The Most Anticipated Books For The Beginning Of 2011 (PHOTOS)

There are some amazing books to look forward to in the first quarter of 2011! There won't be a better book of fiction all year than Rana Dasgupta's Solo, and Colm Toibin, one of the world's master storytellers, is out with an incredible new story collection, The Empty Family. Look for the selected poems of Michael McClure, a poet who's been writing for 50 years and deserves more attention, and the selected poems of Tadeusz Rozewicz. As we head into the third year of the financial crisis, a number of books offer necessary perspectives on global economics, financial regulation, and the balance of power heading into the future. There is a Humphrey Bogart biography, Joyce Carol Oates's memoir on widowhood, Andre Dubus's memoir, a book on the gospel of Oprah, a J. D. Salinger biography, and books on the continuing chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Rana Dasgupta, 'Solo' (Houghton Mifflin Harcoourt, Feb. 1)

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[Jason N]

04:30 PM on 02/03/2011

A few of the non-fictions look ok, I'll probably check out Prophets of War. The rest look rather dull to be honest.

[Gary137]

11:39 AM on 01/07/2011

I've read review copies of The Paris Wife by Paula McClain, a novel about Hemingway's first wife and Salinger by Kenneth Slawenski a biography of the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Both are excellent and will be published in the first quarter of 2011.

[PathofTotality]

04:04 PM on 01/03/2011

World Wide Mind looks good but I'm more exicted about the two vintage Michael Moorcock books I ordered over Christmas.

[The Iron Cage]

03:59 PM on 01/02/2011

Nothing about David Foster Wallace? His posthumous, unfinished novel, "The Pale King," comes out in April. I think the 15th.

[Leviathan21]

11:22 AM on 01/02/2011

I believe Julian Assange's former no.2 man is also writing a memoir that is coming out in February. That will certainly be one of the most anticipated books of early 2011.

[sufi66]

10:56 AM on 01/02/2011

Hype, pure and simple.

[shangrolah]

04:41 AM on 01/02/2011

Lots of good political books, demonstrating that small publishers like the New Press and Nation books still running strong,,,,

[RhiannonRings]

11:33 PM on 01/01/2011

New Mo Hayder in March....

[CHMB]

07:12 PM on 01/01/2011

I'd love to know when the sequel to The Passage is coming out.

[Jason N]

04:28 PM on 02/03/2011

SEQUEL!?!?! Yes I would too.

[bisbeeornotbisbee]

05:30 PM on 01/01/2011

Too bad they didn't put a one or two sentence blurb explaining each book. 
 
If J. Hoberman's new book reads anything like "Bridge of Light", it'll be great!  That's the one which stood out the most to me.  I'm really looking forward to it, Jim!

[Cedman]

05:51 PM on 01/01/2011

I hear ya! I sure would have liked to have seen some sort of synopsis of these titles.

[deepintheheartoftejas]

02:37 PM on 01/01/2011

George RR Martin's A Dance with Dragons. Will it finally be published this year?

[MaybeMilo]

07:37 AM on 01/02/2011

Nobody knows, but we can hope. With the "mini-series" coming out - ?

Patrick Rothfuss' next is due in the Spring, however, so there's something to look forward to, in that vein.

[David Keith]

11:30 AM on 01/03/2011

I've given up on Martin. It's just been too long. I can't see him ever finishing the series. I'm certainly not going to read another volume, until the series is finished.

Guess Rothfuss is the biggest Fantasy book for 2011. I'm ready for it!

[David Keith]

12:59 PM on 01/01/2011

OK y'all got the "Depressing" Genre covered. How about some great entertainments?

Not sure how these were picked but I doubt if these selections are the most anticipated books of the year by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm looking forward to Patrick Lee's sequel to "The Breach", called "Ghost Country. New novels by A. Lee Martinez, Robert Charles Wilson, Robert J. Sawyer, Dean Koontz, Daniel H. Wilson's "Robopocalypse", Richard K. Morgan's "The Cold Commands", Dan Simmons' "Flashback", Chris Roberson and Mike Allred's "iZombie", Preston and Child's new books, Patrick Rothfuss, Chris Evans' Iron Elves sequel, Paul Malmont's sequel to "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril", as well as keeping up with the new release from Marvel and DC comics.

Personally, I'm not much of a TV watcher so reading is my prime entertainment. I like to escape into another world. Not all "important" books are doomy and gloomy.

[c-tom]

12:22 AM on 01/02/2011

The headline should read "anticipated by those in in a writing program or who already have their MFA ".

[MaybeMilo]

07:38 AM on 01/02/2011

I was kind of thinking the same thing, with all due respect.

[Jason N]

04:28 PM on 02/03/2011

Ghost Country's out already. I have the ebook on my Kindle, haven't started it yet, in the middle of The Ruins.

[naschkatze]

11:39 AM on 01/01/2011

I'm reading Karin Fossum's new book Broken. It's quite different from her Inspector Sejer police procedurals. As someone writes on the blurbs, it's very much in the vein of Patricia Highsmith.

[El Saltine]

02:46 AM on 01/01/2011

0 for 39, not one book on this list would I read.

[princessk]

10:38 PM on 12/31/2010

My most anticipated book for 2011 is "V is for...." by Sue Grafton. I hope I'm not disappointed.

[RhiannonRings]

11:34 PM on 01/01/2011

I'm waiting for that too...I miss her old VW, though!

[princessk]

03:13 PM on 01/02/2011

Yes, the blue bug...I miss it, too!