The Best Books of 2011

1.
State of Wonder
State of Wonder 3.90 avg rating β€” 197,563 ratings
2.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 4.44 avg rating β€” 7,333 ratings
3.
Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating β€” 1,041,964 ratings
4.
Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating β€” 262,578 ratings
5.
The Shadow Sect (Netherdei #1)
The Shadow Sect (Netherdei #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,407 ratings
6.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating β€” 302,769 ratings
7.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating β€” 244,163 ratings
7.
Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife
Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,238 ratings
9.
Unsouled (Cradle, #1)
Unsouled (Cradle, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 53,157 ratings
10.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating β€” 9,174 ratings
11.
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 β€” 1,336,855 ratings
12.
The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,100 ratings
13.
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia! 3.28 avg rating β€” 59,346 ratings
13.
Then Again
Then Again 3.46 avg rating β€” 11,051 ratings
13.
The Darkest Core (Netherdei #2)
The Darkest Core (Netherdei #2) 4.23 avg rating β€” 340 ratings
13.
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel), Vol. 1
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel), Vol. 1 4.60 avg rating β€” 41,083 ratings
17.
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) 4.30 avg rating β€” 144,948 ratings
18.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating β€” 101,750 ratings
19.
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend 3.53 avg rating β€” 4,938 ratings
20.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,068,439 ratings
21.
The Borrower
The Borrower 3.54 avg rating β€” 16,111 ratings
22.
Horoscopes for the Dead
Horoscopes for the Dead 4.02 avg rating β€” 4,508 ratings
23.
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media 3.86 avg rating β€” 3,087 ratings
24.
Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did (Lancaster Prep, #1)
Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did (Lancaster Prep, #1) 3.58 avg rating β€” 61,393 ratings
25.
Path of the Berserker (Path of the Berserker, #1)
Path of the Berserker (Path of the Berserker, #1) 4.44 avg rating β€” 2,418 ratings
25.
Woke Up Like This
Woke Up Like This
by: Amy Lea
4.01 avg rating β€” 24,174 ratings
27.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 3.86 avg rating β€” 509,682 ratings
27.
The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 4,976 ratings
27.
Call the Canaries Home
Call the Canaries Home 4.02 avg rating β€” 43,178 ratings
30.
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2) 4.41 avg rating β€” 651,207 ratings
30.
Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and Unknowing
Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and Unknowing 4.25 avg rating β€” 138 ratings
30.
Ghosts
Ghosts 3.87 avg rating β€” 143,349 ratings
33.
The Forgotten Islands
The Forgotten Islands 3.90 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
33.
Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating β€” 453,687 ratings
35.
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt 3.88 avg rating β€” 41,724 ratings
35.
The Sword of Kaigen
The Sword of Kaigen
by: M.L. Wang
4.45 avg rating β€” 73,634 ratings
35.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating β€” 705,101 ratings
38.
Hip-Pocket Papa
Hip-Pocket Papa 3.86 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
38.
My Dyslexia
My Dyslexia 3.73 avg rating β€” 1,168 ratings
38.
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,926 ratings
41.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating β€” 93,076 ratings
41.
Velva Jean Learns to Fly (Velva Jean, #2)
Velva Jean Learns to Fly (Velva Jean, #2) 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,387 ratings
41.
The Blood Legacy: A Xianxia Cultivation Fantasy (The Divine Elements Book 1)
The Blood Legacy: A Xianxia Cultivation Fantasy (The Divine Elements Book 1)
by: Daman
4.20 avg rating β€” 1,601 ratings
44.
The Family Fang
The Family Fang 3.62 avg rating β€” 32,203 ratings
45.
40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering
40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering 4.12 avg rating β€” 167 ratings
46.
Codependent No More Workbook
Codependent No More Workbook 4.30 avg rating β€” 676 ratings
47.
The Submission
The Submission 3.67 avg rating β€” 12,684 ratings
47.
Lost Voices (Lost Voices, #1)
Lost Voices (Lost Voices, #1) 3.61 avg rating β€” 7,213 ratings
49.
Life Itself
Life Itself 3.92 avg rating β€” 6,630 ratings
50.
Badd
Badd
by: Tim Tharp
3.27 avg rating β€” 194 ratings
51.
Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy 3.96 avg rating β€” 4,534 ratings
52.
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,116 ratings
53.
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein 3.86 avg rating β€” 994 ratings
54.
The Red Garden
The Red Garden 3.74 avg rating β€” 24,885 ratings
55.
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) 3.77 avg rating β€” 119,083 ratings
56.
A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)
A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8) 4.06 avg rating β€” 26,823 ratings
57.
Madeline at the White House
Madeline at the White House 3.78 avg rating β€” 534 ratings
58.
Deadly
Deadly 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,897 ratings
59.
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie 3.48 avg rating β€” 8,007 ratings
60.
Bumped (Bumped, #1)
Bumped (Bumped, #1) 3.12 avg rating β€” 13,122 ratings
61.
Unless It Moves the Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing
Unless It Moves the Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing 3.73 avg rating β€” 590 ratings
62.
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared 3.67 avg rating β€” 6,777 ratings
63.
American Weather
American Weather 3.61 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
64.
A Good Hard Look
A Good Hard Look 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,506 ratings