Books of 2016

 Books of 2016

Last day of the year brings the traditional Books of the Year list. A * denotes a re-read. YA is also noted. Recommendations are at the end.

Here we go:

1. The Royal We by Heather Cocks

2. Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) by Robert Galbraith

3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

4. The Here and Now by Ann Brashares YA

5. Sick in the Head: Conversations about Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow

6. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

7. Lost & Found by Brook Davis YA

8. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rimes

9. The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield

10. An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

11. My Man Jeeves by PG Wodehouse

12. Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars #2) by Rob Thomas

13. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

14. How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo

15. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews YA

16. Wherever There is Light by Peter Golden

17. Spoiled by Heather Cocks YA

18. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller*

19. The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde

20. The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

21. Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

22. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer

23. Girl Walks into a Bar...:Comedy, Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch

24. I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan

25. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell YA

26. The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

27. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

28. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng YA

29. Stars Above (the Lunar Chronicles, #4.5) by Marissa Meyer

30. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

31. A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

32. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

33. Seinfeldia: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

34. Texts from Jane Eyre: and Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg

35. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany

36. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Mass YA

37. Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Mass YA

38. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman YA

39. Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

40. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

41. Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss* (audiobook)

42. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

43. A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

44. Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Mass YA

45. Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrick Backman

46. All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

47. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrick Backman

48. Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss* (audiobook)

49. Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham

50. The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith and Idiocy by Rainn Wilson

51. Life Moves Pretty Fast: the Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies by Hadley Freeman

52. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

53. The Cove by Ron Rash

54. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)

55. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

56. Around the World in 80 Days (audiobook) YA

57. The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore

Best Memoir, depending on what you are into: Girl Walks into a Bar... , The Astronaut’s Guide To Life on Earth, Under the Tuscan Sun, I Work at a Public Library, Year of Yes

Best Non-Fiction: Hamilton: The Revolution, Life Moves Pretty Fast, All the Single Ladies

Best Fiction: The Boston Girl, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore,