Publisher's Weekly released this list of "Best of the Best Books of 2011" today: (sad to say I've read none of them so far, though Eugenides and Patchett are on my list, and I've heard great things about Tina Fey's book)
The Best of the Best Books of
2011: Overall Top 10
1. The Tiger's Wife, Tea Obreht
2. The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides
3. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami
4. State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
5. The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach
In The Garden Of Beasts, Erik Larson
7. Blood, Bones & Butter, Gabrielle Hamilton
8. Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
The following 6 books tied in 9th:The Sisters Brothers, Patrick DeWitt
The Tragedy of Arthur,
Arthur Phillips
The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes
Open City, Teju Cole
The Stranger's Child, Alan Hollinghurst
Bossypants, Tina Fey
The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes
Open City, Teju Cole
The Stranger's Child, Alan Hollinghurst
Bossypants, Tina Fey
Per PW:
Fiction dominates the overall top 10 this year,
with novels claiming the first four spots, and Tea Obreht's THE TIGER'S WIFE as
the clear "book of the year."
In addition to the overall top 10
list, Publisher's Weekly offers a full version, which you must log on to see, that includes separate breakouts
for the top 10 novels and works of nonfiction, along with complete credits for
the editors and agents associated with those books.
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