What I Read in 2011

These are ranked in order of what I would recommend to a general audience.

You can see how I ranked them on Goodreads here.

I’d be curious to learn your favorite books from 2011 (comment below).

(These links are Amazon affiliate links, meaning that if you click the link to purchase, Amazon will give me a few cents but it doesn’t cost you any extra.)

1. FreedomShift: 3 Choices to Reclaim America’s Destiny by Oliver DeMille
2. Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
3. L.I.F.E. Living Intentionally For Excellence by Chris Brady & Orrin Woodward
4. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
6. The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
7. Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
8. Aspire!: Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words by Kevin Hall
9. Resolved: 13 Resolutions for LIFE by Orrin Woodward
10. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zuzak
11. Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker, #3) by Orson Scott Card
12. Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Maker, #4) by Orson Scott Card
13. Heartfire (Tales of Alvin Maker, #5) by Orson Scott Card
14. The Crystal City (Tales of Alvin Maker #6) by Orson Scott Card
15. Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
16. The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey by John Eldredge
17. What difference do it make? – Stories of Hope and Healing by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
18. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
19. The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation by Robert Grudin
20. Beyond Capitalism & Socialism: A New Statement of an Old Ideal edited by Tobias Lanz
21. The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc
22. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
23. One Second After by William Forstchen
24. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg
25. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
26. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
27. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks
28. What All The World’s A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness by Ralph Waldo Trine
29. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
30. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
31. Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson
32. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
33. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
34. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
35. There Is No Death: The Extraordinary True Experience by Sarah Lanelle Menet
36. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
37. Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert
38. Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) by Isaac Asimov
39. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
40. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
41. Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
42. The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money by P.T. Barnum
43. Fire in the Soul: 100 poems for human rights edited by Dinyar Godrej
44. Poem a Day Volume 3 edited by Retta Bowen
45. Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner
46. The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties by William J. Doherty
47. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
48. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
49. Room by Emma Donoghue
50. The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First
51. Century by James Howard Kunstler
52. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
53. Unzipped: A Portable Guide to the Anatomy of the Female Customer by Michele Miller
54. Fascinate: Unlocking the 7 Secret Triggers of Influence, Persuasion, and Captivation by Sally Hogshead
55. The Copywriter’s Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert Bly
56. The Zigzag Principle: The Goal Setting Strategy that will Revolutionize Your Business and Your Life by Rich Christiansen
57. I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Terrence Real
58. Sudden Fiction edited by Robert Shapard
59. Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results by Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg
60. Persuasive Online Copywriting: How to Take Your Words to the Bank by Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg
61. Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
62. Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen
63. Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization by Michael Tierno
64. Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen