This was a great year for books, and here's the list of all that I read. I started to put stars next to the ones that I would recommend, but then I found myself starring a lot of them so I skipped that plan. A lot of good books here...(a few that I would probably skip, so you can privately message me if you want to know which ones to skip - I hate to malign an author publicly.)
- You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life by Eleanor Roosevelt
- The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach by Pam Jenoff
- Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews
- The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
- Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
- Zoo Station by David Downing
- The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert
- The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman
- Euphoria by Lily King
- Nurture the Wow by Danya Ruttenberg
- The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday
- The Road to Character by David Brooks
- How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
- The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
- Untwine by Edwidge Danticat
- The Quality of Mercy by Faye Kellerman
- Armada by Ernest Cline
- The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr
- The Dinner Party by Brenda Janowitz
- Duet in Beirut by Mishka Ben-David
- Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm
- The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- About the Night by Anat Talshir
- Luck, Love, and Lemon Pie by Amy Reichert
- The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol
- The Memory of Us by Camille Di Maio
- Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
- Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelley
- No Place Like Oz by Danielle Paige
- Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
- Invisible City by Julia Dahl
- The After Party by Anton DiSclafani
- The Black Widow by Daniel Silva
- Saving Abby by Steena Holmes
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehad
- The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levy
- The Swarm by Orson Scott Card
- Short Stories from Hogwarts #1 by J. K. Rowling
- Short Stories from Hogwarts #2 by J. K. Rowling
- Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling
- Washing the Dead by Michelle Brafman
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
- The Book of Esther by Emily Barton
- A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
- The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer
- The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Barker
- Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
- After Abel and Other Stories by Michal Lemberger
- The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
- The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
- Faithful by Alice Hoffman
- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- One Thousand White Women by by Jim Fergus
- Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
So many great books this year. I rarely re-read any books any more (there are so many more that I want to get to!) but I'm considering re-reading When Breath Becomes Air, so I know that was my top book of the year. If you haven't read it, grab a box of tissues and plan to stay up all night reading. I also really liked the little series of books I read between 54-58 -- this was my winter break attempt to get to 60 books (nailed it with a day to spare!) and it was a really good run of book-in-a-day books.
Books that are on my "to read" list (some inspired by this great feature in the New York Times)
- Moonglow by Michael Chabon
- Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
- It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- Swing Time by Zadie Smith
- Evicted by Matthew Desmond
- Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
What else do you think I should read in 2017?
What are you going to read? What was the best book you read in 2016?
I keep track of my books on Goodreads - follow me there.
And previous years' book lists are here:
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