Books I Read in 2011

1.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,876 ratings
2.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,918 ratings
3.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,120 ratings
4.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,807 ratings
5.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,700 ratings
6.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating — 58,371 ratings
7.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,380 ratings
8.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating — 22,304 ratings
9.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,521 ratings
10.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,459 ratings
11.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,130 ratings
12.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,489 ratings
13.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,663 ratings
14.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,392 ratings
15.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,048 ratings
16.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,445 ratings
17.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,878 ratings
18.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,025 ratings
19.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,000 ratings
20.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,382 ratings
21.
The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition
The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition 4.27 avg rating — 12,587 ratings
22.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,716 ratings
23.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,373 ratings
24.
Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine
Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine 3.62 avg rating — 32 ratings
24.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
26.
Conceit
Conceit 3.40 avg rating — 346 ratings
27.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,373 ratings
28.
Jack the Ripper and Black Magic: Victorian Conspiracy Theories, Secret Societies and the Supernatural Mystique of the Whitechapel Murders
Jack the Ripper and Black Magic: Victorian Conspiracy Theories, Secret Societies and the Supernatural Mystique of the Whitechapel Murders 3.70 avg rating — 93 ratings
29.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,850 ratings
30.
V is for Vengeance (Kinsey Millhone, #22)
V is for Vengeance (Kinsey Millhone, #22) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33,444 ratings
31.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,594 ratings
32.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,712 ratings
32.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
34.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,208 ratings
35.
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,944 ratings
36.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 168,096 ratings
36.
Half Blood Blues
Half Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
36.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,735 ratings
39.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,934 ratings
40.
The Gift of Asher Lev
The Gift of Asher Lev 4.19 avg rating — 8,470 ratings
40.
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,176 ratings
40.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,091 ratings
43.
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
by: Mark Yarm
4.27 avg rating — 4,277 ratings
44.
Gentlemen of the Road
Gentlemen of the Road 3.46 avg rating — 14,487 ratings
45.
Smut
Smut 3.50 avg rating — 4,305 ratings
46.
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World 4.03 avg rating — 16,187 ratings
47.
The Polysyllabic Spree
The Polysyllabic Spree 3.73 avg rating — 7,024 ratings
48.
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder 4.02 avg rating — 12,173 ratings
49.
Brontë
Brontë 3.68 avg rating — 120 ratings
50.
Independent People
Independent People 4.13 avg rating — 13,794 ratings
51.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,272 ratings
52.
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 24,210 ratings
53.
When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)
When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51,370 ratings
54.
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1)
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) 3.79 avg rating — 119,781 ratings
55.
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way 3.72 avg rating — 11,481 ratings
56.
Asta’s Book
Asta’s Book 3.92 avg rating — 4,702 ratings
57.
Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader
Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader 3.92 avg rating — 2,238 ratings
57.
When All the World Was Young: A Memoir
When All the World Was Young: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 276 ratings
57.
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, #1-3)
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, #1-3) 4.25 avg rating — 1,928 ratings
57.
Shirley
Shirley 3.76 avg rating — 36,189 ratings
61.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,727 ratings
61.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,768 ratings
61.
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant 4.03 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
61.
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes 3.82 avg rating — 353 ratings
65.
Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)
Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 31,784 ratings
65.
The Dissociation Of A Personality: A Biographical Study In Abnormal Psychology
The Dissociation Of A Personality: A Biographical Study In Abnormal Psychology 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
65.
Chapman's Odyssey
Chapman's Odyssey 3.66 avg rating — 143 ratings
65.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 3.58 avg rating — 859 ratings
69.
Flying Saucers and the Three Men
Flying Saucers and the Three Men 3.73 avg rating — 99 ratings
69.
Dorothea's Daughter and Other Nineteenth-Century Postscripts
Dorothea's Daughter and Other Nineteenth-Century Postscripts liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
69.
Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2)
Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 15,385 ratings
69.
Genus
Genus 3.26 avg rating — 419 ratings
69.
Selected Burns for Young Readers
Selected Burns for Young Readers 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
74.
Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free 3.71 avg rating — 4,193 ratings
74.
Parched
Parched 3.69 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
74.
At Last (Patrick Melrose, #5)
At Last (Patrick Melrose, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 5,788 ratings
77.
The Wind in the Rose Bush: and Other Stories of the Supernatural
The Wind in the Rose Bush: and Other Stories of the Supernatural 3.83 avg rating — 464 ratings
77.
Redeemed: Stumbling Toward God, Sanity, and the Peace That Passes All Understanding: Stumbling Toward God, Sanity, and the Peace That Passes AllUnderstanding
Redeemed: Stumbling Toward God, Sanity, and the Peace That Passes All Understanding: Stumbling Toward God, Sanity, and the Peace That Passes AllUnderstanding 3.82 avg rating — 310 ratings
77.
My Name Is Asher Lev
My Name Is Asher Lev 4.24 avg rating — 42,914 ratings
77.
Chinaman: A Novel
Chinaman: A Novel 4.16 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
77.
Bäume: Betrachtungen und Gedichte
Bäume: Betrachtungen und Gedichte 3.94 avg rating — 1,712 ratings
82.
A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the War
A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the War 4.04 avg rating — 252 ratings
82.
Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety
Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety 3.79 avg rating — 1,920 ratings
82.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,302 ratings
82.
Lazarus Is Dead
Lazarus Is Dead 3.73 avg rating — 355 ratings
86.
Venus in Fur
Venus in Fur 4.17 avg rating — 1,869 ratings
86.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,750 ratings
88.
Old Men at Midnight: Stories
Old Men at Midnight: Stories 3.63 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
88.
Solomon Gursky Was Here, a novel
Solomon Gursky Was Here, a novel 3.98 avg rating — 3,142 ratings
88.
Shadow Game
Shadow Game 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
88.
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 23,067 ratings
92.
Noah's Compass
Noah's Compass 3.39 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
92.
There But For The
There But For The
by: Ali Smith
3.50 avg rating — 9,880 ratings
92.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions 4.01 avg rating — 73,249 ratings
95.
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 4,842 ratings
95.
Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1)
Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 20,125 ratings
95.
The Maintenance of Headway
The Maintenance of Headway 3.75 avg rating — 957 ratings
95.
Love Letters: An Anthology
Love Letters: An Anthology 3.81 avg rating — 125 ratings
99.
I Am the Clay
I Am the Clay 3.63 avg rating — 1,775 ratings
99.
The Zurau Aphorisms of Franz Kafka
The Zurau Aphorisms of Franz Kafka 3.67 avg rating — 4,261 ratings
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