Pantone : The 20th Century in Color is appearing on many Top Ten lists of books published this year in the field of Art & Design. My daughter, who edited the book, wrote about that happy fact here.
Looking at other people's Top Ten book lists for 2011, I started thinking about making one myself –
Iphigenia in Forest Hills : anatomy of a murder trial / Janet Malcolm
Sempre Susan : a memoir of Susan Sontag / Sigrid Nunez
From drawing to painting : Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David, & Ingres / Pierre Rosenberg
A gambling man : Charles II's Restoration game / Jenny Uglow
My mother's lover / Urs Widmer ; translated by Donal McLaughlin
A summer of drowning / John Burnside
The privileges : a novel / Jonathan Dee
The pen friend / Ciaran Carson
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time / Mark Haddon
Portrait jewels : opulence and intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs / Diana Scarisbrick