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<?=$who;?> 2015 List of Books I've read this year 1. Deadline - Mira Grant Edit
List created by Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi) on Jan 17, 2015
List Votes: 1 Books: 53 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 0 List Type: Open
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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, Bk 2) by Mira Grant
Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Live to See Tomorrow (Catherine Ling, Bk 3) by Iris Johansen
Catherine Ling is one of the CIA’s most prized operatives. Raised on the unforgiving streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the age of fourteen, already having accumulated more insight and secrets than the most seasoned professionals in her world. If life has taught her...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Die Again (Rizzoli & Isles, Bk 11) by Tess Gerritsen
When Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are summoned to a crime scene, they find a killing worthy of the most ferocious beast -- right down to the claw marks on the corpse. But only the most sinister human hands could have left renowned big-game hunter and...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Death of a Mad Hatter (Hat Shop, Bk 2) by Jenn McKinlay
ONE IN A MILLINER Scarlett Parker and her British cousin, Vivian Tremont, are hard at work at Mim's Whims -- their ladies' hat shop on London's chic Portobello Road -- to create hats for an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea, a fund-raiser for a local children's hospital....  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker
College-professor-cum-zombie Jack Barnes is a different breed of undead -- he can think. In fact, he can even write. And the story he has to tell is a truly disturbing -- yet strangely heartwarming -- one. Convinced he'll bring about a peaceful coexistence between zombies and humans if...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Shunned and Dangerous (Amish Mystery, Bk 3) by Laura Bradford
Living in the small town of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, Claire Weatherly has come to admire the Amish for their wholesome, honest way of life. But she also knows that nothing is as simple as it seems -- especially when murder disturbs the peace. Claire has always been game for a good puzzle, so...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Saint Odd (Odd Thomas, Bk 7) by Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas is back where it all started...because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. Across the land, in the company of mortals and...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Blackout (Newsflesh, Bk 3) by Mira Grant
Rise up while you can. -Georgia Mason The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising. The year was 2039. The world didn't end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and Shaun...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Mr. Monk Helps Himself (Mr. Monk, Bk 16) by Hy Conrad
Now that Monk and Natalie are both in San Francisco again, life is almost back to normal for the duo, with one exception: Natalie is studying for her PI license, the last step to becoming Monk’s full partner. Before taking the plunge, Natalie sneaks off to Half Moon Bay for a retreat...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter
Atlanta, 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the city’s police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will also be her last. She’s determined to defy her privileged background by making her own way -- wearing a badge and carrying a gun. But...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Zombie Tales Vol. 1 by Andrew Cosby
The best-selling zombie anthology finally gets collected, featuring work from the best of the best: material written by Mark Waid, Keith Giffen, Eureka creator Andrew Cosby, Transformers the Movie writer John Rogers, Eureka TV show writer Johanna Stokes, Fall of Cthulhu writer Michael Alan...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, Bk 1) by Jonathan Maberry
In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn’t want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, Bk 5) by Patricia Briggs
Being a mechanic is hard work. Mercy Thompson, for instance, just spent the last couple of months trying to evade the murderous queen of the local vampire seethe, and now the leader of the werewolf pack -- who's maybe-more-than-just-a-friend -- has asked for her help. A book of fae secrets...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Monster Nation (Zombie, Bk 2) by David Wellington
In the heart of America, in the world’s most secure prison, something horrible is growing in the dark. A wave of cannibalism and fear is sweeping across the heartland, spreading carnage and infection in its wake. Captain Bannerman Clark of the National Guard has been tasked with an...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Zom-B Mission (Zom-B, Bk 7) by Darren Shan
B Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission -- to safely escort a group of human survivors from the zombie-infested streets of London to New Kirkham, a barricaded safe haven in the country. But after battling through crowds of undead monsters, B discovers...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Zom-B Clans (Zom-B, Bk 8) by Darren Shan
