37. Only Love Will Break Your Heart – Ed Tarkington
36. You Let Me In – Camilla Bruce
35. Dreaming Darkly – Caitlin Kittredge
34. Meet Me at the Lake – Carley Fortune
33. The Hunted – Roz Nay
32. Wilder – Andrew Simonet
31. Please See Us – Caitlin Mullen
30. Horrid – Katrina Leno
29. We Weren’t Looking to Be Found – Stephanie Kuehn
28. The Four Winds – Kristin Hannah
27. The Taking of Jake Livingston – Ryan Douglass
26. Harrow Lake – Kat Ellis
25. Vladimir – Julia May Jonas
24. Borders – Thomas King
23. Watch Over Me – Nina LaCour
22. Black Cake – Charmaine Wilkerson
21. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute – Talia Hibbert
20. Redemption Prep – Samuel Miller
19. The Guncle – Steven Rowley
18. The Body Lies – Jo Baker
17. Dancing at the Pity Party – Tyler Feder
16. Dear Life, You Suck – Scott Blagden
15. The Weight of Blood – Tiffany D. Jackson
14. This Time Tomorrow – Emma Straub
13. Heartbreak Homes – Jo Treggiari
12. The Cape Ann – Faith Sullivan
11. Crank – Ellen Hopkins
10. I’m the Girl – Courtney Summers
9. One of the Boys – Daniel Magariel
8. Blameless – Lisa Reardon
7. Meadowlark – Greg Ruth & Ethan Hawke
6. The Last Housewife – Ashley Winstead
5. Gallows Hill – Darcy Coates
4. History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund
3. Only Sisters – Lilian Nattel
2. Much Ado About You – Samantha Young
1. Nothing Can Hurt You – Nicola Maye Goldberg
The Ludic Reader 
The best book I read in 2011 is Little Princes by Conner Grennan. It’s a true story about a guy who decides to volunteer at an orphanage in Nepal, basically so he can tell girls that he volunteered at an orphanage in Nepal. Needless to say he falls in love with the kids, who it turns out are not all orphaned. A man would go into the tiny remote villages and tell parents that he would take the kids somewhere safe if they gave him a huge amount of money. He would take the kids just far enough away so they couldn’t get back and abandon them. When Connor realizes this he begins an organization to help bring the kids and their parents back together.
As much as the story is about the kids it is also about Connor’s personal growth. It is a funny heartfelt story that is never preachy and really makes you think. If you can’t tell I am passionate about this book and I think everyone should read it 🙂
This sounds like an excellent book. I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, but I’ve added this to my tbr list. Thanks for ‘selling’ it so passionately!