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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

22,539 members

1,357 reviews

4

8 Members: starfishian, bell7, DeltaQueen50, masiejames, keeneam, ChelleBearss, Rchlwtsn, christian.p

2

I Capture the Castle

10,157 members

322 reviews

4.1

8 Members: ijustgetbored, Soupdragon, ncgraham, elkiedee, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda, christian.p,masiejames

3

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

76,814 members

3,643 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hailelib, EmScape, javagal, masiejames, ahef1963, christian.p

4

by Charlotte Brontë

68,053 members

1,017 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

116,130 members

964 reviews

½ 4.4

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

6

by Kathryn Stockett

34,319 members

1,538 reviews

½ 4.3

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

7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

108,781 members

1,642 reviews

½ 4.4

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

8

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

9,762 members

131 reviews

3.8

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

9

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

122,351 members

1,082 reviews

½ 4.4

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

10

by Markus Zusak

52,417 members

2,240 reviews

½ 4.4

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

11

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

7,217 members

422 reviews

3.9

4 Members: enrique_molinero, oszymandias, souloftherose, Rchlwtsn

12

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

1,894 members

134 reviews

½ 3.5

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

13

Brokeback Mountain

by Annie Proulx

3,002 members

119 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rosalita, norabelle414, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Gail Carriger

6,255 members

547 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

2,356 members

24 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lilithcat, eromsted, elkiedee,masiejames

16

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,918 members

489 reviews

3.8

4 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Graveyard Book

24,936 members

1,313 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ijustgetbored, DeltaQueen50, ahef1963

18

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

22,271 members

1,384 reviews

4

3 Members: foggidawn, ijustgetbored, 1morechapter

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A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

49,887 members

1,201 reviews

½ 4.4

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

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The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

18,360 members

931 reviews

4

3 Members: lahochstetler, masiejames, ahef1963

21

Charles Dickens: A Life

by Claire Tomalin

1,055 members

33 reviews

4.2

3 Members: souloftherose, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

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by Tatiana de Rosnay

12,255 members

679 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

1,145 members

132 reviews

4.2

3 Members: _Zoe_, bell7, ahef1963

24

The Franchise Affair

by Josephine Tey

2,361 members

90 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lahochstetler, cbl_tn, ahef1963

25

by Jacqueline Winspear

5,418 members

296 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hailelib, lahochstetler, susiesharp

26

People of the Book

by Geraldine Brooks

11,103 members

524 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lilithcat, rosalita

27

Full Dark, No Stars

by Stephen King

6,857 members

243 reviews

4

3 Members: ricardolopezp, ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

17,007 members

238 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Lexxi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

10,585 members

567 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: javagal, elkiedee, Rchlwtsn

30

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

9,823 members

551 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: norabelle414, greeneyed_ives, Soupdragon

31

by Cormac McCarthy

38,960 members

1,513 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ricardolopezp, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

32

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

by Janet Soskice

427 members

24 reviews

4.2

2 Members: gennyt, cbl_tn

33

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham

9,394 members

165 reviews

4.1

3 Members: eromsted, ahef1963, kara.shamy

34

Water for Elephants

31,548 members

1,216 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Romonko, masiejames, Rchlwtsn,norabelle414

35

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

10,361 members

503 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lahochstetler, 1morechapter, ahef1963

36

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

23,498 members

1,200 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ijustgetbored, susiesharp, ahef1963

37

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

2,566 members

151 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: 1morechapter, norabelle414

38

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

43,902 members

478 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963, kara.shamy

39

by Megan Whalen Turner

5,940 members

228 reviews

4

2 Members: bell7, quigui

40

The Deptford Trilogy

by Robertson Davies

2,684 members

39 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: Soupdragon, ahef1963, kara.shamy

41

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

22,348 members

385 reviews

4

3 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy

42

The Peach Keeper

by Sarah Addison Allen

2,409 members

236 reviews

3.8

2 Members: SylviaC, susiesharp

43

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

12,859 members

517 reviews

3.9

3 Members: 1morechapter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

The Thing Around Your Neck

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2,217 members

76 reviews

4.1

3 Members: 1morechapter, kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

45

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

by Jasper Fforde

2,637 members

122 reviews

3.9

2 Members: AnnaClaire, norabelle414

46

The Buddha in the Attic

by Julie Otsuka

3,026 members

222 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, 1morechapter

47

Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

by Avi Steinberg

924 members

54 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lahochstetler, kara.shamy

