As I’ve done in previous years, I’ve created a list of the best books I read in 2011. Click the title to read my review. Enjoy!

1. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
2. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (reread)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (reread)
4. State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
5. Words in the Dust, Trent Reedy
6. The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, Ann Weisgarber
7. The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff
8. The Wedding Officer, Anthony Capella
9. Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok
10. The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay, Beverly Jensen
11. You Believers, Jane Bradley
12. Midnight at the Dragon Café, Judy Wong Bates
13. After You, Julie Buxbaum
14. Pomegranate Soup, Marsha Mehran
15. Hardball, Sara Paretsky
16. Backseat Saints, Joshilyn Jackson
17. House Rules, Jodi Picoult
18. Bitter Bitch, Maria Sveland
19. Faith, Jennifer Haigh
20. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, Lorna Landvik
21. Wishin’ and Hopin’, Wally Lamb
22. Wild Ride Up the Cupboards, Ann Bauer
23. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
24. Mink River, Brian Doyle
25. The Book of Fires, Jane Borodale
26. Bad Marie, Marcy Dermansky
27. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: Or on the Segregation of the Queen, Laurie R. King
28. The Gilded Chamber, Rebecca Kohn
29. South of Broad, Pat Conroy
30. Operation Bonnet, Kimberly Stuart
31. Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
32. Attack of the Theater People, Marc Acito
33. The Ruins of Gorlan, John Flanagan

1. Knowing Jesse: A Mother’s Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss, Marianne Leone
2. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
3. Drama: An Actor’s Education, John Lithgow
4. It Takes a Worried Man, Brendan Halpin
5. The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, Wendy McClure
6. Touching the Void, Joe Simpson
7. Growing Up Laughing, Marlo Thomas
8. The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace, Shaunti Feldhahn
9. Bossypants, Tina Fey
10. Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention, Katherine Ellison
11. Saving Graces, Elizabeth Edwards
12. Laughing without an Accent, Firoozeh Dumas
13. Up the Capitol Steps: A Woman’s Guide to the Governorship, Barbara Roberts
14. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua
15. Cockeyed, Ryan Knighton
16. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields
17. Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering, Meredith Baxter
18. Letters to My Daughter, Maya Angelou
19. That Day in September, Artie Van Why
20. In Stitches, Anthony Youn