Favourite ‘grown-up’ books of 2016

In non-fiction, the books I loved this year:

Louise McSharry’s Fat Chance , a thought-provoking memoir about body image, health, and addiction.
Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon, a very funny and readable account of OCD and related mental health difficulties
Real Artists Have Day Jobs, a gorgeous collection of short and relatable essays from the very funny Sara Benincasa, touching on health, art, creativity, friendship, love, sex and more

As for novels, dark-twisty-ladies featured heavily:

Girls On Fire by Robin Wasserman
Lying In Wait by Liz Nugent
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Sisters and Lies by Bernice Barrington
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

Here’s to more twistiness in 2017!