The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Where the Dead Lay by David Levein

Step on a Crack by James Patterson

Code to Zero by Ken Follett

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson

The final installment in the trilogy, I am even more in love with Lisbeth Salander than ever before. Truly, Larsson is a master.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

This book was so amazing I never wanted it to end. The characters are so real, so true to themselves, that I felt I knew them, could recognize them across a crowded room, could call them up for dinner.