The Most Notable Books of Fiction of 2011

The New York Times have printed this year's list of the 100 most notable books in America. Since we are notable for only concerning ourselves with fiction here's a catalog of the titles that belong to this genre:



The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillio

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy

11/22/63 by Stephen King

The Free World by David Bezmozgis

Ghost Lights by Lydia Millet

Gryphon by Charles Baxter

House of Holes by Nicholson Baker

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

The London Train by Tessa Hadley

Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles

My New American Life by Francine Prose

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

Parallel Stories by Peter Nadas


The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta

The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht. Read my review here

The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips

Train Dreams by Denis Johnson