Favorites of 2011: Fiction

56 of the books I read in 2011 were fiction. Naturally, I had a much harder time choosing my favorites this year. After some tough decisions, here’s what I came up with. The first three are my absolute favorites of the year. I didn’t rank the rest; everything after the jump is listed in alphabetical

Lamb

David Lamb is a middle aged man who is flailing through a difficult period in his life: his marriage has disintegrated, his career is on thin ice following an affair with a coworker, and his father has just passed away. One day he crosses paths with an eleven year old girl named Tommie, whose so-called