We already listed the Washington Post‘s Top 10 books of the year, but their Sunday special section also lists their 50 notable fiction and nonfiction picks, along with their favorite kids books, photobooks, and more. The New Yorker‘s critics share their favorites of the year, about 40 books in all. The Seattle Times asked reviewers to “nominate the best book published in 2011 they reviewed for us, and the best book published in the past year that they read but didn’t review.” That yields 21 works of fiction and 11 nonfiction titles. The top vote-getters were The Sense of an Ending by […]