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Here are the 11 books I read in 2011 and liked best in alphabetical order by author:

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA - Mikhail Bulgakov

STET - James Chapman

THE MARRIAGE PLOT - Jeffrey Eugenides

PORNOGRAFIA - Witold Gombrowicz

TICKNOR - Sheila Heti

NEVER LET ME GO - Kazuo Ishiguro

GRAVITY’S RAINBOW - Thomas Pynchon

HOME - Marilynne Robinson

SWAMPLANDIA! - Karen Russell

SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS - Bruno Schulz

WINTER’S BONE - Daniel Woodrell

The book I disliked most: THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie.

I had a really hard time making this list. 

Posted at 11:12am and tagged with: lit, one column,.

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  1. larrybtime said: you didn’t like the satanic verse? have you read midnight’s childeren? fantastic book, much easier going too. xD
  2. booksijustread posted this

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