Saturday, January 07, 2017

2016 Reads: All Together Now

Here are all 62 books I read in 2016. Favorites are bolded in blue.
I was under the impression that I read very few books published in 2016. Wrong!!!

January:

1. Green Dolphin Street - Elizabeth Goudge. Novel. 1944.

2. Spark Joy - Marie Kondo. Nonfiction. 2016.


3. Hangsaman - Shirley Jackson. Novel. 1951.

4. The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles. Novel. 1969.

February:

5. Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier. Novel. 2009.

6. The Revenant - Michael Punke. Novel. 2002.

7. Think Small - House Beautiful. Nonfiction. 2014.

8. Relish - Lucy Knisley. Graphic Novel. 2013.

March:

9. The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown. Nonfiction. 2013.

10. Mess - Barry Yourgrau. Memoir. 2015.

11. Lucky - Alice Sebold. Memoir. 1999.

12. Chocolates for Breakfast - Pamela Moore. Novel. 1956.

13. Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky - Patrick Hamilton. 3 Novellas. 1935.

14. The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima. Novel. 1963.

April:

15. The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. Novel. 2016.

16. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter - Kate Clifford Larson. Nonfiction. 2015. Audiobook.

17. Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty - Diane Keaton. Memoir. 2015.

18. High Lonesome World - Babs H. Deal. Novel. 1969.

19. Strangers on a Train -Patricia Highsmith. Novel. 1950. Audiobook.

20. The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder - Laura Ingalls Wilder and William Anderson, Editor. Nonfiction. 2016.

21. The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones - Rich Kienzle. Biography. 2016.

May:

22. Let the Hurricane Roar - Rose Wilder Lane. Novel. 1933.

23. American Rust - Philipp Meyer. Novel. 2009.

24. The Paris Wife - Paula McLain. Novel. 2011.

25. Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen - Mary Norris. Nonfiction. 2015.

26. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Jeanette Winterson. Memoir. 2011.

27. The Cowboy and the Cossack - Clair Huffaker. Novel. 1973.

June:

28. Crossing to Safety - Wallace Stegner. Novel. 1987.

29. Brooklyn - Colm Toibin. Novel. 2009.

30. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - William B. Irvine. Nonfiction. 2009.

31. Never Tell a Lie - Hallie Ephron. Novel. 2009.

32. Encounter with an Angry God - Carobeth Laird. Memoir. 1975.

33. Vinegar Girl - Anne Tyler. Novel. 2016.

July:

34. The Fireman - Joe Hill. Novel. 2016.

35. Hamilton: The Revolution - Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. Nonfiction. 2016.

36. Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow. Biography. 2004.

August:

37. Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth - Paula Byrne. Biography. 2016.

38. A Family Matter - Will Eisner. Graphic Novel. 1998.

39. Dead Presidents - Brady Carlson. Nonfiction. 2016.

40. Idiot Brain - Dean Burnett. Nonfiction. 2016.

41. The Emigrants - Johan Bojer. Novel. 1924.

42. Burr - Gore Vidal. Novel. 1973. Re-read.

43. My Theodosia - Anya Seton. Novel. 1941.

September:

44. The Hamilton Affair - Elizabeth Cobbs. Novel. 2016.

45. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth. Nonfiction. 2016.

46. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhoda Janzen. Memoir. 2009.

47. Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss. Nonfiction. 2005. Audiobook.

October:

48. Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life - Ruth Franklin. Biography. 2016.

49. Literary Life: A Second Memoir - Larry McMurtry. Memoir. 2009.

50. Hollywood: A Third Memoir - Larry McMurtry. Memoir. 2010.

51. Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder - Lacey Fosburgh. True Crime. 1977.

52. A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley - Neal Thompson. Biography. 2013.

53. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby. Memoir. 1997.

November:

54, Germinal - Emile Zola. Novel. 1885. Re-read.

55. Tampa - Alissa Nutting. Novel. 2013.

56. Hungry Heart - Jennifer Weiner. Memoir. 2016.

57. City of Secrets - Stewart O'Nan. Novel. 2016.

58. Cooked - Jeff Henderson. Memoir. 2008. Audiobook.

December:

59. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. Biography. 2015.

60. Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance. Memoir. 2016.

61. The Maid's Version - Daniel Woodrell. Novel. 2013.

62. Meat: A Love Story - Susan Bourette. Nonfiction. 2008.

1 comment:

Care said...

YAY! I want to read the Tracy Chevalier... You were on a Hamilton kick, huh? Not surprising. Happy 2017