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Eugenides, Jeffrey. The Marriage Plot
Marston, Edward. The Trip to Jerusalem
 
Best Books from 2011
Allen, Sarah Addison. The Peach Keeper *
Dalton, John. The Inverted Forest
Genova, Lisa. Left Neglected  
Lee, Linda Francis. Emily and Einstein *
McCleary, Carol. The Illusion of Murder
Obreht, Téa. The Tiger's Wife *
Pasricha, Neil. The Book of (Even More) Awesome
Rich, Roberta. The Midwife of Venice *
See, Lisa. Dreams of Joy *
Senior, Olive. Dancing Lessons
Tanner, Haley. Vaclav and Lena *
 
Books I Loved
Fiction
Adiga, Aravind. The White Tiger
Allende, Isabel. Island Beneath the Sea *
Badami, Anita Rau. Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?
Balogh, Mary. More Than a Mistress
Berry, Steve. The Alexandria Link
Binchy, Maeve. Tara Road
Bohjalian, Chris. Midwives *
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre *
Brooks, Geraldine. People of the Book *
Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth
Bujold, Lois McMaster. A Civil Campaign
Caldwell, Ian & Dustin Thomason. The Rule of Four
Carroll, Susan. Midnight Bride
Child, Lee. Running Blind
Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone
Connelly, Michael. Angels Flight
Cookson, Catherine. A Grand Man *
Cookson, Catherine. The Lord and Mary Ann *
Coyle, Cleo. Murder Most Frothy
Crummey, Michael. Galore
Davidson, Andrew. The Gargoyle
Deaver, Jeffery. The Coffin Dancer
Dershowitz, Alan M. Just Revenge
Deveraux, Jude. The Duchess
Echlin, Kim. The Disappeared
Edwards, Kim. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Eliot, George. Middlemarch: a Study of Provincial Life *
Enahoro, Carole. Doing Dangerously Well
Erickson, Carolly. The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots
Faber, Michel. The Crimson Petal and the White *
Felber, Edith. Queen of Shadows *
Frey, Stephen. The Chairman
Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South *
Genova, Lisa. Still Alice
Gibb, Camilla. The Beauty of Humanity Movement
Girardi, Robert. Gorgeous East
Gissing, George. New Grub Street
Glass, Julia. The Widower's Tale *
Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha *
Goodman, Allegra. The Cookbook Collector
Gowda, Shilpi Somaya. Secret Daughter
Green, Jane. Bookends
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants *
Haddon, Mark. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hardy,Thomas. Return of the Native *
Hill, Lawrence. The Book of Negroes *
Holman, Sheri. Dress Lodger *
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner *
Kalotay, Daphne. Russian Winter *
King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper's Apprentice *
Klein, William. The Woman Who Would be Pharaoh
Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian *
Lewycka, Marina. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Maguire, Gregory. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister *
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Martel, Yann. Beatrice & Virgil *
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi
Maynard, Joyce. The Good Daughters  
McNaught, Judith. Remember When
Monk Kidd, Sue. The Secret Life of Bees
Moser, Elise. Because I Have Loved and Hidden it
Myers, Tamar. No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk *
Nicholls, David. One Day *
O'Neill, Heather. Lullabies for Little Criminals *
Orringer, Julie. The Invisible Bridge
Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London *
Palmer, Michael. The Fifth Vial
Patterson, James. London Bridges
Pullinger, Kate. The Mistress of Nothing *
Quick, Amanda. Second Sight *
Ragen, Naomi. Sotah
Rollins, James. Map of Bones
Rosnay, Tatiana de. Sarah's Key *
Rothman, Claire Holden. The Heart Specialist *
See, Lisa. Shanghai Girls *
See, Lisa. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan *
Silva, Daniel. The Messenger
Simonson, Helen. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand *
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help *
Stuart, Julia. The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise *
Toews, Miriam. A Complicated Kindness
Trofimuk, Thomas. Waiting for Columbus
Umrigar, Thrity. The Space Between Us *
Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for Stone
Walters, Minette. The Ice House
 
Non-fiction
Bennett, Judith. Sex Signs: Every Woman's Astrological and Psychological Guide to Love, Men, Sex, Anger, and Personal Power
Brooks, Andrée Aelion. Russian Dance
Dawkins, Richard. The Greatest Show on Earth: the Evidence for Evolution *
Dosa, David. Making Rounds With Oscar
Douglas, Susan J. Enlightened Sexism: the Seductive Message that Feminism's Work is Done *
Eckler, Rebecca. How to Raise a Boyfriend: or Any Other Clueless Guy in Your Life
Hagens, Gunther von. Gunther Von Hagens' Body Worlds: the Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies *
Joel, Mitch. Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone is Connected: Connect Your Business to Everyone
Johnson, Marilyn. This Book is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians can Save Us All *
Levitan, Daniel J. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
Levitan, Daniel J. This is Your Brain on Music
Maier, Corinne. No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children
Manguel, Alberto. The Library at Night
Mead, Rebecca. One Perfect Day: the Selling of the American Wedding *
Moalem, Sharon. How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel, and Act the Way We Do *
Myron, Vicki. Dewey: the Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World *
O'Brien, Stacey. Wesley the Owl: the Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl *
Pasricha, Neil. The Book of Awesome *
Pepperberg, Irene M. Alex & Me: "How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process" *
Rankin, Lissa. What's Up Down There?
Roach, Mary. Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex *
Sacks, Oliver. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain *
Sadie, Stanely. Mozart: the Early Years, 1756-1781
Siblin, Eric. The Cello Suites *
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks *
Vanderbilt, Tom. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says About Us)
Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women *
 
Children's Books
Callaghan, Morley. Luke Baldwin's Vow
Dahl, Roald. The Twits *
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie
Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner *
King-Smith, Dick. A Mouse Called Wolf
London, Jack. The Call of the Wild
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration *
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables (whole series) *
Montgomery, L.M. Emily of New Moon (whole series) *
Montgomery, L.M. Mistress Pat : a Novel of Silver Bush *
Montgomery, L.M. The Story Girl *
Montgomery, L.M. A Tangled Web *
Oppel, Kenneth. Silverwing
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children *
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter series *
White, E. B. Charlotte's Web *
Wilson, Budge. Before Green Gables *
 
Audiobooks
Allende, Isabel. Daughter of Fortune
Barbery, Muriel. The Elegance of the Hedgehog *
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas *
Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable Creatures
Donoghue, Emma. Room
Ferguson, Will. Spanish Fly
Grahame-Smith, Seth. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies *
Harris, Charlaine. Sookie Stackhouse Novels *
Harris, Charlaine. A Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse: the Complete Stories *
Lee, Janice Y.K. The Piano Teacher
Liss, Davis. The Coffee Trader *
Newmark, Elle. The Book of Unholy Mischief *
Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Tóibín, Colm. Brooklyn
Winters, Ben H. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters *
 
 
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