- Edgar Award nominees
- Austenprose: Top 20 Jane Austen-Inspired Books of 2011
- Comic Book Resources: Top 100 Comics of 2011
- Book of the Month Club Best Books of 2011
- GQ: Books of the Year
- Austin Chronicle: The Year in Books
- USA Today: 100 Best-Selling Books of 2011
- Booklist: The 10 Manliest Books of 2011
- Booklist: The Best Books for Women, 2011
- New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2011
- Powell’s Books: Staff Top 5s of 2011
- Booklist: Best Audiobooks for Book Groups
- Christian Science Monitor: Best Young Adult Novels 2011
- The Onion AV Club Best Books
- Lambda Literary Best LGBTQ books
- Huffington Post Best 11 Books of 2011
- National Post (Canada) Reader Favorites
- Tin House Best Debut Novels
- Rick Librarian: 2011 Books that Mattered
- USA Today Critics’ Favorites
- Montreal Mirror Best Books
- The Progressive Five Favorite Books
- Chicago Sun-Times Best Books
- Baseball America Best Baseball Books
- Miami Herald Best Books
- Lonely Planet Top Travel Titles
- Brain Pickings: Best Biographies and Memoirs
- Guardian: Best Short Story Collections
- American Management Association Best Books
- Shelf Life Best Music Books
- Best Leadership Books of 2011
- Early Word Best Book Spreadsheets
- Librarian Favorites TweetChat
- Village Voice Best Books
- Daily Beast Best Coffee Table Books
- San Francisco Chronicle Best 100 Books of 2011
- Critics’ Faves of 2011
- Washington Post: Best Audio Books
- Washington Post: Best Children’s Books
- Men’s Journal Best Nonfiction
- Houston ChronicleBest Books
- KirkusTop Book Covers
- Flavorwire: Best Debut Novels of 2011
- 25 Best Social Media Books
- Los Angeles librarians: Best Books
- Brain Pickings: Best Psychology and Philosophy
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Best Audiobooks
- NPR: Best Comics
- NPR: Best Celebrity Tell-Alls
- Christian Science Monitor: Best Poetry
- Salon: Overlooked Sci-Fi
- NPR: Best YA Books
- The Nation: Best Political Books
- Stevereads blog: Worst Nonfiction
- Critical Mass: Best Small Press Books
- Los Angeles Public Library: Best Young Adult
- Brain Pickings: Best History
- Wall Street Journal: Best Mysteries
- Wall Street Journal: Best Novels
- BookReporter Best Books
- Shelf Life: Best Memoirs and Biographies
- Boston Globe: Best Poetry
- Boston Globe: Best Nonfiction
- Boston Globe: Best Fiction
- Boston Globe: Best Books for Kids
- Cuyahoga County Public Library 2011 Picks
- New York Daily News Most Overrated
- NPR’s Best Historical Fiction
- New Yorker’s 2011 Favorites
- Washington Post: Best Political Books
- Wall Street Journal: Best Nonfiction
- Entertainment Weekly’s Best Novels
- USA Today Best Graphic Novels
- HuffPost Best Religion Books
- Washington Post Top 10 Cookbooks
- Most Beautiful Books of 2011
- Aggregation of Best Science Books (via Confessions of a Science Librarian)
- Vancouver Sun Best Books
- Nancy Pearl’s “7 Books with Personality”
- NPR’s Best SFF of 2011
- Best Romance Audio Books
- Maureen Corrigan’s 2011 Favorites
- NPR’s Best 10 Novels
- Washington Examiner Best Books
- Newsweek/Daily Beast Best Books
- Seattle Times Best Crime Books
- Seattle Times Best Books
- Best Picture Books (from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art)
- Brain Pickings’ 11 Best Science Books
- 2011 New and Notable Books about Africa
- Amazon’s 2011 Bestsellers
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Business Books
- Writers’ Favorite Books of 2011
- Kirkus Review’s Best Indie Books
- NPR’s Best Books for Book Clubs
- Best LGBT books: Quill & Quire
- The Economist Best Books
- Slate magazine Best Books
- Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Books
- Time Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books
- Indie Bestsellers 2011
- Washington PostBest Books
- Salon Best Fiction
- Best New Manga of 2011
- Goodreads Best Books
- Christian Science Monitor Best Nonfiction
- Mother Nature Network Best Green and Environmental Books
- Kirkus Best Nonfiction
- The Romance Reviews Best Romance
- San Francisco Book Review Best of 2011
- Audiofile Best Audio Books
- Toronto Star Top 100
- The Guardian Best Poetry 2011
- Barnes and Noble Best Books 2011
- The Observer Best Quirky Books
- Smithsonian.com Just One More Story Best Picture Books 2011
- Bookpage Best Books
