Best Reads of 2016

[Heidi]

There are only a few more days of 2016 (yikes!) What were some of your favorite reads this past year?

[Heidi]

My favorite read and my only 5 star read of 2016 was Six of Crows . I also loved Wolf by Wolf Stand-Off and Strings

[Heidi]

BTW books can be older than 2016 - just books you read in 2016.

[Karen’s Library]

I had a few. ;) It's been a good year! All of these books made me really excited this year!

audio,

[Nour]

"All the light we cannot see"
This book is the best of all decades.

[BookThief]

Given that I started reading this year, which is embarrassing, but very happy that I did finally, I read a bunch of books and well they all were pretty good. But..these may top the list. :)

Empire of Storms Six of Crows It Ends with Us A Court of Mist and Fury Dangerous Girls

[Heidi]

Vidyavardhini wrote: "Given that I started reading this year, which is embarrassing, but very happy that I did finally, I read a bunch of books and well they all were pretty good. But..these may top the list. :)

[book:..."

Not embarrassing at all! Some people go through life never reading, which makes me sad.

[Heidi]

Karen wrote: "I had a few. ;) It's been a good year! All of these books made me really excited this year!

[bookcover:Crooked ..."

I need to get to Crooked Kingdom soon!

[Heidi]

Vidyavardhini wrote: "Given that I started reading this year, which is embarrassing, but very happy that I did finally, I read a bunch of books and well they all were pretty good. But..these may top the list. :)

[book:..."

Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Vidyavardhini wrote: "Given that I started reading this year, which is embarrassing, but very happy that I did finally, I read a bunch of books and well they all were pretty good. But..these may to..."

Yay! Another Six of Crows fan.

[Elora]

In no particular order....(except that Sepetys is a genius and Bardugo blew my mind!)

[Elora]

Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "My favorite read and my only 5 star read of 2016 was Six of Crows. I also loved Wolf by Wolf [book:..."

So glad you liked Six of Crows!!!

[Heidi]

Yay! So glad A Monster Calls is on your list! So excited for the movie!!

[Amy]

I don't think I have contributed to this group yet so I thought I'd start. I get a lot of good book suggestions from you all though so thank you! One of them was which is also one of my 5 star reads. Most of the others are still on my TBR list and I'm hoping to get to them soon.

My other 5 stars are


and I haven't finished it yet but I will soon and it's definitely going to be a 5 star as I'm loving it.

[[deleted user]]

this list was easier than other groups, havent read many books that came out this year but read many great ones this year.

[Heidi]

Oda wrote: "[bookcover:Prin..."

Yay! Six of Crows again. I rarely read "new" releases so I would not be able to list many books either if we kept it to new releases :)

[Heidi]

Amy wrote: "I don't think I have contributed to this group yet so I thought I'd start. I get a lot of good book suggestions from you all though so thank you! One of them was [bookcover:Out of the Easy|11178225..."

Welcome Amy!!! I really like The Others series so far - glad you liked book one :)

[Amy]

Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Amy wrote: "I don't think I have contributed to this group yet so I thought I'd start. I get a lot of good book suggestions from you all though so thank you! One of them was [bookcover:Out of the E..."

Thanks Heidi. I almost didn't read Written in red because I didn't like the cover (eck) glad I got over it though as I loved the book. Going to start the next one very soon and I can't wait.

[Heidi]

Amy - just FYI that series is good on audio in case you like that format

[Brigid ✩]

Ahhh good picks guys!!! I will have to work on my own list of fave books for the year. :D (Also omg I'm sorry for disappearing .... I didn't realize how long it'd been since I checked Goodreads/this group.)

[Heidi]

Life happens Brigid :) Glad you are back.

[*b*l*u*e*m*o*o*n*]

oooo...nice thread ^_^

BRIGID: Welcome Back!

Here is my list: Most of these are 3.5-5 stars for me


I actually read a lot of good books this year ^_^

[Heidi]

Loved Blood of My Blood and Wolf By Wolf. I am still on hold at the library for Front Lines.

[Jenny]

These are all my 4.5 and 5 star reads in 2016!

[Jenny]

Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "My favorite read and my only 5 star read of 2016 was Six of Crows. I also loved Wolf by Wolf [book:..."

Six of Crows and Strings!! YES!!!

[Jenny]

Elora wrote: "In no particular order....(except that Sepetys is a genius and Bardugo blew my mind!)
[bookcover:Salt to the Sea|2..."

We have a few of the same :) I really need to read Station Eleven. And I love Ruta Sepetys!

[Jenny]

Everyone read some great reads this year!

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

For books from 2016, my faves included:

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

The Light of the Fireflies

Barkskins

You'll Grow Out of It


The Best Kind of People


Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

and

Scrappy Little Nobody

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

(PS) How do you add the covers of books as opposed to just the titles??

[Jenny]

When the pop up screen comes up, at the bottom is 2 different options you can check: Link or Cover. It automatically has the Link checked, so just check Cover, and covers will come up instead of links in your comment.

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

Ahhh, Thanks JENNY!

Regarding YA specifically, my 2016 faves included:







and

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

D'OH!! Forgot one of my absolute faves of the year!! It would be


Jennifer Niven's "All the Bright Places" for sure.

[Jenny]

You're very welcome :) I'm a HUGE Eleanor & Park fan! I also loved All the Bright Places. Looking forward to the movie!

[Heidi]

Jennifer I LOVED Eleanor & Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Elora]

Jenny wrote: "Elora wrote: "In no particular order....(except that Sepetys is a genius and Bardugo blew my mind!)
[bookcover:Sal..."

Yes we did! :) Station Eleven is really good.

[Elora]

Jennifer Lynn wrote: "Ahhh, Thanks JENNY!

Regarding YA specifically, my 2016 faves included:





[bookcover:The Opposite of Loneliness:..."

Okay For Now was fantastic!

[Heidi]

I didn't recognize OK For Now with that cover - yay!

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

HEIDI -- It must be a Canadian cover- we usually get the same covers as Australia, well, not ALWAYS, but a lot of the time...

I included it in my faves and I am not even finished reading it! So so good!

[Heidi]

Jennifer Lynn wrote: "HEIDI -- It must be a Canadian cover- we usually get the same covers as Australia, well, not ALWAYS, but a lot of the time...

I included it in my faves and I am not even finished reading it! So so..."

I am so excited that you like it!!

[*b*l*u*e*m*o*o*n*]

Jenny wrote: "[bookcover:The Delphi Effect|304..."

i forgot to put Cuckoo's Calling on my list too!

[Arthika]

My 2016 faves are:

[AlinaTheCacti]

My fav for 2016 are:

[Ashley Marie]

Just realized I never posted here! *rubs hands together* Here we go!

[Heidi]

I loved These Broken Stars Alina.

Some great picks Ashley - loved several of them including the Help and the Jasper Dent series (plus of course Soulless - Alexia!!!)

[Ashley Marie]

It was a great reading year overall :)

[Jenny]

Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "Just realized I never posted here! *rubs hands together* Here we go!

[bookcove..."

Oh wow some good ones! I really liked Erebos, A Prisoner of Night and Fog and the Help. LOVED the Jasper Dent trilogy, Not a Drop to Drink, Soulless, and in the Garden of Beasts. Nice reading year for you!

[Dixie]

I want to thank this group for all the great recommendations and for always inspiring me! Here are a few of my favorites read in 2016:

[Heidi]

Dixie - I have two of those in my TBR pile because of GR friends recs! One of the reasons I love GR so much is that it has really improved the quality of the books I read based on my friends recs and the reviews. I can't remember too many books I didn't finish that others on GR recommended to me but I do remember a ton of wonderful reads I found after friends here recommended them :)

[Dixie]

Cool, Heidi! I so agree with you in that! Which two do you have in your TBR pile? I think one might be I'll Meet You There, maybe.

[Laura]

I was so happy with all the books that I read this year I couldn't pick one. But will be coping down some of the books listed here

[Heidi]

Dixie wrote: "Cool, Heidi! I so agree with you in that! Which two do you have in your TBR pile? I think one might be I'll Meet You There, maybe."

Yup- I'll Meet You There and Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens