10 best books of 2011, according to Amazon

Amazon picks its 10 best books of the year.

10. "The Tiger's Wife," by Téa Obreht

In her extraordinary debut, Croatian native Obreht tells the story of a young doctor seeking answers about her grandfather’s death. “While her novel has a modern frame, the heart, meat, and sinew of the novel are the tales a grandfather tells his granddaughter,” writes the Monitor’s Yvonne Zipp. “Obreht uses the tales to create a climate of wonder and horror right out of a fairy tale.”

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