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New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2011

New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2011 names 10 books across 2 categories. 10 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. 11/22/63 by Stephen Kingsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Swamplandia! by Karen Russellsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Hendersonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbachsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obrehtsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. A World on Fire by Amanda Foremansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Arguably by Christopher Hitchenssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Malcolm X by Manning Marablesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brownsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemansource (opens in a new tab)

About the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

nytimes.com blocks automated reads, so counts come from Wayback Machine or archive.nytimes.com copies of each year's page; 2024 and 2025 are counted from Book Riot and Kirkus reports of the NYT list. Titles drop subtitles.

Organization: The New York Times. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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