Here are my Top 11 Adult Books of 2011. These selections are not ranked or in any particular order outside of alphabetical. And although the majority of them came out this year, several are less recent.
5 Stars:
The Blade Itself and Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie – Fantasy, I will definitely be reading The Last Argument of Kings in 2012!
A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files – Dark Fantasy/Horror
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell – Science Fiction
Outcast Mine by Jamie Craig – M/M Romance
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence – Fantasy
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron – Fantasy
Unveiled by Courtney Milan – Historical Romance
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes – Urban Fantasy
4.5 Stars:
Dark Descendant by Jenna Black – Urban Fantasy
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – Fantasy
CSI: Librarian 
Isn’t Joe Abercrombie just totally addictive? You’re gonna LOVE Last Argument of Kings. the end of that book is just brutal. Speaking of brutal, Yay for Prince of Thorns too! I just can’t get enough of this dark brutal creepy stuff. is that telling? 😉
I’ve been meaning to read Rachel Aaron, those books look like a lot of fun.
A couple of these I do want to get. Sounds like an amazing list here. 🙂 I did enjoy Joe Abercrombies books too. But I need to get to the third one, review books have torn me away from the series I love and want to finish. That’s one I think I’ll need to get to here in 2012. 🙂