My Top 13 Books of 2013

Top 13 of 2013

For today's Holiday Break Reading Challenge, I will rank my top 13 books that I've read this year.  This was extremely difficult for me.  I've read a total of 87 books so far this year, and many of them were really great books, so I narrowed my list down as much as possible!

I've decided to only include young adult books on this list, but I wanted to mention a few adult books that were great too:

My top (more than) 13 YA Books of 2013:

#13 Monsters by Ilsa Bick

This is the final book in the Ashes trilogy.  I hate to see this series end.  Even though this was not nearly as good as the first book of the series, it was still a good read.

#12 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

I read this series back to back, but I really loved the first installment the best.

#11 Eve Series by Anna Carey

                               

I really enjoyed this trilogy, but Eve is the best of the three.

#10 Unsouled by Neal Shusterman

I was so excited to get the next book in this series this year!!!\

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#9 Game by Barry Lyga

I loved I Hunt Killers, but I thought that Game was even better.  It had me on the edge of my seat, and I can't wait for the next installment.

#8 Blood Red Road  by Moira Young

I absolutely loved Blood Red Road.  The second book, Rebel Heart, was also very good, but it made me very mad in some places!

#7 Allegiant by Veronica Roth

I almost left this book off my list, because I'm still sad about the turn it took, but I love this series, and just couldn't bring myself to leave it out.  

#6 Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

I loved the unique take on zombies in this book.

#5 Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

I really enjoyed this entire series, especially the first two books.

#4 The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

I'm usually not into alien invasion stories, but this book kept me guessing.  I never knew what was going to happen next and it was always interesting and surprising.

#3 The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle

 

I love vampire books, and this series was so interesting and creepy.  I loved the unique mixture of the Amish setting and the terrifying vampires.

#2 The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 

This was another great, unique vampire book.  I really hope that there will be a sequel to this one!

#1 A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 

 I had to rank this as my top book of 2013, because I have been reading this series for about 15 years.  I thought this was a great ending to the series, and I think that Robert Jordan would have been proud of the way Sanderson finished it out for him.  I'm just so glad that Jordan left all so much stuff behind so that the series could be finished in a manner that did justice to the earlier books.  I will miss waiting on the next installment, but I'm considering reading this series from start to finish sometime in the future.