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Best of 2011: 3 More Lists

Yes, the lists just keep coming. Here are 3 more from NPR: Fired Up: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Fantasy Here are five of the best, most interesting, most mutated science fiction and fantasy novels published this year. A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of

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32 of the year’s best books | Seattle Times

Books | 32 of the year’s best books | Seattle Times Newspaper Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn is a bit of a rebel when it comes to these annual book lists. Here’s how she introduces this one:   Before I share The Seattle Times list of 2011’s most worthy books, I’m going to

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Conversation Starters: 2011’s Top 5 Book Club Picks : NPR

Conversation Starters: 2011’s Top 5 Book Club Picks : NPR. “Here are five fascinating books that will be sure to catalyze serious and lively conversation”: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes We the Animals by Justin Torres Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak

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Best Books of 2011: Two More Lists

Booksellers’ Picks: Catch The Year’s Freshest Reads This winter, our independent booksellers have selected books that range in subject from toasters to typeface, odd bookmarks to old Volkswagens, department stores to pasta design. Whether you need a picture book for a toddler, kid lit for a young reader, or quirky nonfiction for the grown-up set,

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The best nonfiction of 2011

The best nonfiction of 2011 – Books – Salon.com Our favorite nonfiction spanned centuries and the world, and told stories of writers, princesses and great thinkers As promised yesterday, Salon’s Laura Miller today presents her list of the five best nonfiction books of the year: Townie by Andre Dubus, III Love and Capital: Karl and

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