End of the Year: Best of Picks

[Aimee]

Amanda suggested everyone come up with a list of their favorite books they read this year. They can be ones released in 2016 (preferably) or ones you discovered that you loved. Fiction or Non-fiction.

Aimee Hentosz

(fiction)
*The Girls (Emma Cline)
*The Spy (Paulo Coelho)
*American Housewife (stories) - Helen Ellis
* You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (released a year or two ago)- Alexandra Kleeman


(non-fiction)
* Lust and Wonder (Augusten Burroughs)
* The Only Pirate at the Party (Lindsey Stirling)
* Where Am I Now? (Mara Wilson)
* I'm Just a Person (Tig Notaro)
* Adulthood is a Myth (Sarah Anderson)
*The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck

[Shayna]

This was pretty challenging, I think most of my books were published this year or at least very recently:

Fiction
The Vegetarian by Kang Han
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Non-Fiction
Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer K. Armstrong
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

Graphic Novel - Fiction
Nailbiter, Deluxe Edition Volume 1: The Murder by Joshua Williamson
ワンパンマン 1 Wanpanman 1 series (manga) by ONE
Otherworld Barbara, Volume 1 (manga) by Moto Hagio

Graphic Novel - Non-Fiction
Turning Japanese by MariNaomi
Becoming Unbecoming by Una

[Amanda]

I have a list and I am debating a top 10 on my page as the year wraps. But while I wait for the latest books for book club to come in from the library; here are the best books I read this year:
Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Flesh by Kylie Scott
Dark Night: A True Batman Story by Paul Dini
Groot by Jeff Loveness
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
Quiver by Tobsha Learner
Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany and J.K. Rowling
Dirty Rush by Taylor Bell
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Me & Earl & the dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Alice by Christina Henry
Secret Loves of Geek Girls by Hope Nicholson
Kill Order by James Dashner
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
The Circle by Dave Eggers

[Jocelyn]

I can't wait to explore some of the books you guys have posted! Here's mine. Lots of the books we read are on here!

Fiction:
Going Bovine
A Monster Calls
Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette
The Silkworm
The Widow
The Ex
Desperate Duchesses
The Girls
Romancing the Duke
I Capture the Castle
Ghost Story
Pet Sematary
Guilty Pleasures
The Invasion of the Tearling
Career of Evil

Non-Fic or Other:
Between the World and Me
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat
Unfamiliar Fishes

[Sarah]

The best books I read in 2016...here we go! Some of these are trilogies, or series, and if that's the case, I've listed the first one for you to dip your toes in.

Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels) by Ilona Anderson
Twinborn Trilogy by J.S. Morin
Illicit Magic (Stella Mayweather) by Camilla Chafer
Echo in Time (Echo Trilogy) by Lindsey Fairleigh
Shadowborn (Light & Shadow) by Moira Katson
The Change (Unbounded) by Teyla Branton
Branded (Fall of Angels) by Keary Taylor
The Use (Changing Magic) by D.L. Carter
A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries) by Elizabeth Hunter
The Scribe (Irin Chronicles) by Elizabeth Hunter
Shifting Dreams (Cambio Springs) by Elizabeth Hunter


Historical:
Amethyst by Lauren Royal
The Abyss by Lara Blunte
Dark Desires by Eve Silver
Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid by Maureen Driscoll
Claimed by the Laird by Nicola Cornick
Forever Your Earl (Quills of London) by Eva Leigh
The Bargain by Mary Jo Putney
Once a Soldier by Mary Jo Putney
Hadrian: Lord of Hope by Grace Burrowes
My Lady, My Lord by Katharine Ashe

Contemporary:
Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Unravel Me (Ewe & I) by Christie Ridgway
Wishes & Stitches by Rachael Herron
Rock Addiction (Rock Royalty) by Nalini Singh
Lick (Stage Dive) by Kylie Scott
Lingerie Wars (Scottish Highlands) by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
The Black Sheep by Patricia Ryan
A Family Affair by Mary Campisi
Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid


This is only a fraction of what I read last year, but I picked through the crap in my Kindle and pulled out the best ones. This'll be great, actually, for helping with future picks, because I always forget the authors and titles of the best stuff and then I'm sitting there trying to piece together half-remembered things during our meet-ups.

Also, if you want to try any of these books and they aren't free (I mostly got the first in the series for free), I can e-loan them to you. Kindle is kind of amazing - as long as you have a smartphone, you can read any free book on Amazon with the Kindle app.