My Favorite Books of 2011 | Michael Patrick Brady

My Favorite Books of 2011

9. James Joyce: A Life
Edna O’Brien
(My Review @ PopMatters | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


8. Blood Work
Holly Tucker
(My Review @ PopMatters | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


7. Confessions of a Young Novelist
Umberto Eco
(My Review @ PopMatters | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


6. Becoming Dickens
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
(My Review @ Boston Globe | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


5. Why Marx Was Right
Terry Eagleton
(My Review @ PopMatters | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


4. Capitalist Revolutionary: John Maynard Keynes
Roger E. Backhouse and Bradley W. Bateman
Buy At Amazon


3. Broken Irish
Edward J. Delaney
(My Review @ Boston Globe | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


2. An Unfinished Revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln
Robin Blackburn
(My Review @ PopMatters | Blog)
Buy At Amazon


1. Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
Ben Loory
(My Review @ Boston Globe | Blog)
Buy At Amazon

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In Rotation

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower - Marcel ProustLolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Traveler of the Century by Andres NeumanNorumbega Park by Anthony Giardina

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, Translated by Lydia DavisJames Joyce, A Life by Edna O'Brien

420 Characters by Lou BeachSaladin by Anne Marie Edde

Becoming Dickens by Robert Douglas-FairhurstBroken Irish by Edward J. Delaney

Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Ben LooryAn Unfinished Revolution - Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln by Robin Blackburn

There is Power in a Union by Philip DrayWhy Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton