With another year nearing its end, I thought it would be nice to look back at some of the best tech writing in 2011. Each story listed below covers a wide breadth of topics, from the internal mechanisms inside Apple, the growing Internet access divide, to the open web.

So, get your Instapaper queue ready! You have some reading to catch up on.

The New Yorker: Ken Auletta – A Woman’s Place

Fortune: Adam Lashinsky – How Apple works: Inside the world’s biggest startup

Fast Company: Farhad Majoo – The Great Tech War Of 2012

New York Times: Mona Simpson – A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

Wired: Stephen Levy – Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think

New York Times: Susan Crawford – Internet Access and The New Divide

New York Times: Laura Holson – Friending the New York Scene

Gigaom: Matt Mullenweg – Open Web FTW

No doubt, there are likely hundreds of other well-deserving posts that did not get recognized here. For that reason, feel free to share some of your favorite pieces of writing you encountered and why it left an impression on you.