For some years now, I've compiled a list of my favorite books that I read in the previous 12 months. I tuck this list into Christmas cards and my hairdresser posts it on her salon wall and copies it for customers, some of whom ask for it each year. Here's my list for 2011:
The Taliban Shuffle by Kimberly Barker
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
The Veganist by Kathy Freston
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
The Litigators by John Grisham
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
The White by Deborah Larsen
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
Wench by Valdez Dolen Perkins
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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great post-this list is always appreciated and have added the books I haven't read to my Amazon wish list
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