By vick

December 26, 2011 4:37 PM | Link to this

Karma, the best books regardless of publication date. That is a fabulous book. I interviewed Rebecca Skloot earlier this year. The paperback edition was issued in 2011. Great choice!

By KARMA

December 26, 2011 2:54 PM | Link to this

Not published 2011 but the best book I read this year was, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” Rebecca Skloot, writer. AMAZING!

By Page Turner

December 26, 2011 2:11 PM | Link to this

Better half says, “At the End of the Road” by Grant Jerkins. My picks: “The Devil of Nanking” (2004) by Mo Hayden and “Pacific Rims” (2010) by Rafe Bartholomew. I’ll have to check out “Unbroken.”

By Slightly Right

December 23, 2011 7:49 AM | Link to this

VicK, I agree with Bill. For me, it was without a doubt, “Unbroken”

By Theresa

December 22, 2011 10:37 PM | Link to this

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl. The abuses of sex selection techniques that will result in havoc for generations.

By Theresa

December 22, 2011 10:32 PM | Link to this

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl. The widespread abuse of sex selection and it’s consequences.

By Irishguy

December 22, 2011 9:48 PM | Link to this

The best book I read this year was actually published in 2008. “A Dawn Like Thunder” by Robert J. Mrazek. Definitely made me feel as if I was there.

By Mark from St. Paul

December 22, 2011 6:45 PM | Link to this

“Inside Scientology,” by Janet Reitman. A thorough look at one of this nation’s most opportunistic and shameless cults. Close runners up: Jeff Sharlet’s “The Family,” George R.R. Martin’s “A Dance with Dragons,” and, from 2010, John Burdett’s “The Godfather of Kathmandu.”

By Dave

December 22, 2011 3:55 PM | Link to this

My vote is for Terry Pratchett’s “A Hat Full of Sky.”

By Melissa

December 22, 2011 3:18 PM | Link to this

The best book I read this year was Maggie Quick by Eleanor Y. Stewart and Robert Rhodes who live in Middletown. It’s a great book for teens and adults alike.

By Ray

December 22, 2011 2:14 PM | Link to this

King’s “11/22/63” and Follett’s “Fall of Giants”

By RLN

December 22, 2011 11:01 AM | Link to this

Great books this year. My top few: The Prague Cemetray by Umberto Eco, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes and The Pale King by David Foster Wallace. The book I was most disturbed by this year-The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey.

By Brenda Crank

December 22, 2011 10:34 AM | Link to this

It’s a toss-up between “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter”, both of which were “can’t put ‘em down” kind of books.

By vick

December 22, 2011 10:31 AM | Link to this

This Sunday I’ll have my favorite 2011 fiction titles for you in this newspaper. Two of them are debut novels. Another was written by an old pro, it is his 30th novel.

By bill

December 22, 2011 8:22 AM | Link to this

Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. Louis Zamperini survived months on a raft in the Pacific, then years in a Japanese POW camp.

By lmj

December 21, 2011 10:34 PM | Link to this

The Night Circus or The Bee-Loud Glade