 members

289 reviews

3.9

Member: SantaThing2014

83

The Lies of Locke Lamora

10,536 members

440 reviews

4.2

Member: SantaThing2014

84

by Marissa Meyer

12,123 members

836 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

85

by Mary Doria Russell

7,853 members

409 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

86

Saga, Volume One

by Brian K. Vaughan

4,894 members

287 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: SantaThing2014

87

10,975 members

308 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

88

The Goblin Emperor

by Katherine Addison

3,057 members

196 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

89

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

8,034 members

299 reviews

4.2

Member: SantaThing2014

90

by M. T. Anderson

5,241 members

431 reviews

3.8

Member: SantaThing2014

91

by Patricia Briggs

7,632 members

337 reviews

4.1

Member: SantaThing2014

92

by Gail Carriger

5,857 members

521 reviews

3.9

Member: SantaThing2014

93

by William Gibson

23,510 members

376 reviews

3.9

Member: SantaThing2014

94

by Lev Grossman

10,540 members

672 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: SantaThing2014

95

The Fatal Shore

by Robert Hughes

3,968 members

55 reviews

4

Member: SantaThing2014

96

First Grave on the Right

by Darynda Jones

2,142 members

201 reviews

3.8

Member: SantaThing2014

97

3,693 members

275 reviews

4

Member: SantaThing2014

98

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

9,150 members

153 reviews

4.2

Member: SantaThing2014

99

Daughter of the Forest

by Juliet Marillier

4,398 members

134 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: SantaThing2014

100

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

14,185 members

517 reviews

4.2

Member: SantaThing2014

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Started: SantaThing2014
January 2015
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