[kennyc]

A posting of someone's distilled list of the best Science Books of 2011. I'd argue that Job's bio is NOT a science book though...

http://popsciencebooks.com/psycholog...ooks-of-2011./

What may be of equal or more interest is the sources before distillation:

The 12 sources that have been used for this analysis:

Boston Globe: http://bostonglobe.com/arts/books/20...rAK/story.html
Cosmic Variance: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/co...shopping-list/
The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/21541386
Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ebf6c...#axzz1haVdU9yX
The Globe: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2248133/
The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...cience-reviews and http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...istory-reviews
The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...s-6267502.html and http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...d-6267504.html
New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/cu...s-of-2011.html
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/bo...2011.html?_r=1
Physics World: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/multimedia/48100
San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...RVDP1LTU88.DTL and http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...RVDP1LTU6G.DTL
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifest...y.html#photo=1 and http://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...fiO_story.html