Top Books of 2011

For the last week of the year, I am going to list top 10--more or less--lists for lots of categories. Today, it's books:

Favorite MG Books of 2011:
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Chris Moriarty

Favorite YA Books of 2011:
Huntress by Malinda Lo
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Pearl by Jo Knowles

Favorite Picture Books of 2011:
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan
Drawing From Memory by Allen Say

Favorite Adult Books of 2011:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin
Dead Air by James Goss (audiobook)
Among Others by Jo Walton
The Executioness by Tobias Buckell
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

Favorite books in a continuing series read this year:
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
The Demon's Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan
Red Glove by Holly Black
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
Darth Paper by Tom Angleberger
Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney