There were some great books put out this past year. The libraries have most of these -- I thought other readers might be interested in seeing what the venerable New York Times thought were the Top Ten books of 2011!

FICTION

The Art of Fielding
by Chad Harbach

11/22/63
by Stephen King

Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell

Ten Thousand Saints
by Eleanor Henderson

Not currently in the Lincoln City Libraries' collection.

The Tiger's Wife
by Tea Obreht

NON-FICTION

Arguably: Essays
by Christopher Hitchens [081 Hit]

The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son
by Ian Brown

Not currently in the Lincoln City Libraries' collection.

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
by Mannie Marable [Biography Malcolm]

Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman [153.44 Kah]

A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
by Amanda Foreman [973.71 For]