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So, early last year I wrote this story about 11 must-reads for 2011. The other day, I checked the list and realized that I had a horrible literary batting average when it came to the must-reads of the year.

I read two of the 11. Hmmm, not so good. Though I loved the two I read — “The Tiger’s Wife” and “The Hunger Games” — and I did read a ton of books I absolutely loved this year that weren’t on our list (but that’s something for another blog).

Here’s a list of the original 11:

– “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by
Helen Simonson
– “A Discovery of Witches” by Deborah
Harkness
– “Super Sad True Love Story” by Gary
Shteyngart
– “The Tiger’s Wife” by Tea Obrecht
– “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen
– “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
– “Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and
Sweet” by Jamie Ford
– “The Middle Place” by Kelly Corrigan
– “Bonhoeffer: A Biography” by Eric
Metaxas
– “Same Kind of Different as Me” by Ron
Hall and Denver Moore
– “Lawrence: Survivors of Quantrill’s
Raid” by Katie Armitage

Did you read any of these books? What did you think? And what was your favorite book of the year — on our list or not?