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Best books read in 2011

Description: What are the best books you read in 2011? It doesn't matter when they were published. (I'm not sure a popularity list is the best kind for this, but since it's what we have....)

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1

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

18,650 members

1,269 reviews

4.1

7 Members: starfishian, bell7, DeltaQueen50, masiejames, keeneam, ChelleBearss, Rchlwtsn

2

I Capture the Castle

9,240 members

295 reviews

4.1

7 Members: ijustgetbored, Soupdragon, ncgraham, elkiedee, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda,masiejames

3

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

64,870 members

3,496 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: hailelib, EmScape, javagal, masiejames, ahef1963

4

by Charlotte Brontë

59,363 members

924 reviews

4.2

6 Members: greeneyed_ives, Soupdragon, masiejames, ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy

5

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

102,994 members

887 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: norabelle414, Soupdragon, masiejames, ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn,ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Kathryn Stockett

30,715 members

1,494 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: kageeh, dara85, KimarieBee, greeneyed_ives, ahef1963

7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

97,081 members

1,572 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: norabelle414, Soupdragon, masiejames, ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn,ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

8,757 members

119 reviews

3.8

5 Members: gennyt, masiejames, ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

107,742 members

989 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: norabelle414, Soupdragon, masiejames, ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn,ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Markus Zusak

45,210 members

2,131 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: norabelle414, greeneyed_ives, quigui, Elainedav, ahef1963,masiejames

11

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

6,092 members

373 reviews

3.9

4 Members: enrique_molinero, oszymandias, souloftherose, Rchlwtsn

12

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

1,740 members

131 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: _Zoe_, kageeh, elkiedee, kara.shamy

13

Brokeback Mountain

by Annie Proulx

2,719 members

99 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rosalita, norabelle414, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Gail Carriger

5,813 members

526 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hailelib, staffordcastle, norabelle414

15

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

by Studs Terkel

2,132 members

20 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lilithcat, eromsted, elkiedee,masiejames

16

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,334 members

438 reviews

3.8

4 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Graveyard Book

22,290 members

1,264 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ijustgetbored, DeltaQueen50, ahef1963

18

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

18,583 members

1,284 reviews

4.1

3 Members: foggidawn, ijustgetbored, 1morechapter

19

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,890 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: _Zoe_, norabelle414, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,masiejames

20

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

17,267 members

911 reviews

4

3 Members: lahochstetler, masiejames, ahef1963

21

Charles Dickens: A Life

by Claire Tomalin

927 members

33 reviews

4.2

3 Members: souloftherose, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

22

by Tatiana de Rosnay

11,151 members

657 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, susiesharp, ahef1963

23

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

by Conor Grennan

1,064 members

127 reviews

4.2

3 Members: _Zoe_, bell7, ahef1963

24

The Franchise Affair

by Josephine Tey

2,152 members

84 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lahochstetler, cbl_tn, ahef1963

25

by Jacqueline Winspear

4,840 members

272 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hailelib, lahochstetler, susiesharp

26

People of the Book

by Geraldine Brooks

10,013 members

499 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lilithcat, rosalita

27

Full Dark, No Stars

by Stephen King

5,807 members

221 reviews

4

3 Members: ricardolopezp, ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

14,187 members

223 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Lexxi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

9,579 members

538 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: javagal, elkiedee, Rchlwtsn

30

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

8,654 members

515 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: norabelle414, greeneyed_ives, Soupdragon

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by Cormac McCarthy

34,600 members

1,407 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ricardolopezp, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

32

Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels

by Janet Soskice

391 members

25 reviews

4.2

2 Members: gennyt, cbl_tn

33

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham

8,493 members

146 reviews

4.1

3 Members: eromsted, ahef1963, kara.shamy

34

Water for Elephants

28,963 members

1,184 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Romonko, masiejames, Rchlwtsn,norabelle414

35

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,230 members

426 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lahochstetler, 1morechapter, ahef1963

36

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

19,450 members

1,137 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ijustgetbored, susiesharp, ahef1963

37

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

2,274 members

136 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: 1morechapter, norabelle414

38

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,713 members

440 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy

39

by Megan Whalen Turner

5,230 members

212 reviews

4

2 Members: bell7, quigui

40

The Deptford Trilogy

by Robertson Davies

2,553 members

39 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: Soupdragon, ahef1963, kara.shamy

41

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

19,247 members

348 reviews

4

3 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy

42

The Peach Keeper

by Sarah Addison Allen

2,254 members

224 reviews

3.8

2 Members: SylviaC, susiesharp

43

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

9,854 members

433 reviews

3.9

3 Members: 1morechapter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

The Thing Around Your Neck

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1,880 members

76 reviews

4.1

3 Members: 1morechapter, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

45

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

by Jasper Fforde

2,432 members

122 reviews

3.9

2 Members: AnnaClaire, norabelle414

46

The Buddha in the Attic

by Julie Otsuka

2,637 members

206 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, 1morechapter

47

Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

by Avi Steinberg

872 members

50 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

48

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,922 members

1,434 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963

49

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: The 23 Original Peter Rabbit Books

by Beatrix Potter

3,803 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: VivienneR, ahef1963

50

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,758 members

743 reviews

4.2

3 Members: kageeh, norabelle414, susiesharp,

51

The Queen of Attolia

by Megan Whalen Turner

2,429 members

117 reviews

4.2

2 Members: bell7, quigui

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9,505 members

520 reviews

3.8

2 Members: kageeh, javagal

53

You Know When the Men Are Gone

by Siobhan Fallon

471 members

69 reviews

4

2 Members: javagal, susiesharp

54

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

4,290 members

134 reviews

3.8

2 Members: _Zoe_, norabelle414

55

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

8,343 members

541 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Soupdragon, kara.shamy

56

by Michelle Moran

1,044 members

96 reviews

4

2 Members: susiesharp, kara.shamy

57

Barchester Towers

by Anthony Trollope

4,936 members

107 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cbl_tn, Rchlwtsn

58

Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion

by Michael Levy

193 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ijustgetbored, lahochstetler

59

Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster

1,033 members

37 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

60

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

21,155 members

369 reviews

4

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, Rchlwtsn

61

The Book of Negroes

by Lawrence Hill

3,692 members

178 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Romonko, ahef1963

62

Winter Solstice

by Rosamunde Pilcher

2,268 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: SylviaC, Rchlwtsn

63

by Ann Patchett

13,294 members

461 reviews

3.9

2 Members: 1morechapter, ahef1963

64

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

by Bruno Bettelheim

3,127 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: fundevogel, ahef1963

65

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,221 members

170 reviews

4

2 Members: cbl_tn, kara.shamy

66

by John Grisham

4,481 members

140 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, Rchlwtsn

67

Journal of an Ordinary Grief

by Mahmoud Darwish

90 members

2 reviews

4

2 Members: cameling, kara.shamy

68

3,175 members

119 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: hailelib, Rchlwtsn

69

by Stephen Kelman

939 members

62 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: 1morechapter, Rchlwtsn

70

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,914 members

748 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

71

Les Misérables

26,425 members

341 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: eromsted, Rchlwtsn

72

Testament of Youth

by Vera Brittain

2,163 members

53 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Soupdragon, ahef1963

73

by William Shakespeare

13,882 members

176 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy,norabelle414

74

by A. D. Miller

985 members

69 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: 1morechapter, Rchlwtsn

75

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,473 members

264 reviews

4

2 Members: 1morechapter, kara.shamy

76

Gregor the Overlander

by Suzanne Collins

5,544 members

201 reviews

4

Member: Lexxi

77

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

2,543 members

183 reviews

3.8

Member: foggidawn

78

by Kristin Hannah

2,137 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

79

by Sherwood Smith

1,605 members

51 reviews

4.1

Member: quigui

80

In the Night Garden

by Catherynne M. Valente

1,601 members

75 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: anglemark

81

902 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: Soupdragon

82

Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

by Gail Caldwell

851 members

59 reviews

4

Member: javagal

83

Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration

by Bert Hölldobler

487 members

6 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Edward

84

The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers

by Scott Carney

283 members

9 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: cameling

85

When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

210 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: hailelib

86

The Art of Disappearing

76 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

87

The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

by Glenway Wescott

76 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

Dancing with Eternity

by John Patrick Lowrie

62 members

14 reviews

3.1

Member: EmScape

89

Our House & All the Things In It

by Estella Soto

1 member

5

Member: fundevogel

90

A Red Herring Without Mustard

by Alan Bradley

2,598 members

182 reviews

4

2 Members: 1morechapter, kara.shamy

91

The Sisters Brothers

by Patrick deWitt

4,288 members

315 reviews

3.9

2 Members: 1morechapter, Rchlwtsn

92

by Pearl S. Buck

13,937 members

264 reviews

4

2 Members: lahochstetler, ahef1963

93

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

11,226 members

224 reviews

3.9

2 Members: kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

94

Tropic of Cancer

by Henry Miller

8,855 members

131 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: fundevogel

95

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

5,794 members

462 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: souloftherose

96

by Robin McKinley

5,659 members

243 reviews

4.1

Member: quigui

97

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen

2,948 members

224 reviews

4

Member: SylviaC

98

The Death of the Heart

by Elizabeth Bowen

1,699 members

39 reviews

3.8

Member: Soupdragon

99

The Last Werewolf

1,533 members

120 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: KimarieBee

100

1,439 members

74 reviews

3.9

Member: Edward

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