Favorite Adult Fiction of 2011

Fiction
 

Unsaid by Neil Abramson
My American Unhappiness by Dean Bakopoulos
Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Sara's review and Sarah's review)
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides ( Sara's review)
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach ( Sara's review)
The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst ( Sara's review)
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Sarah's review)
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
The Submission by Amy Waldman
Zone One by Colson Whitehead ( Sara's review)
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield

Science Fiction and Horror

River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey ( Jessica's review)
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Embassytown by China Miéville ( Jessica's review)
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ( Jessica's review)
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
Mechanique by Genevieve Valentine ( Jessica's review)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Jessica's review)

Romance

The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper ( Jessica's review)
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Archangel’s Blade by Nalini Singh

Historical Fiction

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt ( Sara's review)
Elizabeth I by Margaret George
Doc by Mary Doria Russell (Sarah's review)
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland (Sarah's review)
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young

Mystery

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley ( Ingrid's review and Peg's review)
The Girl Who Disappeared Twice by Andrea Kane (Jessica's review)
Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens ( Jessica's review)