- Esquire Magazine Best Books
- New York Times Notable Crime Books
- New York Times 100 Notable Children’s Books
- New York Times 100 Notable
- SLJ’s Best Books of 2011
- NPR Best Books of 2011
- The Guardian’s Books of the Year 2011
- Kirkus Reviews: Best Teen Books of 2011
- USA Today: Best from Indie Publishers in 2011
- Vampire Book Club: Best Books of 2011
- Globe and Mail: The Very Best of 2011
- NY Times: 100 Notable Books of 2011
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Business
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Science
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Humor
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Biography
- Wall Street Journal: Best of History
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Art
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Photography
- Wall Street Journal: Best of Books on Movies
- Kirkus Reviews: Best Children’s Books of 2011
- The Telegraph: Books of the Year 2011
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: The Top 10
- Library Journal: Best Books of 2011: More of the Best
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Mystery
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Thrillers
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: SF/Fantasy
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Romance
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Street Lit
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Historical Fiction
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Christian Fiction
- Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Women’s Fiction
- Library Journal: Librarians’ Best Books 2011
- National Book Award Winners
- Kirkus Reviews: 2011 Best of Fiction
- Publishers Weekly: Best Children’s Books of 2011
- Powell’s Books Holiday Gift Guide
- Amazon’s Top 100 Books of 2011
- Austin Public Library: Best Fiction of 2011
- Publishers Weekly: Top 10 Books of 2011
- Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011
- New York Times: 2011 Best Illustrated Children’s Books
- Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011
- Amazon: Best Books of the Year So Far
- Amazon: Best Books of the Year So Far, Top 10 by Category
- USA Book News: Best Books of 2011
- Booklist: Top 10 Horror
- Booklist: Top 10 Food Books
- Booklist: Top 10 First Novels
- Booklist: Top 10 Romance Fiction
- Booklist: Top 10 Biographies
- Booklist: Top 10 Graphic Novels
- Booklist: Top 10 Historical Fiction
- Booklist: Top 10 SF/Fantasy
- Booklist: Top 10 Horror Fiction
- Booklist: Top 10 Black History Nonfiction
- Booklist: Top 10 Food Books
- Booklist: Top 10 Literary Travel Books
- Booklist: Top 10 Crime Fiction Audiobooks
- National Book Award Finalists
- World Fantasy Award winners
- Edgar Award Winners
- National Book Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Awards
- Best Audio Books of 2011 So Far
Archive for the ‘Under the Radar’ Category
Best Books of 2011
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Notable Fall Books
Friday, October 21st, 2011- Amazon: Fall Books Preview
- Sacramento Bee: Fall Titles
- O Magazine: Fall Reading List
- Daily Beast: Must-Read Books for Fall
- Huffington Post: Most Anticipated Books of Fall
- Woman’s Day: 11 Must-Read Fall Books
- USA Today: Great Fall Novels of Mystery and Suspense
- Amazon: Great Mystery Novels for Fall
- Esquire: Best Fall Books
- Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs – pub date moved up
- Flavorwire: The Most Exciting Books Coming Your Way This Fall
- Christian Science Monitor: 20 Nonfiction Books You Don’t Want to Miss
- Christian Science Monitor: 12 Fiction Titles You Don’t Want to Miss
- Wall Street Journal: Fall Preview
- The Atlantic: 24 New Releases to Look Forward to This Fall
- Guardian: Top Books—Picks for Autumn
- USA Today: Browse Through This Fall’s Biggest Books
- Winnipeg Free Press: Fall Book Season
- New York Magazine: Books We’re Anticipating
- More: Editor’s Picks: The Hottest Fall Novels
- BookPage: 25 Most Anticipated Books for Fall
- The Milliions: Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2011 Book Preview
- Amazon: Fall Books Preview
- Library Journal: The Buzz on Fall Books
- Publishers Weekly: Fall Announcements
- Los Angeles Times: Fall Preview: Books
- Barnes & Noble: Coming Soon
- Reading Group Guides: Hot Book Club Titles: Fall, 2011
- ALA YALSA – Highly Anticipated Fall Reading
Notable Fall Books
Friday, August 26th, 2011- Wall Street Journal: Fall Preview
- The Atlantic: 24 New Releases to Look Forward to This Fall
- Guardian: Top Books—Picks for Autumn
- USA Today: Browse Through This Fall’s Biggest Books
- Winnipeg Free Press: Fall Book Season
- New York Magazine: Books We’re Anticipating
- More: Editor’s Picks: The Hottest Fall Novels
- BookPage: 25 Most Anticipated Books for Fall
- The Milliions: Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2011 Book Preview
- Amazon: Fall Books Preview
- Library Journal: The Buzz on Fall Books
- Publishers Weekly: Fall Announcements
- Los Angeles Times: Fall Preview: Books
- Barnes & Noble: Coming Soon
- Reading Group Guides: Hot Book Club Titles: Fall, 2011
- ALA YALSA – Highly Anticipated Fall Reading
Summer Reading Lists
Sunday, August 21st, 2011-
Daily Beast:Must-Read Books of the Fall
- Shelf Awareness: Fiction Picks for Summer
- NY Times: Summer’s Wine Titles
- Seattle Times – Best Summer Reading: Women’s Fiction
- io9’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading
- The Hottest Graphic Novels of the Summer
- Summer Reading for Entertainment Junkies
- Republican Presidential Candidates’ Beach Reading
- Great Writers Remember the Books That Made Their Summer
- Flavorwire: 10 YA Series to Devour This Summer
- Flavorwire: 10 Decidedly Highbrow But Still Beach-Appropriate Summer Reads
- Bookreporter.com: Summer Reading
- Guardian: Best Summer Reads—and Where to Read Them
- 5 Best Summer Indie Beach Reads
- Nicholas Kristof’s Mindful Page Turners
- Parade: 12 Books for Summer
- Summer Picks from a London Cabbie
- CNN Money’s Best Books for Beginning Investors
- NPR: Summer’s Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures
- Amazon’s 10 Best Books of 2011 So Far
- 20 Summer Reads from Jennifer Weiner & Harlan Coben
- Louisville Courier-Journal
- Chicago Sun Times
- The Atlantic: Thought-Provoking Books
- Arizona Star
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- O’s 2011 Summer Reading
- Nancy Pearl: 10 Terrific Summer Reads
- GQ: Book That Changed My Life
- Christian Science Monitor Nonfiction
- J. P. Morgan’s 2011 Summer Reading List
- Southern Independent Booksellers
- Flavorwire: Contemporary Short Novels for Summer
- Daily Beast
- NPR
- FlavorPill
- Christian Science Monitor Fiction
- Indie Booksellers
- Access Atlanta
- USA Today
- NY Times
- LA Times
- Telegraph
- NY Daily News
- Wired
- Good Housekeeping
- LJ: Shelf Renewal
- LJ: Men’s Summer Fiction
- LJ: Women’s Summer Fiction
- Largehearted Boy’s List of Lists
Summer Reading Lists
Sunday, August 21st, 2011- Shelf Awareness: Fiction Picks for Summer
- NY Times: Summer’s Wine Titles
- Seattle Times – Best Summer Reading: Women’s Fiction
- io9’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading
- The Hottest Graphic Novels of the Summer
- Summer Reading for Entertainment Junkies
- Republican Presidential Candidates’ Beach Reading
- Great Writers Remember the Books That Made Their Summer
- Flavorwire: 10 YA Series to Devour This Summer
- Flavorwire: 10 Decidedly Highbrow But Still Beach-Appropriate Summer Reads
- Bookreporter.com: Summer Reading
- Guardian: Best Summer Reads—and Where to Read Them
- 5 Best Summer Indie Beach Reads
- Nicholas Kristof’s Mindful Page Turners
- Parade: 12 Books for Summer
- Summer Picks from a London Cabbie
- CNN Money’s Best Books for Beginning Investors
- NPR: Summer’s Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures
- Amazon’s 10 Best Books of 2011 So Far
- 20 Summer Reads from Jennifer Weiner & Harlan Coben
- Louisville Courier-Journal
- Chicago Sun Times
- The Atlantic: Thought-Provoking Books
- Arizona Star
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- O’s 2011 Summer Reading
- Nancy Pearl: 10 Terrific Summer Reads
- GQ: Book That Changed My Life
- Christian Science Monitor Nonfiction
- J. P. Morgan’s 2011 Summer Reading List
- Southern Independent Booksellers
- Flavorwire: Contemporary Short Novels for Summer
- Daily Beast
- NPR
- FlavorPill
- Christian Science Monitor Fiction
- Indie Booksellers
- Access Atlanta
- USA Today
- NY Times
- LA Times
- Telegraph
- NY Daily News
- Wired
- Good Housekeeping
- LJ: Shelf Renewal
- LJ: Men’s Summer Fiction
- LJ: Women’s Summer Fiction
- Largehearted Boy’s List of Lists
Summer Reading Lists
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011- io9’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading
- The Hottest Graphic Novels of the Summer
- Summer Reading for Entertainment Junkies
- Republican Presidential Candidates’ Beach Reading
- Great Writers Remember the Books That Made Their Summer
- Flavorwire: 10 YA Series to Devour This Summer
- Flavorwire: 10 Decidedly Highbrow But Still Beach-Appropriate Summer Reads
- Bookreporter.com: Summer Reading
- Guardian: Best Summer Reads—and Where to Read Them
- 5 Best Summer Indie Beach Reads
- Nicholas Kristof’s Mindful Page Turners
- Parade: 12 Books for Summer
- Summer Picks from a London Cabbie
- CNN Money’s Best Books for Beginning Investors
- NPR: Summer’s Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures
- Amazon’s 10 Best Books of 2011 So Far
- 20 Summer Reads from Jennifer Weiner & Harlan Coben
- Louisville Courier-Journal
- Chicago Sun Times
- The Atlantic: Thought-Provoking Books
- Arizona Star
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- O’s 2011 Summer Reading
- Nancy Pearl: 10 Terrific Summer Reads
- GQ: Book That Changed My Life
- Christian Science Monitor Nonfiction
- J. P. Morgan’s 2011 Summer Reading List
- Southern Independent Booksellers
- Flavorwire: Contemporary Short Novels for Summer
- Daily Beast
- NPR
- FlavorPill
- Christian Science Monitor Fiction
- Indie Booksellers
- Access Atlanta
- USA Today
- NY Times
- LA Times
- Telegraph
- NY Daily News
- Wired
- Good Housekeeping
- LJ: Shelf Renewal
- LJ: Men’s Summer Fiction
- LJ: Women’s Summer Fiction
- Largehearted Boy’s List of Lists
Under the Radar: New Celebrity Memoirs
Saturday, May 28th, 2011- Judi Dench–And Furthermore
- Tina Fey–Bossypants
- Sammy Hagar–Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock
- Ashley Judd–All That Is Bitter and Sweet
- Rob Lowe–Stories I Only Tell My Friends
- Shirley MacLaine–I’m Over All That: And Other Confessions
- Steven Tyler–Does the Noise In My Head Bother You?
- Shania Twain–From This Moment On
- Dick Van Dyke–My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business
- Betty White–If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
Under the Radar: New Titles in Hot Series
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011- Kate Atkinson–Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie)
- Alan Bradley–A Red Herring without Mustard (Flavia de Luce)
- Jim Butcher–Ghost Story (Dresden Files)
- Anna Dean–A Gentleman of Fortune (Miss Dido Kent)
- Terry Goodkind–The Omen Machine (Sword of Truth)
- Charlaine Harris–Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse)
- Sherrilynn Kenyon–Retribution (Dark Hunter)
- Donna Leon–Drawing Conclusions (Commissario Guido Brunetti)
- Eric Lustbader–Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Dominion (Jason Bourne)
- Henning Mankell–The Troubled Man (Kurt Wallander)
- Alexander McCall Smith–Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency)
- Robert Parker–Sixkill (Spenser)
- James Patterson–10th Anniversary (Women’s Murder Club)
- Patrick Rothfuss–The Wise Man’s Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles)
- John Sandford–Buried Prey (Lucas Davenport)
- Jacqueline Winspear–A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs)
Under the Radar: New Historical Fiction
Sunday, May 15th, 2011- Jean Auel–The Land of Painted Caves
- Geraldine Brooks–Caleb’s Crossing
- Michael Crummey–Galore
- Margaret George–Elizabeth I
- Amanda Hodgkinson–22 Britannia Road
- Paula McLain–The Paris Wife
- Elle Newmark–The Sandalwood Tree
- Tea Obreht–The Tiger’s Wife
- Lori Roy–Bent Road
- Carol Wallace–Leaving Van Gogh
- Michael Wallner–The Russian Affair
Under the Radar: Wives Are All the Rage
Sunday, May 8th, 2011- Claire Avery–Hidden Wives
- Robert Goolrick–A Reliable Wife
- Kay Hooper–Rafferty’s Wife
- Paula McLain–The Paris Wife
- Sue Miller–The Senator’s Wife
- Audrey Niffenegger–The Time Traveler’s Wife
- Tea Obreht–The Tiger’s Wife
- Emily Perkins–Novel About My Wife
- Beth Powning–The Sea Captain’s Wife
- Titilola Alexandrah Shoneyin–The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
- Curtis Sittenfeld–American Wife