B's first mission with the Angels -- sentient, do-gooder zombies -- went horribly wrong when vicious members of the Ku Klux Klan attacked New Kirkham, a stronghold of precious human survivors. B is not about to let the racist thugs persecute innocent people, but while saving the town, one of...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Zom-B Family (Zom-B, Bk 9) by Darren Shan
After being betrayed and captured by the most heinous survivors of the human race, B Smith lands back in the clutches of a fiend B had hoped to never see again, someone who is intent on making B suffer in the most tortuous ways. Discovering the fate of loved ones from B's past adds to the...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Pendergast has taken Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Fault in Our Stars (Movie Tie-in) by John Green
Winner of the 2013 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Bk 1) by James Dashner
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade -- a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
City of Glass (Mortal Instruments, Bk 3) by Cassandra Clare
To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that enter-ing the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there,...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Dust & Decay (Benny Imura, Bk 2) by Jonathan Maberry
Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It’s also six months since Benny Imura and Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives. Now, after months of rigorous...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, Bk 2) by James Dashner
Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. Thomas was sure that escape would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn't done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.  The Gladers have two weeks...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Zom-B #10 by Darren Shan
B Smith has been reunited with the murderous maniac clown, Mr. Dowling. To her shock and consternation, he's desperate to make B his partner in crime. Mr. Dowling disgusts her, but B thinks she can see a way to control him and maybe even save the world. But it will involve a sacrifice far...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Eye of Minds (Mortality Doctrine, Bk 1) by James Dashner
Michael is a gamer. And like most gamers, he almost spends more time on the VirtNet than in the actual world. The VirtNet offers total mind and body immersion, and it’s addictive. Thanks to technology, anyone with enough money can experience fantasy worlds, risk their life without the...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Death Cure (Maze Runner, Bk 3) by James Dashner
It’s the end of the line.   WICKED has taken everything from Thomas: his life, his memories, and now his only friends—the Gladers. But it’s finally over. The trials are complete, after one final test.   Will anyone survive?   What WICKED doesn’t know...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Flesh & Bone (Rot & Ruin, Bk 3) by Jonathan Maberry
Reeling from the tragic events in the Rot and Ruin, Benny and his friends know that finding the jet they saw in the skies months ago is their best hope for having a future and a life worth living. But the zoms seem to be mutating in terrifying ways that could change everything that is known...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Bk 2) by James Dashner
Michael thought he understood the VirtNet, but the truth he discovered is more terrifying than anyone at VirtNet Security could have anticipated.  The cyber terrorist Kaine isn’t human. It’s a Tangent, a computer program that has become sentient. And Michael just completed...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, Bk 1) by Jonathan Maberry
When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills.  And that's both a good, and a bad thing.  It's good because he's...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Fire & Ash (Rot & Ruin, Bk 4) by Jonathan Maberry
In the gripping conclusion to the action-packed “standard bearer” (Booklist) of zombie series, the threat of death is given new life. Benny Imura and his friends have found the jet and Sanctuary -- but neither is what they expected. Instead of a refuge, Sanctuary is a hospice, and...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Kill Order (Maze Runner Prequel) by James Dashner
The prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series. Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease.  Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World by Chris Roberson
Told from a female zombie’s perspective, this smart, witty detective series mixes urban fantasy and romantic dramedy.Gwendolyn “Gwen” Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Never Die Alone (New Orleans, Bk 8) by Lisa Jackson
Never Drop Your Guard It should be the best day of their lives. Too bad they never get to see it. On the cusp of their twenty-first birthday, he strikes. His victims are always twins, their ritualistic murders planned in exquisite detail, down to the moment when they breathe their last...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Zom-B Gladiator (Zom-B, Bk 6) by Darren Shan
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, B Smith has decided to live -- and to fight for good as long as possible. However, London is overridden with the brain-eating undead and swarming with human mercenaries whose sense of right and wrong dissolved when society did. When they lay a trap, B is captured. And...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The First Days (As the World Dies, Bk 1) by Rhiannon Frater
