My Books of the Year 2011

A Listmania! list by elbuho (Holland)
 
Better Angels of Our Nature
1.  Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
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  "Mind-alteringly good assessment of violence through the ages"
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Europe: A History
2.  Europe: A History by Norman Davies
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  "Looks at the broad sweep of the history of Europe without focusing on one region or retrofitting the facts to any pet theory"
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Written in Stone
3.  Written in Stone by Brian Switek
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  "Fascinating look at fossils and what they tell us"
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And It's Goodnight from Him . . .: The Autobiography of the Two Ronnies
4.  And It's Goodnight from Him . . .: The Autobiography of the Two Ronnies by Ronnie Corbett
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  "Goes behind the scenes of a show that played a large role in my childhood"
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Our Kind of Traitor
5.  Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré
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  "Another solid (but not spectacular) novel by le Carré"
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
6.  The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
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  "Many AHA moments in this!"
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Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
7.  Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper
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  "A cautionary tale for other media industries"
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The Grand Design
8.  The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
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  "M-theory solves almost all of physics' current problems. Expect it to take over soon."
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
9.  The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
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  "The brain is a fascinating thing"
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Believing Brain, The
10.  Believing Brain, The by Michael Shermer
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  "Ditto"
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The Psychopath Test
11.  The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
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  "And again"
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Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
12.  Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane
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  "The first half of each chapter is very interesting, but Lane tends to get bogged down in detail in the 2nd half"
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
13.  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
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  "I don't agree with all his conclusions, but the histories of societal collapses make it a very interesting read"
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Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
14.  Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith by Mark E. Smith
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  "Not a huge Fall fan, but I knew this was going to be good"
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An Optimist's Tour of the Future
15.  An Optimist's Tour of the Future by Mark Stevenson
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  "This was a good read, slightly more lightweight than I was expecting"
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God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
16.  God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette
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  "Memoir rather than solid atheist polemic. Nice easy read."
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