November 2011

1) American Sphinx Joseph J. Ellis
2) Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
3) Home and Away Rachel Wetesteon
4) James Madison Richard Brookheiser
5) The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break Steven Sherill
6) The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard
7) Founding Brothers Joseph J. Ellis

October 2011

1) Washington Ron Chernow
2) Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov
3) Starwater Strains Gene Wolfe
4) 77 Dream Songs John Berryman
5) Split Images Elmore Leonard
6) John Adams David McCullough
7) The Bible Repairman Tim Powers

September 2011

1) Castleview Gene Wolfe
2) The Comedians Graham Greene
3) A History of the American People Paul Johnson
4) Black Swan Green David Mitchell
5) Nuclear Dawn James P. Delgado
6) The Book of the Dun Cow Walter Wangerin

August 2011

1) The secret agent Joseph Conrad
2) Despair Vladimir Nabokov
3) Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
4) The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories Angela Carter
5) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold John Le Carre
6) Skippy Dies Paul Murray
7) The Magician King Lev Grossman
8) Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy
9) A Fine and Private Place Peter S Beagle
10)Godric Frederick Buechner
11) The Big Bounce Elmore Leonard

July 2011

1)The Last Gentleman Walker Percy
2)A Soldier of the Great War Mark Helprin
3)A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
4)Stories Ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio
5)How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu
6) Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler
7) The Third Policeman Flann O'Brien
8) All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren
9) The Sunset Limited Cormac McCarthy
10) The Human Factor Graham Greene
11) Shriek: An Afterward Jeff Vandermeer

June 2011

1) A Fire in the Sun George Alec Effinger
2) The Wizard's Tide Frederick Buechner
3) The Exile's Kiss George Alec Effinger
4) Djibouti Elmore Leonard
5) Devil in the White City Erik Larson
6) Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain

May 2011

1) Til We Have Faces CS Lewis
2) The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell
3) Walking to Martha's Vineyard Franz Wright
4) Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
5) The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson
6) The Crossing Cormac McCarthy
7) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown
8) Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy
9) When Gravity Fails George Alec Effinger