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scarletwoman

(31,893 posts) Mon Jan 25, 2016, 07:44 PM Jan 2016

What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2016? [View all]

This is a thread for you to list the most outstanding books you've read during the year of 2016. They don't have to be books that were published in 2016, just whatever books you've read in 2016 that struck you as particularly noteworthy - the kind of book that will stick in your mind for a long time to come.

The first book for my own 2016 list is Ian Rankin's Even Dogs in the Wild, his 20th Rebus book - and very possibly his best yet. Rankin is a brilliant writer, and he's absolutely in top form here.

Please be aware that any genre is welcome in this thread!

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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2016? [View all] scarletwoman Jan 2016 OP

Well, I've read about 8 books so far this year but nothing especially outstanding. OffWithTheirHeads Jan 2016 #1

This thread will be open all year. If you eventually read something outstanding, post about it here. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #3

My January reading has been slow shenmue Jan 2016 #2

Wishing you less stress! scarletwoman Jan 2016 #4

All the Light We Cannot See hibbing Jan 2016 #5

The Ridgerunner, by Richard Ripley. nilesobek Jan 2016 #6

Ooooh, hermetic Jan 2016 #7

After your heck of a rec hermetic Jan 2016 #8

"The Round House" by Louise Erdrich womanofthehills Feb 2016 #9

A beautiful book indeed. Louise Erdrich has long been a favorite of mine and japple Feb 2016 #11

womanofthehills, is this part of series? Can they be read out of order? Enthusiast Feb 2016 #12

Some of her earlier books are in a sort of series womanofthehills Feb 2016 #16

Thanks for the information. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #17

All the Light We Cannot See. Anthony Doerr mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #10

I agree. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #13

I could save it to read again mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #15

One of the best books I have ever read and certainly the best so japple Mar 2016 #18

Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #19

"I'm limiting this to only the very best books that I have read in 2016." And that's exactly how scarletwoman Mar 2016 #21

I hope to add to my list by the year's end. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #22

It's time I added Peter May's "Runaway" to this list. scarletwoman Mar 2016 #20

The Light Between The Oceans mainstreetonce Apr 2016 #23

I loved that book. Didn't know it was being made into a movie. It will japple Apr 2016 #24

I found that book spectaculary unsatisfying. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #33

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes Mz Pip Apr 2016 #25

Stranger Than You Can Imagine by John Higgs. About perspectives applegrove Apr 2016 #26

"The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen HuckleB Jun 2016 #27

I just checked it out of the library. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #34

Just started the Expanse series. Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #28

Classic FreeWheatForever Sep 2016 #29

I Totally Agree RobinA Apr 2017 #36

Carson McCullers - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter japple Oct 2016 #30

Sweetland by Michael Crummey hermetic Oct 2016 #31

Purity by Jonathan Franzen BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #32

That FigTree Jan 2017 #35

CJ BOX ......... William Kent Krueger Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #37

I really like CJ Box's...... Little Star Apr 2017 #38

It is good Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #39

Collateral Crimes NoWheyJose May 2017 #40