In 2016 I read some really fantastic books! And although there were slumps in my reading life, there were months where most of the books were home runs. I tried to limit this list to my top 10 favorites, but I simply could not do it. So without further ado, here are my 25 favorite books of 2016, including links to the post where I reviewed each of them if you’d like to read more about what I thought about them and go to Amazon and purchase them.
- A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper (What I Read January 2016)
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (What I Read January 2016)
- After the War is Over by Jennifer Robson (What I Read January 2016)
- The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister (What I Read February 2016)
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (What I Read February 2016)
- The FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper (What I Read Cayman Islands)
- Moonlight Over Paris by Jennifer Robson (What I Read Cayman Islands)
- The Apostle by John Pollock (What I Read March 2016)
- The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper (What I Read March 2016)
- Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (What I Read Bonne Terre)
- Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay (What I Read April 2016)
- In Cold Storage by James W. Hewitt (What I Read June 2016)
- The Big Short by Michael Lewis (What I Read June 2016)
- The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison (What I Read June 2016)
- Wreckage by Emily Bleeker (What I Read July 2016)
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Frederick Stonehouse (What I Read Northern Michigan)
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (What I Read August 2016)
- Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes (What I Read September 2016)
- The Scent of Lilacs by Ann Gabhart (What I Read September 2016)
- The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin (What I Read September 2016)
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy (What I Read October 2016)
- The Black Violin by Maxence Fermine (What I Read October 2016)
- The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane (What I Read Guadeloupe)
- The Last Dive by Bernie Chowdhury (What I Read December 2016)
- Things that Matter by Charles Krauthammer (What I Read December 2016)
by Danielle Stewart
by Michael L. Brown
by Nick Loper
had such great ideas for generating income and increasing income, that I wanted to read Volume 2. Just as good as the first book. And the thing that I like about these books is that they are practical, rather than scammy quick money schemes.
by Roger Pulvers
by Dot Hutchison
by Wyatt North
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by Michael Lewis
and we listened to it for part of a couple of road trips to Sioux Falls and Rapid City, South Dakota. We had seen the movie before, and loved it. The book goes into greater detail about the subprime mortgages that led to the housing crisis than does the movie, but both are interesting and easy to understand. Both the movie and the book are highly recommended.
by Wendell E. Mettey
by Mary Richardson
Storage by James W. Hewitt