By the end of 2016 I was pleased with the fact that I had read 25 books, 14 more than the previous year! While my reading goal had been a bit higher, an ambitious 50, I was still pleased with the fact that I read more than twice as many as I had done the previous year. Here are the books I read in 2016, starting with the most recent, including an asterisk near my favorites of the year:
- Caleb's Crossing, Geraldine Brooks *
- Anthem, Ayn Rand
- Into Oblivion, Arnaldur Indridason
- Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline
- Strange Shores, Arnaldur Indridason
- Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell
- Greenglass House, Kate Milford *
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany
- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
- The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah *
- Black Skies, Arnaldur Indridason
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster, Jon Krakauer *
- Outrage, Arnaldur Indridason
- Mind's Eye, Hakan Nesser
- Hypothermia, Arnaldur Indridason
- Arctic Chill, Arnaldur Indridason
- Reykjavik Nights, Arnaldur Indridason
- Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson *
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
- Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
- The Draining Lake, Arnaldur Indridason *
- Voices, Arnaldur Indridason
- Silence of the Grave, Arnaldur Indridason *
- Jar City, Arnaldur Indridason
- Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson