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2011 Best of Fiction: The Complete List (page 3)


Cover art for THE OUTLAW ALBUM
FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2011

"Hard words and harsh trials from a writer who knows all too well the frozen ground he occupies."
Twelve spare, haunting and brutal slices of country noir from the genre's most gifted practitioner. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ
FICTION
Released: Oct. 3, 2011

"In rueful, witty, unpredictable and compassionate prose, Enright gives expression to subtle, affecting shades of human interaction."
An adulterous love affair and Ireland's financial collapse overlap in the consistently impressive latest from the Man Booker Prize winner. Read full book review >
Cover art for UNTIL THE DAWN'S LIGHT
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011

"A beautiful and affecting novel, Tolstoyan in its compassion for humanity."
Distinguished fiction by one of Israel's most prominent novelists. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE HUM AND THE SHIVER
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011

"A sheer delight."
Distinctive variation on the elves-among-us theme, from the author of Dark Jenny (2011, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for REAMDE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011

"Who'll prevail? We don't know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson's knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing yarn--most geeky, and full of satisfying mayhem."
Who lives by the joystick dies by the joystick: Noir futurist Stephenson (Anathem, 2008, etc.) returns to cyberia with this fast-moving though sprawling techno-thriller. Read full book review >
Cover art for BRIGHT AND DISTANT SHORES
FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011

"Beautifully researched and ripe with symbolism—an enthralling narrative peopled by characters both exotic and real."
Written with extraordinary literary grace, Smith's (The Beautiful Miscellaneous, 2007, etc.) third novel gleams as a gem of evocative historical fiction. Read full book review >