10 best books of 2011, according to Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly picks the best nonfiction and fiction titles of 2011.

4. "After the Apocalypse," by Maureen McHugh

Pick your society-gone-wrong doom scenario and you'll find that McHugh has covered it in her short story collection: bird flu, bombs, drug cartels, food poisoning, zombies. The author humanizes each dystopian vision with characters including a girl living in an American suburb during a food poisoning crisis, an inexperienced activist, and a poor artist.

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