Amazon.com Best Books of 2011: The Top 100

1.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,768 ratings
2.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,351 ratings
3.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,042 ratings
4.
Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating — 1,041,924 ratings
5.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,331,133 ratings
6.
The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary 3.86 avg rating — 47,756 ratings
7.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,034 ratings
8.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating — 215,175 ratings
9.
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers 3.85 avg rating — 101,541 ratings
10.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,370 ratings
11.
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 725,295 ratings
12.
Before I Go to Sleep
Before I Go to Sleep 3.90 avg rating — 360,179 ratings
12.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,769 ratings
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 381,928 ratings
15.
State of Wonder
State of Wonder 3.90 avg rating — 197,550 ratings
16.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,748 ratings
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,336,784 ratings
18.
The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding 3.99 avg rating — 115,129 ratings
19.
Go the Fuck to Sleep
Go the Fuck to Sleep 4.28 avg rating — 89,608 ratings
20.
Delirium (Delirium, #1)
Delirium (Delirium, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 476,697 ratings
21.
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris 3.94 avg rating — 20,408 ratings
22.
Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating — 262,562 ratings
23.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,262 ratings
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President 4.22 avg rating — 81,268 ratings
25.
The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races 4.10 avg rating — 112,861 ratings
26.
The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot 3.47 avg rating — 123,503 ratings
27.
The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)
The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 103,880 ratings
28.
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks 3.86 avg rating — 8,102 ratings
29.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating — 93,068 ratings
30.
Please Look After Mom
Please Look After Mom 3.91 avg rating — 46,600 ratings
31.
The Submission
The Submission 3.67 avg rating — 12,684 ratings
32.
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry 3.95 avg rating — 155,555 ratings
33.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating — 62,372 ratings
34.
The Leftovers
The Leftovers 3.43 avg rating — 49,516 ratings
35.
Pulphead
Pulphead really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,971 ratings
36.
Hark! A Vagrant
Hark! A Vagrant 4.20 avg rating — 24,705 ratings
37.
Habibi
Habibi 4.03 avg rating — 43,060 ratings
38.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating — 9,173 ratings
39.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,493 ratings
40.
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 302,999 ratings
41.
Nightwoods
Nightwoods 3.66 avg rating — 14,848 ratings
42.
Galore
Galore 3.75 avg rating — 5,752 ratings
43.
Reamde
Reamde 3.99 avg rating — 56,789 ratings
44.
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout 3.97 avg rating — 4,537 ratings
45.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,171 ratings
46.
Blue Nights
Blue Nights 3.94 avg rating — 46,058 ratings
47.
What It is Like to Go to War
What It is Like to Go to War 4.01 avg rating — 9,708 ratings
48.
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef 3.77 avg rating — 36,932 ratings
49.
We the Animals
We the Animals 3.73 avg rating — 25,949 ratings
50.
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating — 46,525 ratings
51.
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty 4.56 avg rating — 2,860 ratings
52.
Townie
Townie 3.79 avg rating — 8,336 ratings
53.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern 3.87 avg rating — 34,485 ratings
54.
Cain
Cain 3.97 avg rating — 32,644 ratings
55.
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN 3.76 avg rating — 14,421 ratings
56.
Caleb's Crossing
Caleb's Crossing 3.86 avg rating — 70,916 ratings
57.
River of Smoke
River of Smoke 3.97 avg rating — 10,820 ratings
58.
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness 3.94 avg rating — 10,990 ratings
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Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,923 ratings
60.
Feast Day of Fools (Hackberry Holland, #3)
Feast Day of Fools (Hackberry Holland, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 5,264 ratings
61.
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia! 3.28 avg rating — 59,343 ratings
62.
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers 4.07 avg rating — 79,266 ratings
63.
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos 4.11 avg rating — 20,662 ratings
64.
The Weird Sisters
The Weird Sisters 3.37 avg rating — 47,285 ratings
65.
Then Again
Then Again 3.46 avg rating — 11,051 ratings
66.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention 4.19 avg rating — 19,914 ratings
67.
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts 3.95 avg rating — 60,496 ratings
68.
The Empty Family: Stories
The Empty Family: Stories 3.66 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
68.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating — 11,452 ratings
70.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood 4.04 avg rating — 16,837 ratings
71.
West of Here
West of Here 3.37 avg rating — 2,837 ratings
72.
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean 3.96 avg rating — 2,323 ratings
73.
My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store
My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store 3.42 avg rating — 3,940 ratings
74.
Orientation and Other Stories
Orientation and Other Stories 3.78 avg rating — 1,260 ratings
75.
Mister Wonderful: A Love Story
Mister Wonderful: A Love Story 3.81 avg rating — 4,546 ratings
75.
The Longest War: A History of the War on Terror and the Battles with Al Qaeda Since 9/11
The Longest War: A History of the War on Terror and the Battles with Al Qaeda Since 9/11 3.97 avg rating — 907 ratings
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22 Britannia Road
22 Britannia Road 3.65 avg rating — 11,994 ratings
78.
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul 3.86 avg rating — 30,198 ratings
79.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined 4.16 avg rating — 29,267 ratings
80.
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain 4.09 avg rating — 33,994 ratings
81.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time 4.14 avg rating — 39,416 ratings
82.
Embassytown
Embassytown 3.90 avg rating — 33,983 ratings
83.
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive 3.67 avg rating — 3,667 ratings
84.
Lost Memory of Skin
Lost Memory of Skin 3.60 avg rating — 6,799 ratings
85.
The Oxford Companion to Beer (Oxford Companion To...
The Oxford Companion to Beer (Oxford Companion To... 4.39 avg rating — 534 ratings
86.
The Forgotten Waltz
The Forgotten Waltz 3.19 avg rating — 6,398 ratings
87.
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength 3.95 avg rating — 20,621 ratings
88.
The Tragedy of Arthur
The Tragedy of Arthur 3.44 avg rating — 3,002 ratings
89.
Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science
Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science 3.55 avg rating — 148 ratings
90.
Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy 3.96 avg rating — 4,534 ratings
91.
Ten Thousand Saints
Ten Thousand Saints 3.50 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
92.
Carry Yourself Back to Me
Carry Yourself Back to Me 3.65 avg rating — 1,913 ratings
93.
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives 3.84 avg rating — 29,915 ratings
94.
The Family Fang
The Family Fang 3.62 avg rating — 32,199 ratings
95.
Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion 3.87 avg rating — 9,538 ratings
96.
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness 3.91 avg rating — 12,742 ratings
97.
This Burns My Heart
This Burns My Heart 3.76 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
98.
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President 3.76 avg rating — 2,445 ratings
99.
Sister
Sister 3.77 avg rating — 55,035 ratings
100.
The Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry
The Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry
by: Rita Dove
4.17 avg rating — 559 ratings