The morning that the world ends, Katie is getting ready for court and housewife Jenni is taking care of her family. Less than two hours later, they are fleeing for their lives from a zombie horde.  Thrown together by circumstance, Jenni and Katie become a powerful zombie-killing...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Cold Cold Heart by Tami Hoag
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers a shocking stand-alone thriller Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until she was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer. A year has passed since she defeated her attacker, but Dana is still physically, emotionally, and...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Fighting to Survive (As the World Dies, Bk 2) by Rhiannon Frater
Picking up where The First Days ends, Fighting to Survive features the further zombie-killing, civilization-saving adventures of a pair of sexy, kick butt heroines and the men who love them. A hundred or so survivors of the zombie plague have found tenuous safety in the...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Siege (As the World Dies, Bk 3) by Rhiannon Frater
The zombie illness has shattered civilization. The survivors who have found tenuous safety in Texas defend their fort against the walking dead and living bandits. Katie has made peace with the death of her wife and is pregnant and married to Travis, who has been elected Mayor. Jenni, her...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Dead of Night (Dead of Night, Bk 1) by Jonathan Maberry
A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave.  But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects.  Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up.  Hungry.  Infected. ...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Divergent (Divergent, Bk 1) by Veronica Roth
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue -- Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Queen of Zombie Hearts (White Rabbit Chronicles, Bk 3) by Gena Showalter
I thought I had nothing left to give. I thought wrong. They started the war. Now I will end it. Alice "Ali" Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers…until Anima Industries, the...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Fall of Night (Dead of Night, Bk 2) by Jonathan Maberry
Stebbins Little School is full of bodies. It's unthinkable to Desdemona Fox. Children are sobbing as panicked teachers and neighbors beat down their family members outside of the school...or the things that used to be their family members. Parents don't eat their children do...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Positive: A Novel by David Wellington
In the bestselling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel?an entertaining page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic.Anyone can be positive . . . The tattooed plus sign on...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Girl in the Woods (Waterman and Stark, Bk 1) by Gregg Olsen
A schoolgirl found it on a nature hike. A severed human foot wearing pink nail polish. A gruesome but invaluable clue that leads forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman down a much darker trail -- to a dangerous psychopath whose powers of persuasion seem to have no end. Only by teaming up with...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Grave on Grade Avenue (Ellie Rush, Bk 2) by Naomi Hirahara
LAPD bicycle cop -- and aspiring homicide detective -- Ellie Rush is back on patrol... Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles’s premier concert halls. A few minutes later she’s shocked to discover him lying at the bottom...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Fear (Enemy, Bk 3) by Charlie Higson
The sickness struck everyone sixteen and over. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters, and best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups who are hungry, bloodthirsty, and not giving up. DogNut and the rest of his crew, in...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The End Games by T. Michael Martin
The End Games, T. Michael Martin’s stunning debut novel, both horrific and profound, takes place in rural West Virginia after a zombie apocalypse.   Seventeen-year-old Michael and his baby brother, five-year-old Patrick, have managed to stay alive by following the Instructions of...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
The Zombie Survival Guide : Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, Bk 1) by Pittacus Lore
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books --...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Plague of the Dead (Morningstar Strain, Bk 1) by Z. A. Recht
The end begins with a viral outbreak unlike anything mankind has ever encountered before. The infected are subject to delirium, fever, a dramatic increase in violent behavior, and a one-hundred percent mortality rate. Death. But it doesn't end there. The victims return from death to...  more

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Joyce C. (ixiheavenixi)
Insurgent (Divergent, Bk 2) by Veronica Roth
One choice can transform you -- or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves -- and herself -- while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and...  more

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The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies, Bk 2) by Pittacus Lore
I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me... he's one of us. Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us -- if we all still believe in our mission....  more

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