Seems like I'm discovering quite a few interesting 2011 releases in a variety of genres. For those looking for the new shiny, here is a non-chronological listing of 2011 books (and e-books) that I now own:
Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English
Alice LaPlante, Turn of Mind
Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time (already reviewed)
Glen Duncan, The Last Werewolf
Jesse Ball, The Curfew
Dana Spiotta, Stone Arabia
Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie
S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep
Jim Shepard, You Think That's Bad (collection)
Minister Faust, The Alchemists of Kush
Chris Adrian, The Great Night
David Albahari, Leeches
Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Rikki Ducornet, Netsuke
Nick Mamatas, Starve Better (non-fiction)
Helen Schulman, This Beautiful Life
Elanor Henderson, Ten Thousand Saints
Bradford Morrow, The Diviner's Tale
Giorgio Agamben, The Sacrament of Language: The Archaeology of the Oath (non-fiction)
J.M. McDermott, Never Knew Another
Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes
Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife
Steven Erikson, The Crippled God
R. Scott Bakker, The White-Luck Warrior
David Foster Wallace, The Pale King
Roberto Bolaño, Los sinsabores del verdadero policía (Spanish)
Jeff VanderMeer, The Compass of His Bones and Other Stories (collection)
Peter Beagle, Sleight of Hand (collection)
Tibor Moricz, O Peregrino (Portuguese)
Michael Cisco, The Great Lover
Jonathan Strahan, Eclipse Four
Roger Manley, Weird Tennessee (non-fiction)
Jeff VanderMeer, Monstrous Creatures (non-fiction essay collection)
China Miéville, Embassytown
Jeff VanderMeer and S.J. Chambers, The Steampunk Bible (non-fiction)
Inky Johnson, Inky: An Amazing Story of Faith and Perseverance (non-fiction)
Blake Butler, There Is No Year
David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band
Lila Azam Zanganeh, The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness (non-fiction)
Ben Loory, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day (collection)
Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law
Gail Carriger, Heartless
Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Witch
Umberto Eco, Confessions of a Young Novelist (non-fiction)
Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Maeve Gilmore and Mervyn Peake, Titus Awakes
George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
Lev Grossman, The Magician King
Phil Edwards and Lewis Carroll, Snooki in Wonderland: The Improved Classic
Tim Powers, The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (collection)
Juan Gabriel Vásquez, El ruido de las cosas al caer (Spanish)
Drew Magery, The Post-Mortal
There are a few other books lying about that I'll add to this list later this afternoon. With only a few exceptions, these are books that I've read and the others are those I plan on reading shortly. Think I might have some reason to think I'll have a comprehensive Best of 2011 selection based on the books listed here? Now to count up how many this actually is – certain it is at least 50.
Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English
Alice LaPlante, Turn of Mind
Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time (already reviewed)
Glen Duncan, The Last Werewolf
Jesse Ball, The Curfew
Dana Spiotta, Stone Arabia
Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie
S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep
Jim Shepard, You Think That's Bad (collection)
Minister Faust, The Alchemists of Kush
Chris Adrian, The Great Night
David Albahari, Leeches
Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Rikki Ducornet, Netsuke
Nick Mamatas, Starve Better (non-fiction)
Helen Schulman, This Beautiful Life
Elanor Henderson, Ten Thousand Saints
Bradford Morrow, The Diviner's Tale
Giorgio Agamben, The Sacrament of Language: The Archaeology of the Oath (non-fiction)
J.M. McDermott, Never Knew Another
Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes
Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife
Steven Erikson, The Crippled God
R. Scott Bakker, The White-Luck Warrior
David Foster Wallace, The Pale King
Roberto Bolaño, Los sinsabores del verdadero policía (Spanish)
Jeff VanderMeer, The Compass of His Bones and Other Stories (collection)
Peter Beagle, Sleight of Hand (collection)
Tibor Moricz, O Peregrino (Portuguese)
Michael Cisco, The Great Lover
Jonathan Strahan, Eclipse Four
Roger Manley, Weird Tennessee (non-fiction)
Jeff VanderMeer, Monstrous Creatures (non-fiction essay collection)
China Miéville, Embassytown
Jeff VanderMeer and S.J. Chambers, The Steampunk Bible (non-fiction)
Inky Johnson, Inky: An Amazing Story of Faith and Perseverance (non-fiction)
Blake Butler, There Is No Year
David Anthony Durham, The Sacred Band
Lila Azam Zanganeh, The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness (non-fiction)
Ben Loory, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day (collection)
Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law
Gail Carriger, Heartless
Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Witch
Umberto Eco, Confessions of a Young Novelist (non-fiction)
Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Maeve Gilmore and Mervyn Peake, Titus Awakes
George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
Lev Grossman, The Magician King
Phil Edwards and Lewis Carroll, Snooki in Wonderland: The Improved Classic
Tim Powers, The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (collection)
Juan Gabriel Vásquez, El ruido de las cosas al caer (Spanish)
Drew Magery, The Post-Mortal
There are a few other books lying about that I'll add to this list later this afternoon. With only a few exceptions, these are books that I've read and the others are those I plan on reading shortly. Think I might have some reason to think I'll have a comprehensive Best of 2011 selection based on the books listed here? Now to count up how many this actually is – certain it is at least 50.
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