Here is a list of the most overlooked books of 2011, from the Galley-Cat site of MediaBistro, which I don't think you can get to without being a member. The links go to the Amazon page of each book. I've already found a few to put on my wish list (a little late, but you never know...)
You can also hear these discussed on NPR by going here.
Free Samples of the Most Overlooked Books of 2011The Curfew by Jesse Ball
The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier
The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Say Her Name: A Novel by Francisco Goldman
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale
Pym: A Novel by Mat Johnson
Widow: Stories by Michelle Latiolais
The Farmer’s Cookbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Making Cheese, Curing Meat, Preserving Produce, Baking Bread, Fermenting, and More by Marie W. Lawrence
World Enough & Time, On Creativity and Slowing Down by Christian McEwen
Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War by Deb Olin Unferth
The Long Goodbye: A memoir by Meghan O’Rourke
The Conference of the Birds by Peter Sis (no sample available)There But For The: A Novel by Ali Smith
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Habibi by Craig Thompson (no sample available)If You Knew Then What I Know Now by Ryan Van Meter
