The Favs for 2011…

So, it’s the end of the year, and as you may be aware, us booky people love making lists. So, without further ado, here are my two lists, one for Fiction and one for Non-Fiction (along with Honorable Mentions)…

Fiction (in no particular order):

• The Stone Angel – Margaret Laurence  – 1993 (pre-blog)
• The Diary of an Ordinary Woman – Margaret Forster (2003) (pre-blog)
• Anne of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery (1908)
• The Diary of a Provincial Lady – E. M Delafield (1932)
• Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival (1993) – Velma Wallis

Honorable Mention for Fiction 2011:

• Emily, Alone – Stewart O’Nan (2011)
• Farewell Victoria – T. H. White (1933)

Non-Fiction (in no particular order):

• The Gentle Art of Domesticity: Stitching, Baking, Nature, Art and the Comforts of Home – Jane Brockett (2008) (pre-blog)
• The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Noble Prize Sperm Bank (2006) – David Plotz (pre-blog)
• The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth Century American Home – Steven Gdula (2008) (pre-blog)
• Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation (2009)– Elissa Stein and Susan Kim (pre-blog)
• The Assassin’s Cloak: An Anthology of the World’s Greatest Diaries (2003)  – ed. Irene and Alan Taylor

Honorable Mention for Non-Fiction 2011:

• Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves (2006)  – Adam Hochschild
• Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith  (2003)– Jon Krakauer
• The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic and how it Changed Science, Cities, and the World (2006) – Steven Johnson
• The Social Calendar – Anna Sproules
• Behind Closed Doors: Everyday Life in Georgian England – Amanda Vickery

Of course, this could well change before the end of the year, and I reserve the right to do that. :-)….