***Note - in order to qualify for this list the books must have been read by me in 2011 and have a publication date of 2011. Other novels may have been great, but I just didn't read them in time to make this list.***



The Healing Heart book review blog's best fiction titles for 2011! (Of the 133+ books I read and reviewed in 2011, these were the best titles! They are listed in no particular order.)

A Heart Revealed by Julie Lessman (Revell)


Delirium by Lauren Oliver (Harper Collins)


Dry As Rain by Gina Holmes (Tyndale)


Rise by Stefne Miller (Tate)


Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin (Revell)


The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory (Simon & Schuster)


The Gift by Bryan Litfin (Moody)


A Reluctant Queen by Joan Wolf (Thomas Nelson)


Falling Through Ice by Carolyn Heubner Rankin & Rosetta D. Hoessli (Crossover Publications)


The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker (Center Street)


Heiress by Susan May Warren (Summerside)


Desired by Ginger Garrett (David C. Cook)


Spring for Susannah by Catherine Richmond (Thomas Nelson)


Deeply Devoted by Maggie Brendan (Revell)


Words by Ginny Yttrup (B & H)


Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan)


Bathsheba by Jill Eileen Smith (Revell)


The Jihad's Messiah by Nick Daniels (Risen Books)


Shadowed in Silk by Christine Lindsay (WhiteFire Publishing)


Yesterday's Tomorrow by Catherine West (OakTara)


Composing Amelia by Alison Strobel (David C. Cook)


Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress by Megan van Eyck (CreateSpace)


A Billion Reasons Why by Kristin Billerbeck (Thomas Nelson)


The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh (Revell)


Dance of the Dandelion by Dina Sleiman (WhiteFire Publishing)


Snitch by Booker T. Mattison (Revell)


The Visionary by Pamela S. Thibodeaux (Five Star)


The Unforgivable by Tessa Stockton (Risen Books)


Martha: A Novel by Diana Wallis Taylor (Revell)


Count Down to Love by Julie N. Ford (Bonneville Books)


Play It Again by Tracy Krauss (Strategic Book Publishing)


Never Been Kissed by Melody Carlson (Revell)


The Revelation Gate by Brian L. Thompson (Great Nation Publishing)


Shattered by Melody Carlson (Revell)


Warring Spirits by April W. Gardner (Vinspire Inspiration)


Mistaken Identity by K. Dawn Byrd (Desert Breeze Publishing)


Damaged by Melody Carlson (Revell)


The Good Fight by Shawna K. Williams (Desert Breeze Publishing)

COMING SOON! Look for the list in January 2012! The archived lists from previous years are below.