Amazon.com Unveils Best Books of 2011 List and Names "The Art of Fielding" Best Book of the Year
From a Summary/Announcement:
This annual feature includes the Editors’ Picks for the Top 100 Books of the Year and Top 10 lists in more than two dozen categories, from Literature & Fiction to Children’s Picture Books to the new category Kindle Singles.
Set of All Lists: www.amazon.com/bestbooks2011.
List: Top 10 Editors’Picks for the Year
1. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
2. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
3. What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
4. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen
5. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
6. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
7. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
8. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
9. Lost in Shangri-La by Michael Zuckoff
10. The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
Set of All Lists: www.amazon.com/bestbooks2011.
See Also: New: Publisher’s Weekly Releases “Best Books of 2011″ Web App (November 8, 2011)
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