I don't know if you are aware, but the time for giving gifts is nigh upon us! If you are like me, every year without fail, you are left scratching your head the week before wondering what to get and not understanding how the holidays snuck up on you. Again. Well, here is a helpful list of literary lovelies for your purchasing pleasure. All the books on the following list have been chosen as "best books" of 2011 by assorted, respected institutions. Happy Shopping!
- THE MOST DANGEROUS THING by Laura Lippman (Publishers Weekly, Amazon)
- GUY FIERI FOOD by Guy Fieri (Parade)
- REAMDE by Neal Stephenson (Amazon, Kirkus, USA Networks “Best Books of 2011,” Salon, Publishers Weekly “Best Cover 2011”, Reason)
- THE NINTH DAY by Jamie Freveletti (Suspense)
- ALOHA FROM HELL by Richard Kadrey (B&N, Top 5 Best Paranormal Fantasies of 2011)
- FOOD52 COOKBOOK by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs (National Public Radio, Washington Post “Top 10 Cookbooks of 2011”)
- EYES WIDE OPEN by Andrew Gross (Kirkus)
- CALL ME IRRESISTIBLE by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Library Journal)
- LEE KRASNER by Gail Levin (Wall Street Journal “Best of Art Books”)
- PALE DEMON by Kim Harrison (B&N, #1 Best Paranormal Fantasy of 2011)
- SILK IS FOR SEDUCTION by Loretta Chase (Library Journal, Dear Author “Best of 2011”)
- WHEN BEAUTY TAMED THE BEAST by Eloisa James (Library Journal, Dear Author “Best of 2011”)
- THE NIGHT ETERNAL by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (National Public Radio)
- GHOSTS BY GASLIGHT edited by Jack Dann & Nick Gevers (Publishers Weekly)
- LITTLE PRINCES: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan (Goodreads Readers Choice Award for Best Travel and Outdoors Book for 2011)
- GRAVEMINDER by Melissa Marr (Goodreads Best Horror Book of 2011)
- DRINKING WITH STRANGERS by Butch Walker (About.com’s list of the Best Heavy Metal Books of 2011)
- THE BREAKING by Marcus Pelegrimas (B&N, Top 5 Best Paranormal Fantasies of 2011)
- WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE by Julie Anne Long (Dear Author “Best of 2011”)
- THE AMOROUS EDUCATION OF CELIA SEATON by Miranda Neville (Dear Author “Best of 2011”)
– Annie