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2011 Best of Fiction: The Complete List (page 4)


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Cover art for RED ON RED
FICTION
Released: April 5, 2011

"A first novel sure to make the bestseller lists."
Nick Meehan is the job, the quintessential New York City PD detective, also one who's ironic and self-contained, intelligent and driven. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR
FICTION
Released: April 19, 2011

"A literary lark, at times too labored, that offers an amusing gloss on the publishing industry's recent problems with fakes."
Novelist Phillips (The Song is You, 2009, etc.) introduces a long-lost Shakespeare play, the titular Tragedy. This extraordinary find… Read full book review >
Cover art for GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
FICTION
Released: April 20, 2011

"That the novel is marked by authenticity is no surprise given Clark's credentials—she was, after all, lead prosecutor in the headline-grabbing O.J. Simpson trial—but what may surprise some readers is the quality of the writing, plus the considerable charm of Rachel and her buddies."
A corker of a debut novel in which a brainy, plucky female prosecutor refuses to rush to judgment. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE QUANTUM THIEF
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011

"Spectacularly and convincingly inventive, assured and wholly spellbinding: one of the most impressive debuts in years."
A sort of paranoid-conspiracy, hard sci-fi whodunit: the Scotland resident, Finnish author's jaw-dropping debut. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE YEAR WE LEFT HOME
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011

"A masterful wide-angle portrait of an Iowa family over three decades."
In Thompson's unforgettable, offbeat novel, an extended Iowa family struggles for emotional and economic stability over three decades, beginning with a modest Lutheran wedding in 1983 and ending with a bittersweet homecoming. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SNOWMAN
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett

"The smart, suspenseful cat-and-mouse game will remind some readers of Erik Skjoldbjærg's 1997 film Insomnia--and that's high praise indeed."
Erica Jong meets Stephen King meets, yes, Stieg Larsson in this superb thriller, the eighth by Norwegian mystery writer Nesbø. Read full book review >