Chicago Tribune book reviews 2011

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Abramson, Jill "The Puppy Diaries," Nov. 3, 2011.
Abu-Jaber, Diana "Birds of Paradise," Nov. 11, 2011.
Adler, William M. "The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon," Oct 23, 2011.

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Bahr, Iris "Machu My Picchu: Searching for Sex, Sanity, and a Soul Mate in South America," Oct. 18, 2011.
Baker, Deborah "The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism," June 1, 2011.
Ball, Jesse "The Curfew," June 20, 2011.
Ballard, J.G. "Millennium People," July 24, 2011.
Banks, Ralph Richard "Is Marriage for White People?," Oct. 17, 2011.
Barker, Kim "The Taliban Shuffle," May 6, 2011.
Berry, Jason "Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church," August 17,2011
"Best American Short Stories 2011," Oct 1, 2011.
Bogle, Donald "Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters," Feb. 13, 2011.
Bronk, Robin and Brian Smith "Art & Soul: Stars Unite to Celebrate and Support the Arts,"Oct 23, 2011.
Brooks, Geraldine "Caleb's Crossing," June 10, 2011.
Bowden, Mark "Worm: The First Digital World War," Nov. 14, 2011.

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Campbell, Bonnie Jo "Once Upon a River," Aug. 6, 2011.
Carlos, John "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World," Sept. 30, 2011.
Cheney, Dick "In My Time," Sept. 13, 2011.
Child, Lee "The Affair," Nov. 18, 2011.
Clancy, Tom "Locked On," Dec. 30, 2011.
Clinton, Bill "Back to Work," Nov. 11, 2011.
Common "One Day It'll All Make Sense," Dec. 19, 2011.

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Davis, Wade "Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest," Dec. 30, 2011.
Delbanco, Nicholas "Lastingness: The Art of Old Age," Feb. 14, 2011.
DeLillo, Don "The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories, Dec. 14, 2011.
Di Robilant, Andrea "Irresistible North," Dec. 30, 2011.
Didion, Joan "Blue Nights," Nov. 30, 2011.

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Ebert, Roger "Life Itself: A Memoir," Sept. 24, 2011.
Elliot, Franki "Piano Rats," Oct. 14, 2011.
Ephron, Amy "Loose Diamonds...and Other Things I've Lost (and Found) Along the Way," Dec. 30, 2011.
Eugenides, Jeffrey "The Marriage Plot," Oct 15, 2011.

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Fey, Tina "Bossypants," April 14, 2011.
Fuller, Jack "What is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism," Jan. 7, 2011.

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Gabrielsson, Eva ""'There Are Things I Want You to Know' About Stieg Larsson and Me," July 22, 2011.
Gibson, Tyrese "How to Get Out of Your Own Way," Aug. 10, 2011.
George, Nelson "The Plot Against Hip Hop," Dec. 31, 2011.
Greenblatt, Stephen "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," Nov. 25, 2011.
Grisham, John "The Litigators, Nov. 11, 2011.
Goldberg, Whoopi "Is it me? Or is it nuts out there?," Sept. 10, 2011.
Goldman, Francisco "Say Her Name," July 22, 2011. (Reviewed jointly "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" by Oscar Hijuelos.)
Guinn, Jeff "The Last Gunfight," June 10, 2011. (Reviewed jointly with "Doc" by Mary Doria Russell.)
Gup, Ted "A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness - and a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression," Feb. 14, 2011.

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Hamill, Pete "Tabloid City," June 10, 2011.
Harbach, Chad "The Art of Fielding," Sept. 24, 2011
Harris, Charlaine "Dead Reckoning: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel," July 1, 2011.
Harper, Hill "The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place," Oct. 4, 2011.
Harvey, Michael "We All Fall Down," Aug. 6, 2011.
Heathcock, Alan "Volt: Stories," June 1, 2011.
Hellman, Libby Fischer "Set the Night on Fire," Dec. 26, 2010.
Helwig, Terry "Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir," Oct. 7, 2011.
Hitchens, Christopher "Arguably: Essays," Oct. 7, 2011.
Hijuelos, Oscar "Beautiful Maria of My Soul," July 22, 2011. (Reviewed jointly with "Say Her Name" by Francisco Goldman.)

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Isaacson, Walter "Steve Jobs," Oct. 28, 2011.

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Jones, Tayari "Silver Sparrow," Sept. 24, 2011.

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Keaton, Diane "Then Again," Dec. 14, 2011.
King, Stephen "11/22/63, Nov. 4, 2011.
Klosterman, Chuck "The Visible Man," Oct. 27, 2011.

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Laken, Valerie "Separate Kingdons: Stories," Feb. 14, 2011.
Lavin, Maud "Push Comes to Shove: New Images of Aggressive Women," March 7, 2011.
Lynch, Thomas, "The Sin-eater: A Breviary," Sept. 21, 2011.

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Maher, Bill "The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass," Dec. 20, 2011.
Mailer, Norman and Bert Stern "Norman Mailer, Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe," Dec. 17, 2011.
Makkai, Rebecca "The Borrower," June 20, 2011.
Mankell, Henning "The Troubled Man: A Kurt Wallander Novel."
Masello, Robert "The Medusa Amulet."
Massie, Robert K. "Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman," Dec. 14, 2011.
McGinniss, Joe "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," Sept. 15, 2011.
McKinney, Megan "The Magnificent Medills: America's Royal Family of Journalism During a Century of Turbulent Splendor," Nov. 25, 2011.
McWhirter, Cameron "Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America," Nov. 18, 2011.
Meisler, Stanley "When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and its First Fifty Years," April 22, 2011.
Montefiore, Simon Sebag "Jerusalem: The Biography," Dec. 17, 2011.
Murakami, Haruki "1Q84," Oct. 23, 2011.

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Naifeh, Steven "Van Gogh: The Life," Dec. 6, 2011.
Nunez, Sigrid "Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag," May 6, 2011.

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O, The Oprah Magazine editors "O's Best Advice Ever!," Oct. 17, 2011
Obreht, Tea "The Tiger's Wife," April 15, 2011.
Orner, Peter "Love and Shame and Love," Nov. 11, 2011.
O'Rourke, P.J. "Holidays in Heck," Dec. 14, 2011.

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Patchett, Ann "State of Wonder," July 1, 2011.
Phillips, Carl "Double Shadow: Poems," March 7, 2011.
Powers, Thomas "The Killing of Crazy Horse," Jan. 14, 2011.

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Reitman, Janet "Inside Scientology," July 1, 2011.
Rice, Condoleeza "No Higher Honor," Nov. 11, 2011.
Ribowsky, Mark "Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports," Nov. 25, 2011.
Rodi, Robert "Seven Seasons in Siena," Sept. 10, 2011.
Spring romance novel "reviews," April 18, 2011.
Summer romance novel "reviews," June 20, 2011.
Summer romance novel "reviews: Part 2," July 28, 2011.
Fall romance novel "reviews," Nov. 23, 2011.
Russell, Mary Doria "Doc," June 10, 2011. (Reviewed jointly with "The Last Gunfight" by Jeff Guinn.)

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Sakey, Marcus "The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes," July 22, 2011.
Sapphire "The Kid," July 29, 2011.
Scott, Janny "A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother," June 21, 2011.
See, Lisa "Dreams of Joy," June 19, 2011.
Shakar, Alex "Luminarium," Aug. 6, 2011.
Shapiro, Elena Mauli "13 Rue Therese ," March 4, 2011.
Shepard, Jim "You Think That's Bad," June 1, 2011.
Shields, Charles J. "And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life, Nov. 18, 2011.
Sinker, Dan "The F---ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel," Sept. 24, 2011.
Sneed, Christine "Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry: Stories," Dec. 24, 2010.
Smith, Brian and Robin Bronk "Art & Soul: Stars Unite to Celebrate and Support the Arts,"Oct 23, 2011.
Spelman, Cornelia Maude "Missing," June 1, 2011.
Stern, Bert and Norman Mailer "Norman Mailer, Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe," Dec. 17, 2011.
Suskind, Ron "Confidence Men," Oct. 7, 2011.

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Teen reads: Fall, Sept. 24, 2011.
Teen reads: Winter, Dec. 14, 2011.

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Unferth, Deb Olin "Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War," March 7, 2011.

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Wallace, David Foster "The Pale King," April 29, 2011.
Ward, Jesmyn "Salvage the Bones, Dec. 14, 2011.
Wilson, Kevin "The Family Fang," August 17, 2011.
Winkler, Adam "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America," Oct. 17, 2011.
Woodrell, Daniel "The Bayou Trilogy," June 10, 2011.
Wright, Franz "Kindertotenwald," Sept. 21, 2011.

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