Best Indie of 2011

Karen Schechner, Editor

One of my favorite parts about editing the Indie section at Kirkus is the amazing variety. We see every genre you can imagine-and some you probably never thought of (need to brush up on goat production, anyone?). Out of this menagerie (in alphabetical order) come the Best of Indie, books that caught our eye or blew our mind or touched our heart, some even earning Kirkus stars.

by Bret Lowery
by Nathan Allen
by John duVal

by Robert Orfali
by Russ Schneider
by Asim K. Dasgupta
by Colin Haskin
by Sherban Young

by Steven S. Drachman
by Chris Culler
by Damian Lawrence
by Wade Sikorski

by Wandering Meadowlark
by Dorie LaRue
by Curt Finch
by Richard Hébert

by Kathleen Flanagan Rollins
by Fredric Maffei
by Marilyn Mufson
by Carole Simpson
by Graham Parke

by John Paul Godges
by Raymond J. Learsy
by Clark Thomas Carlton
by Rick Elliott
by Neal Wooten

by Jane E.M. Robinson
by Kevin Glavin
by Elisabeth Stevens
by Dayna Hester

by Johnny Townsend
by Laurie Stevens
by Andrew Imbrie Dayton

by Michael Brooke
by Xavier James
by Mel Nicolai

by Sue Lange
by James Rouman
by Norman German
by Linda Johnson