Over 35? This is where we can keep track of what we've read this year, in 2016.

N.B. This list is for any books you've read in 2016, not for favourites you only read during past years.
Feel free to add books you've read in 2016 to the list as you go along; you don't have to stick to voting for the books already here.
Authors: no self-promotion please (or getting family/friends/colleagues to vote your books up) - it will be flagged.

Last year's top 5: The Girl on the Train, All the Light We Cannot See, Gone Girl, The Martian, and Me Before You. That list is here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8... .

Looking for the 2017 list? It's here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... .

Over-35s Are Reading By Year:
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Born in the 1960s - By Year What We've Read:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
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2,499 books · 180 voters · list created January 7th, 2016 by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (votes) .
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message 1: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Hi Susanna - thanks for putting this list up (I was waiting for it) as I love to add to it as well as seeing what other people are reading. :)


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads No problem - after a week and no sign of one, I just took the plunge myself. (And it makes my year end "best and worst" post choices sooo easy.)


message 3: by Bettie (new)

Bettie YAY - Rabbit Back is a twin, now that is a strange turn of events

Thanks for the list Susanna
:O)


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Thanks for the new list Susanna!


message 5: by Penny (new)

Penny Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "No problem - after a week and no sign of one, I just took the plunge myself. (And it makes my year end "best and worst" post choices sooo easy.)"

YAY! If you hadn't taken the plunge today, I would have done it and I already have one list to run yearly so I'm glad you have done it Susanna! You're on here the most often of anyone I know so it couldn't be in better hands. Just finished my first book and added it - ta!


message 6: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Turned my back to get some shut-eye and there are now 13 twins. Hmm, is that lucky or unlucky in divination circles?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yeah, I have a yearly one to run as well (the 60s list), but I have the time to nanny this one as well.

I'm going to choose to believe this is lucky 13!


message 8: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Two rabbit books in the top 6, two mice books on front page


message 9: by Penny (new)

Penny Bettie☯ wrote: "Turned my back to get some shut-eye and there are now 13 twins. Hmm, is that lucky or unlucky in divination circles?"

13 is ALWAYS lucky in circles...


message 10: by Antonomasia (last edited Jan 21, 2016 01:22PM) (new)

Antonomasia Housekeeping done, notes added to top of list. That was a lot of work. A handful of the erroneous votes for favourites read in other years remain because other people who've read/are reading those books this year had also voted for them.
Thank you very much to the people who changed/removed votes for old favourites themselves.
The only 'real' multiples so far are Winter & Rabbit Back.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads For the first time, the "you can't combine that" bug hits an Over 35s list. Luckily, it's only happened at the end.


message 12: by Penny (new)

Penny New 2017 list??? I hope so!


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Penny wrote: "New 2017 list??? I hope so!"

Dito :-)


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Just about to go start one.


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Here it is, btw: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."

Thanks, Susanna. And a Happy New Year!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Happy New Year, everybody!


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