Algonquin Staff Picks of 2011
2011 was definitely a banner year for books. For this year’s roundup of our favorites, many of us selected Kevin Wilson’s hilarious and brilliant novel, The Family Fang. (Kevin, come back and visit us soon!) If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to add it to your list.
Happy holidays and happy reading to all!
Kelly Bowen, Publicity Manager
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
Megan Fishmann, Publicist
Blood, Bones & Butter, by Garbielle Hamilton
Townie, by Andre Dubus III
Blueprints for Building Better Girls, by Elissa Schappell
Elise Howard, Publisher, Books for Young Readers
Liesl and Po, by Lauren Oliver
Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai
Room, by Emma Donoghue
Lauren Moseley, Publicity Assistant
Galore, by Michael Crummey
Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith
Emily Parliman, Assistant to the Publisher
The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides
I Married You For Happiness, by Lily Tuck
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
Craig Popelars, Marketing Director
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davis
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
The Wave: In Pursuit of Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean, by Susan Casey
Kathy Pories, Senior Editor
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
Once Upon a River, by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bossypants, by Tina Fey
Shannon Ravenel, Editor at Large
Emily Alone, by Stewart O’Nan
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
Turn of Mind, by Alice LaPlante
Ina Stern, Associate Publisher
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
Michael Taeckens, Online and Paperback Marketing Director
The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
Pulphead, by John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht
Anne Winslow, Art Director
The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht
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Great list! I love that you posted it!! Thanks!
Great list! I love that you posted it!! Thanks!
Great list! I love that you posted it!! Thanks!
Hi folks,
I love the picks. It would be nice, however, to be able to click to a description of the book. Maybe to buy one…Great marketers like you guys must have thought about that.
I’ve never heard of ‘The Family Fang’. Now I’ll have to track it down. Great list!!
I’ve never heard of ‘The Family Fang’. Now I’ll have to track it down. Great list!!
I love when companies and/or bookies post staff picks. I’ve read 5 of the 23 books listed. I have The Night Circus on hold at the library and can’t wait to read it. After reading this The Family Fang has got to be on my To-Read List! Room is already on my reading list. Thanks for the post and yes, Happy READING!!!!
I love when companies and/or bookies post staff picks. I’ve read 5 of the 23 books listed. I have The Night Circus on hold at the library and can’t wait to read it. After reading this The Family Fang has got to be on my To-Read List! Room is already on my reading list. Thanks for the post and yes, Happy READING!!!!
You guys have great taste. Many of my faves on here, including Ready Player One, Blood Bones and Butter, Bossypants and Townie. Family Fang is on my TBR pile!
You guys have great taste. Many of my faves on here, including Ready Player One, Blood Bones and Butter, Bossypants and Townie. Family Fang is on my TBR pile!
Read and loved 7 out of the 23 titles listed here and there’s another half a dozen I’d really like to read! Solid list, friends!
Read and loved 7 out of the 23 titles listed here and there’s another half a dozen I’d really like to read! Solid list, friends!