48

To Kill a Mockingbird

90,080 members

1,559 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ncgraham, ahef1963

49

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

by Beatrix Potter

4,539 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: VivienneR, ahef1963

50

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

16,957 members

777 reviews

4.2

3 Members: kageeh, norabelle414, susiesharp,

51

The Queen of Attolia

by Megan Whalen Turner

2,764 members

128 reviews

4.2

2 Members: bell7, quigui

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10,591 members

555 reviews

3.8

2 Members: kageeh, javagal

53

You Know When the Men Are Gone

by Siobhan Fallon

490 members

71 reviews

4

2 Members: javagal, susiesharp

54

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

4,950 members

147 reviews

3.8

2 Members: _Zoe_, norabelle414

55

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

9,234 members

576 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Soupdragon, kara.shamy

56

by Michelle Moran

1,118 members

97 reviews

4

2 Members: susiesharp, kara.shamy

57

Barchester Towers

by Anthony Trollope

5,460 members

112 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cbl_tn, Rchlwtsn

58

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

by Michael Levy

203 members

23 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ijustgetbored, lahochstetler

59

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

1,149 members

36 reviews

3.8

2 Members: AnnaClaire, kara.shamy

60

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

22,400 members

385 reviews

4

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, Rchlwtsn

61

The Book of Negroes

by Lawrence Hill

4,069 members

185 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Romonko, ahef1963

62

Winter Solstice

by Rosamunde Pilcher

2,548 members

71 reviews

4

2 Members: SylviaC, Rchlwtsn

63

by Ann Patchett

14,479 members

482 reviews

4

2 Members: 1morechapter, ahef1963

64

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

by Bruno Bettelheim

3,526 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: fundevogel, ahef1963

65

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

by Alan Bradley

2,480 members

178 reviews

4

2 Members: cbl_tn, kara.shamy

66

by John Grisham

5,107 members

147 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, Rchlwtsn

67

Journal of an Ordinary Grief

by Mahmoud Darwish

131 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: cameling, kara.shamy

68

3,399 members

121 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: hailelib, Rchlwtsn

69

by Stephen Kelman

996 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: 1morechapter, Rchlwtsn

70

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

57,400 members

817 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

71

Les Misérables

30,675 members

380 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: eromsted, Rchlwtsn

72

Testament of Youth

by Vera Brittain

2,425 members

54 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Soupdragon, ahef1963

73

by William Shakespeare

15,745 members

191 reviews

3.9

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

74

by A. D. Miller

1,045 members

68 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: 1morechapter, Rchlwtsn

75

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley

3,794 members

273 reviews

4

2 Members: 1morechapter, kara.shamy

76

Gregor the Overlander

by Suzanne Collins

6,602 members

214 reviews

4

Member: Lexxi

77

by Kristin Hannah

2,919 members

75 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

78

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

2,786 members

187 reviews

3.8

Member: foggidawn

79

by Sherwood Smith

1,710 members

54 reviews

4.2

Member: quigui

80

In the Night Garden

by Catherynne M. Valente

1,695 members

76 reviews

4.2

Member: anglemark

81

1,047 members

23 reviews

3.9

Member: Soupdragon

82

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

by Gail Caldwell

893 members

62 reviews

4

Member: javagal

83

Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration

by Bert Hölldobler

540 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

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

329 members

11 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: cameling

85

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

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

227 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: hailelib

86

The Art of Disappearing

81 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

87

The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait

by Glenway Wescott

81 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

Dancing with Eternity

by John Patrick Lowrie

66 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

2,866 members

192 reviews

4

2 Members: 1morechapter, kara.shamy

91

The Sisters Brothers

by Patrick deWitt

4,738 members

340 reviews

3.9

2 Members: 1morechapter, Rchlwtsn

92

by Pearl S. Buck

15,323 members

290 reviews

4

2 Members: lahochstetler, ahef1963

93

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

12,604 members

246 reviews

3.9

2 Members: kara.shamy, Rchlwtsn

94

Tropic of Cancer

by Henry Miller

9,842 members

146 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: fundevogel

95

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

6,966 members

509 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: souloftherose

96

by Robin McKinley

5,995 members

252 reviews

4

Member: quigui

97

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen

3,116 members

231 reviews

4

Member: SylviaC

98

The Death of the Heart

by Elizabeth Bowen

1,921 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Soupdragon

99

The Last Werewolf

1,670 members

124 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: KimarieBee

100

1,533 members

77 reviews

3.9

Member: Edward

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