Top 100 Books of 2011

 LONGFELLOW BOOKS 2011 TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
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  1. The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley
  2. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
  3. City by the Sea by John Moon
  4. Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness by Donn Fendler and Ben Bishop
  5. The Help by Kathrynn Stockett
  6. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  7. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
  8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  9. American Nations by Colin Woodard
  10. Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr.
  11. Sex, Drugs and Blueberries by Crash Barry
  12. Tough Island by Crash Barry
  13. Just Kids by Patti Smith
  14. Made for You and Me by Caitlin Shetterly
  15. Portland Bike Map
  16. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
  17. The Sweet Relief of Missing Children by Sarah Braunstein
  18. Bossypants by Tina Fey
  19. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  20. The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
  21. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  22. This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman
  23. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
  24. Governor’s Travels by Angus King
  25. The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
  26. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
  27. Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler
  28. Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
  29. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  30. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
  31. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  32. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
  33. Portland by William Hobbell
  34. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
  35. The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron
  36. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
  37. God is Dead by Ron Currie, Jr.
  38. Swamplandia! by Karin Russell
  39. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
  40. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
  41. Townie by Andre Dubus III
  42. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
  43. Official Maine Staycation Manual by Dena Riegel
  44. Life Your Way by Amy Wood
  45. The Greater Journey by David McCullough
  46. The Farmyard Alphabet by Dahlov Ipcar
  47. The Eat Local Cookbook by LIsa Turner
  48. State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
  49. Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
  50. Quirk by Hannah Holmes
  51. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
  52. 1Q84 by Haruki Marukami
  53. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
  54. Sammy in the Sky by Barbara Walsh
  55. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  56. The Rhythm of Family by Amanda Blake Soule
  57. Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
  58. The Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
  59. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris
  60. Burning Soul by John Connolly
  61. Fury by Elizabeth Miles
  62. King Hugo’s Huge Ego by Chris Van Dusen
  63. One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer Fleming
  64. Then Again by Diane Keaton
  65. Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen
  66. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
  67. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
  68. Everything On It by Shel Silverstein
  69. Deering: A Social and Architectural History by William Barry *call to order
  70. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
  71. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
  72. Somalis in Maine by Kimberly Huisman
  73. Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer Holland
  74. Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard
  75. Room by Emma Donoghue
  76. The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
  77. At Home by Bill Bryson
  78. Other People We Married by Emma Straub
  79. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
  80. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
  81. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
  82. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
  83. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
  84. Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
  85. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
  86. The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
  87. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
  88. Jack Kennedy by Chris Matthews
  89. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
  90. Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington
  91. Death in Arcadia by Agnes Bushnell
  92. The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
  93. The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes
  94. Father of the Rain by Lily King
  95. Food Rules Illustrated by Michael Pollan and Maira Kalman
  96. Tiger by John Vaillant
  97. Wildwood by Colin Meloy
  98. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
  99. The Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
  100. Best American Short Stories 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks