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What book that released for the first time in 2011 do you think was “The Book of the Year”? Since we know you may have trouble selecting just one, you can name up to three.

All answers will be posted on Friday, January 6th.

Karen R.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Miss Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Trez L. B.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. A very good book.

Lorraine C.
Blue Nights by John Didion The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides

Rosanne S.
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan Sister by Rosamund Lupton

Karen B.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Renee C.
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Bonnie M.
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Marilyn S.
The Dovekeepers be Alice Hoffman The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian Nightwoods by Charles Frazier

Beverly L.
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern When She Woke by Hillary Jordan Divergent by Veronica Roth

Linda W.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

James S., Ed.D.
Trust Me by George Kennedy

Merle H.
11/22/63 by Stephen King

Roy K.
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova

Reta K.
Cleaning Nabokov's House by Leslie Daniels 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Linda S.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Linda J.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Steve Jobs by Water Isaacson

Cathy M.
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Sue L.
All that I Am by Anna Funder The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman

Kathy C.
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

Harriet T.
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Sylvie N.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Susan J.
Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh The Paris Wife by Paula McLain V is for Vengence by Sue Grafton

Connie
The Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Murder Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Sharon O.
11/22/63 by Stephen King

Donna E.
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy

Sheldon F.
The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL by Eric Greitens The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific by Jeff Shaara Coup d'Etat by Ben Coes

Jacque W.
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Donna
11/22/63 by Stephen King Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson

Lisa
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Janet
A Trick of Light by Louise Penny Violets of March by Sarah Jio Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

Doris
11/22/63 Stephen King

Barbara J. S.
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Gretchen P.
The Discovery of Witches by Deborah E. Harkness

Phyllis Hartman
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Phyllis
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Veronica E.
The Time In Between by María Dueñas The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew White Truffles in Winter by N. M. Kelby

Katherine S.
Growing up Amish by Ira Wagler The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai 11/22/63 by Stephen King

MJB
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew

Shelley S.
Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf

Jack S.
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie The Litigators by John Grisham

Steven S.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Vinitha V.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Among Others by Jo Walton Carnal Innocence by Nora Roberts