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Best Books of the Year!

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Whether a books is good is a personal call, but here are the best books of 2011 according to some well-known publications and critics. You'll find fiction and nonfiction selections in these lists. Any maybe you'll hook up with a good read for you!

Tigers wifeThe New York Times

The Washington Post

The Wall Street Journal Fiction

The Wall Street Journal Nonfiction

Slate

Salon

Publishers Weekly

Entertainment Weekly Novels

O Magazine Fiction

O Magazine Nonfiction

Esquire

BookPage

NPR Critic

And for those of you who know when to beat ‘em and when to fold ‘em, these cookbooks created quite a stir in 2011:

South cookbookNPR Best Cookbooks

Epicurious Best Cookbooks 2011

New York Times Notable Cookbooks

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  • Bookshelf: Books on New York History and Sweet-Tooth Outlets
  • Noted: Making a Word Meme
  • ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Unusual Immigrants in New York
  • ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Humans and Mutants Working Together
  • ArtsBeat: Anthologies That (Mostly) Stand the Test of Time

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