It’s that wonderful time of year, guys… the year-end “best” lists.
I love this time of year.
Earlier in the week, I posted my list of the best books of 2016, published in 2016.
Today we’re looking at the best books I read in 2016 that were published earlier.
Here are my favorites…
Best Fiction
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Best Nonfiction
Quiet by Susan Cain
Best Mystery
Stillwater by Melissa Lenhardt
Best YA Fiction
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Best Children’s Fiction
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Best Biography
Best Memoir
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
Best Self-Improvement Book
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Best Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Best Essay Collection
Hidden America by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Best Book I Won’t Finish Until Next Year
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
So, dear readers… what were your favorite books of the year?