2011: The Best Books of this Year

What is everyone's obligatory coffee-table book this

Christmas time?

'Once the ritual traditions of giving are over, that quiet, becalmed period between New Year and Christmas is the perfect time for catching up on all the books you've missed during the year'.

After a rich year for fiction, the novel most likely to be placed under the Christmas tree will surely be Julian Barnes's Booker winner, The Sense of an Ending. The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes. In October 2011, The Sense of an Ending was awarded the Man Booker Prize. The following month it was nominated in the novels category at the Costa Book Awards / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_an_Ending/

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1. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Shangri-La

2. The Tiger's Wife: A Novel by Tea Obreht.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tiger's_Wife

3. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Garden_of_Beasts:_Love,_Terror,_and_an_American_Family_in_Hitler%27s_Berlin

4. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton.

http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/a-raging-appetite/\

5. The Tragedy of Arthur: A Novel by Arthur Phillips.

http://indigestmag.com/blog/?p=5297

6. Bossypants by Tina Fey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossypants

7. 22 Britannia Road: A Novel by Amanda Hodgkinson.

http://www.bookreviewsfor.com/22-britannia-road-a-novel-amanda-hodgkinson.html

8. Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel by S.J. Watson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_I_Go_to_Sleep

9. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonwalking_with_Einstein

10. Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kyung-sook