In the past, my Black Monday extravaganza has been a bit obnoxious — multiple lists throughout the day — and I lost a few subscribers as a result. So, this year I’m placing the gift ideas all in one post. I’ve included a link to Amazon’s recommendations for the readers in your life and included the specific titles I either recommend myself, or hope to read soon. FYI, if you purchase books through my site (either my clicking on a title link or by using the search box on the right), I receive a bit of change 
No pressure, though!
Here were a few of my favorites that I think would appeal to many other readers…
and here are the titles on my list to Santa:
Best Debut Fiction
I LOVED The Weird Sisters and these two are on my TBR list:
Now that I work from home, I do not listen to audiobooks… but I do still record books for the blind in my basement so here are the books I would LOVE to read!
- Then Again by Diane Keaton
- Blue Nights by Joan Dideon
- Moonwalking With Einstein by Joshua Foer
- Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
- Malcolm X by Manning Marable
- Townie by Andre Dubus III
- My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe
- Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(in addition to Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef):- Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking by Nathan Myhrvold
- The Oxford Companion to Beer by Horst Dornbusch
- The Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook: 2,000 Recipes from 20 Years of America’s Most Trusted Cooking Magazine by America’s Test Kitchen
- Essential Pepin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food by Jacques Pepin
- Good Eats 3: The Later Years by Alton Brown
- Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas by Brad Thomas Parsons
- The Homesick Texan Cookbook by Lisa Fain
- Momofuku Milk Bar by Christina Fosi
- Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi
Now, these next three genres are not ones I read often, but I know many do! Here is a link to Amazon’s Best Mystery and Thrillers of 2011
Still haven’t found what you are looking for? Check out the rest of the best (25 genres!): Best of the Best 2011
