Saturday, December 31, 2016

2016 Year In Books

The books I read in 2016 are listed below.  For my thoughts on (some of) them, check out my 2016 Reading Highlights.

2016 FICTION
How to Write a Novel by Melanie Sumner
(ebook)

The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
(ebook)

The Lake House by Kate Morton
(audiobook, narrated by Caroline Lee)

Paulina and Fran by Rachel Glaser
(ebook)

The Making of Us by Lisa Jewell
(ebook)

O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather
(audiobook, narrated by Barbara McCulloh)

The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
(audiobook, narrated by Zach Villa)

Mrs. Engels by Gavin McCrea
(paperback)

A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
(audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble)

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
(audiobook, narrated by Fiona Hardingham and Lorelei King)

Dear Thief by Samantha Harvey
(ebook)

The Past by Tessa Hadley
(audiobook, narrated)

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
(paperback)

Any Human Heart by William Boyd
(audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance)

Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia
(ebook)

Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
(audiobook, narrated by Tavia Gilbert)

The Ramblers by Aidan Donnelley Rowley
(audiobook, narrated by Erica Sullivan)

The Book of You by Claire Kendal
(ebook)

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
(library book)

This Was Not the Plan by Cristina Alger
(library book)

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
(audiobook, narrated by Hillary Huber)

Listening Valley by D.E. Stevenson
(audiobook, narrated by Emma D'Inverno)

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
(audiobook, narrated by Kirsten Potter)

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
(paperback advance copy)

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
(ebook)

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
(hardcover)

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
(audiobook, narrated by Kathleen Early)

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
(audiobook, narrated by Mia Barron)

The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
(library book)

Nora Webster by Colm Toibin
(hardcover)

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
(audiobook, narrated by Fiona Hardingham)

The Girl with All the Gifts
(audiobook, narrated by Finty Williams)

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
(hardcover)

Keep Me Posted by Lisa Beazley
(library book)

After I Do by Taylor Jenkin Reid
(audiobook)

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
(hardcover)

Elizabeth the First Wife by Lian Dolan
(ebook)

Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell
(audibook)

Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen
(hardcover)

The Decent Proposal by Kemper Donovan
(library book)

Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes
(ebook)

Nobody's Fool* by Richard Russo
(audiobook, narrated by Ron McLarty)

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan
(library book)

The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee
(audiobook)

Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo
(hardcover)

The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian
(ebook)

Tremarnock by Emma Burstall
(ebook)

Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh
(audiobook)

Because She Loves Me by Mark Edwards
(audiobook)

The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
(ebook)

The Widow by Fiona Barton
(hardcover)

The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
(ebook)

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
(audiobook)

The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
(library book)

Letters for Scarlet by Julie Gardner
(ebook)

Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand
(audiobook)

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
(hardcover)

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(library book)

Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe
(audiobook)

No One Knows by J.T. Ellison
(hardcover)

The Children by Ann Leary
(hardcover)

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
(audiobook)

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
(library book)

Riders by Jilly Cooper
(ebook via EPL)

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
(ebook)

Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan(paperback)

Rainy Day Sisters by Kate Hewitt
(audiobook)

The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
(ebook)

Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale
(ebook)

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
(audiobook)

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
(ebook)

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
(audiobook)

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
(hardcover)

The Inseparables by Stuart Nadler
(audiobook)

We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman
(audiobook)

When I'm Gone by Emily Bleeker
(audiobook)

The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close
(library book)

Opening Belle by Maureen Sherry
(ebook)

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences by Camille Pagan
(audiobook)

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
(ebook)

Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller
(audiobook)

Siracusa by Delia Ephron
(library book)

Belgravia by Julian Fellows
(audiobook)

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
(audiobook)

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
(audiobook)

The Girls by Emma Cline
(ebook)

The Dinner Party by Brenda Janowitz
(ebook)

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
(audiobook)

The Season by Jonah Lisa Dyer
(hardcover)

The Things We Wish Were True by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
(ebook)

The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
(audiobook)

Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding
(hardcover)

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
(paperback)

The Fall Guy by James Lasdun
(hardcover)

The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
(hardcover)

Sarah Morris Remembers by D.E. Stevenson
(audiobook)

The Gilded Years by Karen Tanabe
(audiobook, narrated by Janina Edwards)

Excellent Women* by Barbara Pym
(audiobook)

The Guise of Another by Allen Eskens
(audiobook)

The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
(audiobook)

Young Mrs. Savage by D.E. Stevenson
(audiobook)

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
(library book)

Invincible Summer by Alice Adams
(ebook)

A Day at the Office by Matt Dunn
(ebook)

The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane
(ebook)

Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand
(library book)

The Nix by Nathan Hill
(audiobook)

Junior Miss by Sally Benson
(hardcover)

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
(audiobook)

First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
(ebook)

2016 MEMOIRS, ESSAYS, and OTHER NON-FICTION
It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
(ebook)

The World's Strongest Librarian:  A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
(audiobook, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne)

How to Be Interesting: An Instruction Manual by Jessica Hagy
(library book)

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
(library book)

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
(paperback)

Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown
(ebook)

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
(hardcover)

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
(ebook)

Never Broken: Songs are Only Half the Story by Jewel
(audiobook, narrated by the author)

When We Were the Kennedys:  A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
(ebook)

Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family by Kathleen Flinn
(audiobook)

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
(ebook)

After Perfect: A Daughter's Memoir by Christina McDowell
(audiobook)

Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
(ebook)

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist
(hardcover)

Keep It Shut:  What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All by Karen Ehman
(ebook)

Forever, Erma by Erma Bombeck
(ebook)

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
(library book)

Come to the Edge by Christina Haag
(ebook)

No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering by Clara Bensen
(audiobook)

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis by David Foster Wallace
(hardcover)

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
(hardcover)

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
(audiobook)

Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner
(hardcover)

Angels in My Hair by Lorna Byrne
(ebook)

The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir by Laurie Sandell
(library book)

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
(audiobook)

Tree of Treasures: A Life in Ornaments by Bonnie Mackay
(library book)

Boys in Trees by Carly Simon
(ebook)

Girl Trouble: An Illustrated Memoir by Kerry Cohen
(library book)

Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
(audiobook, narrated by author)

Besties by Leah Reena Goren
(library book)

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill
(ebook)

Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
(library book)

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
(library book)

The Bridge Ladies by Betsy Lerner
(ebook)

An (*) indicates a reread.  Unless otherwise noted, my ebooks are read via the Kindle app on my phone or iPad.  EPL = Elmhurst Public Library.





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