books i've read: 2011

• The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
• E. B. White: A Biography by Scott Elledge
• Katharine and E. B. White: An Affectionate Memoir by Isabel Russell
• Howards End by E. M. Forster
• It Takes a Parent by Betsy Hart
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
• The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
• Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing, and Became an American Icon Along the Way by Leonard S. Marcus
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Pianist: The Extradordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Wladyslaw Szpilman
• Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
• La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
• One Small Boat: The Story of a Little Girl, Lost Then Found by Kathy Harrison
• Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
• The Orchard: A Memoir by Adele Crockett Robertson
• Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
• I Remember Nothing, and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
• Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
• The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
• One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
• Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
• At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
• Just Two More Bites: Helping Picky Eaters Say Yes to Food by Linda Piette
• Rereadings ed. by Anne Fadiman
• Safe Passage by Ida Cook
• Here Is New York by E. B. White
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
• Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish