Books Read in 2011

Following is a list of the books I read in 2011. My top 10 favorites are in bold. Links to my reviews of these books, and all of the books I have reviewed on my blog, are provided on the My Reviews page.

1. Blue by Lou Aronica
2. When Pigs Fly by Bob Sanchez
3. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
4. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
5. Repairing Rainbows by Lynda Fishman
6. The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
7. Murder on the Down Low by Pamela Samuels Young
8. Room by Emma Donoghue
9. The Shepherd by Ethan Cross
10. Final Vector by Alan Leverone
11. Elephant Talk by Ann Downer
12. Zero Day by Mark Russinovich
13. My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
14. Spinning by Michael Baron
15. Fifo "50 States" by Hayley Rose
16. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
17. Serena by Ron Rash
18. Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices
19. In the Lap of the Gods by Li Miao Lovett
20. The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness by Brianna Karp
21. Moonwalking with Einstein by Josh Foer
22. Amazing Crayon Drawing with Lee Hammond
23. Complete Guide to Walt Disney World by Julie and Mike Neal
24. Aliens on Vacation by Clete Smith
25. The Mis-Adventures of Phillip Isaac Penn by Donna Peterson
26. The Pharos Objective by David Sakmyster
27. The Raising by Laura Kasischke
28. Blood Trust by Eric Van Lustbader
29. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
30. A Game of Character by Craig Robinson
31. A Call for a New Alphabet by Jef Czekaj
32. The Genius Files by Dan Gutman
33. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
34. Dead Barchetta by Kathryn Lively
35. Island Girl by Lynda Simmons
36. Counting from Zero by Alan B. Johnston
37. Flesh and Bones by Paul Levine
38. Simply Genius! by Ervin Laszlo
39. Predators of Darkness: The Aftermath by Leonard D. Hilley II
40. A New Prospect by Wayne Zurl
41. Murder in the 11th House by Mitchell Scott Lewis
42. Listen by Rene Gutteridge
43. Sabbath by Wayne Muller
44. What Language Is by John McWhorter
45. The Rules of the Tunnel by Ned Zeman
46. The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
47. The Summoner by Layton Green
48. The Egyptian by Layton Green
49. That Day in September by Artie Van Why
50. Just My Type by Simon Garfield
51. Revenge: A Travis Mays Novel by Mark Young
52. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
53. The Homeplace Revisited by William Leverne Smith
54. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
55. The Sandburg Connection by Mark de Castrique
56. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
57. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
58. Beyond the Darkness by Leonard D. Hilley, II
59. Commune of Women by Suzan Still
60. The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen
61. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
62. Before the Last All Clear by Ray Evans
63. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
64. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
65. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
66. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
67. 140 Characters by Dom Sagolla
68. Jacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett
69. The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
70. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
71. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See