1. Just Kids, by Patti Smith, Ecco
2. Inside of a Dog, by Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner
3. Stones Into Schools, by Greg Mortenson, Penguin
4. Holidays on Ice, by David Sedaris, Back Bay
5. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, Vintage
6. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, Anchor
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2011, by Old Farmer's Almanac
8. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin
9. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, by Rhoda Janzen, Holt
10. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin
11. Dewey, by Vicki Myron, Grand Central
12. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett, Riverhead
13. Bicycle Diaries, by David Byrne, Penguin
14. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
15. The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War, by James Bradley, Back Bay
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17. Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, by Rebecca Solnit, Sandow Birk (Illus.), University of California Press
This wonderful reinvention of the traditional atlas examines the many layers of the San Francisco Bay Area.
