The Most Memorable Books I Read in 2016
Each year I like to give another nod to books that left the greatest lasting impression on me either intellectually or emotionally. It was hard to narrow it down this year, but for 2016:
These linked short stories took my breath away with their deep empathy, intelligence, creativity, and historical significance. One of the few books out there fictionalizing Poland and Ukraine during World War II. *UPDATE: This is a finalist for the Short Story Prize, under the paperback name of They Were Like Family to Me.*
One of the most powerful biographies I've ever read. I will never be the same after reading about Irena's selflessness and incredible sacrifice to save thousands of Jewish children in Poland from extermination.
I read this novel early in the year, yet it still hangs with me. One of Amazon's best books of the year, if you can stomach the violence, you will fall in love with the setting and narrator, a girl who comes of age in a futuristic natural environment that resembles the Yukon.
Sold as a novel, this is almost a linked story collection, but not quite. It doesn't ask much of you, the simplest of the 4 books, but I reveled in Brumett's unique prose style and deep insight into her many flawed but multi-faceted characters. This small press book should get more attention.
These linked short stories took my breath away with their deep empathy, intelligence, creativity, and historical significance. One of the few books out there fictionalizing Poland and Ukraine during World War II. *UPDATE: This is a finalist for the Short Story Prize, under the paperback name of They Were Like Family to Me.*
One of the most powerful biographies I've ever read. I will never be the same after reading about Irena's selflessness and incredible sacrifice to save thousands of Jewish children in Poland from extermination.
I read this novel early in the year, yet it still hangs with me. One of Amazon's best books of the year, if you can stomach the violence, you will fall in love with the setting and narrator, a girl who comes of age in a futuristic natural environment that resembles the Yukon.
Sold as a novel, this is almost a linked story collection, but not quite. It doesn't ask much of you, the simplest of the 4 books, but I reveled in Brumett's unique prose style and deep insight into her many flawed but multi-faceted characters. This small press book should get more attention.
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