Amazon announces Top 10 Best Books of the Year So Far list

PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon.com announced their annual Best Books of the Year So Far list. This midyear retrospective highlights the best books released in 2011 between January and June, according to Amazon press release.

Customers looking for great books to read this summer will find an eclectic list, from a faux memoir conceived as an introduction to a long-lost Shakespeare play to one of the most fantastic survival stories of World War II. The Best Books of the Year So Far are all also available in the Kindle Store.

"Our goal with Best of the Year So Far is to go beyond our personal favorites and identify books that transcend genre," said Mari Malcolm, managing editor of Books at Amazon.com. "The books on our Top 10 list are engrossing reads that you could give to anyone, no matter what their taste. Helping customers more easily find and discover outstanding books by creating these lists has always been one of our favorite activities, and 2011 is proving to be a great year for readers."

The Best Books of the Year So Far are hand-picked by Amazon.com Books editors and represent their favorite titles in an overall Top 10, plus 10 picks each in twelve popular categories: Children's, Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Cooking, Food & Wine, Literature & Fiction, Teens, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Investing, Arts & Photography, Nonfiction, and Comics & Graphic Novels.