San Francisco Chronicle Best Fiction of 2011

1. 1. The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories by Don DeLillo Drag me to re-order

2. 2. The Barbarian Nurseries: A Novel by Héctor Tobar Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction by Elissa Schappell Drag me to re-order

4. 4. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy Drag me to re-order

6. 6. ? The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje Drag me to re-order

7. 7. The Empty Family: Stories by Colm Toibin Drag me to re-order

8. 8. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale Drag me to re-order

9. 9. Ghost Lights: A Novel by Lydia Millet Drag me to re-order

10. 10. The Great Night: A Novel by Chris Adrian Drag me to re-order

11. 11. The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen Drag me to re-order

12. 12. Habibi by Craig Thompson Drag me to re-order

13. 13. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky Drag me to re-order

14. 14. House of Holes by Nicholson Baker Drag me to re-order

15. 15. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Ladies and Gentlemen by Adam Ross Drag me to re-order

17. 17. The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga Drag me to re-order

19. 19. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta Drag me to re-order

20. 20. The London Train (P.S.) by Tessa Hadley Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories by Barry Hannah Drag me to re-order

22. 22. A Man of Parts by David Lodge Drag me to re-order

23. 23. The Marriage Plot: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides Drag me to re-order

24. 24. The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna Drag me to re-order

25. 25. A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles Drag me to re-order

26. 26. My New American Life: A Novel by Francine Prose Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Orientation: And Other Stories by Daniel Orozco Drag me to re-order

28. 28. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace Drag me to re-order

29. 29. Parallel Stories: A Novel by Péter Nádas Drag me to re-order

30. 30. Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt Drag me to re-order

31. 31. Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry: Stories (AWP) (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction) by Christine Sneed Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Salvage the Bones: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward Drag me to re-order

33. 33. Say Her Name: A Novel by Francisco Goldman Drag me to re-order

34. 34. The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst Drag me to re-order

35. 35. The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate Drag me to re-order

36. 36. Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel by Eleanor Henderson Drag me to re-order

37. 37. This Is Not Your City by Caitlin Horrocks Drag me to re-order

38. 38. Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel by Carol Edgarian Drag me to re-order

39. 39. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht Drag me to re-order

40. 40. Toxicology by Jessica Hagedorn Drag me to re-order

41. 41. The Tragedy of Arthur: A Novel by Arthur Phillips Drag me to re-order

42. 42. Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson Drag me to re-order

43. 43. Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante Drag me to re-order

44. 44. The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer Drag me to re-order

45. 45. We the Animals: A novel by Justin Torres Drag me to re-order

46. 46. We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser Drag me to re-order

47. 47. Widow: Stories by Michelle Latiolais Drag me to re-order

48. 48. A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion: A Novel by Ron Hansen Drag me to re-order

49. 49. You Think That's Bad: Stories by Jim Shepard Drag me to re-order

50. 50. In Zanesville: A Novel by Jo Ann Beard Drag me to re-order