2 0 1 6 b o o k s

j a n u a r y

1. The Sword of Summer / Rick Riordan
2. The Girl With the Wrong Name / Barnabas Miller
3. Greensleeves / Eloise Jarvis McGraw
4. The Melancholy of Mechagirl / Catherynne M. Valente
5. Thirsty / M T Anderson
6. The Miniaturist / Jessie Burton
7. The Girl Who Soared over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two / Catherynne M. Valente
8. My Name Is Lucy Barton / Elizabeth Strout
9. Rules for My Unborn Son / Walker Lamond
10. A Little Life / Hanya Yanagihara

f e b r u a r y

1. Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral / Mary Doria Russell
2. Bats of the Republic / Zachary Thomas Dodson
3. Shadows of the Clans / Erin Hunter
4. City on Fire / Garth Risk Hallberg
5. Ongoingness / Sarah Manguso
6. The People in the Trees / Hanya Yanagihara
7. The Boy Who Lost Fairyland / Catherynne M. Valente
8. Not One Damsel in Distress / Jane Yolen
9. Mouse Guard: fall 1152 / David Petersen
10. Great Expectations / Charles Dickens
11. Saga [vol 1] / Brian K. Vaughan

m a r c h

1. Saga [vol 2] / Brian K. Vaughan
2. Saga [vol 3] / Brian K. Vaughan
3. Saga [vol 4] / Brian K. Vaughan
4. Saga [vol 5] / Brian K. Vaughan
5. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Man in Black / Peter David and Peter Allen
6. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Last Shots / Peter David and Peter Allen
7. Legendary Star-Lord #001-005 / Sam Humphries
8. The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - The Prisoner / Peter David and Peter Allen
9. Morning Star / Pierce Brown
10. The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - House of Cards / Peter David and Peter Allen
11. Mouse Guard: winter 1152 / David Petersen
12. Mouse Guard: The Black Axe / David Petersen
13. Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 1 / David Petersen
14. Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 2 / David Petersen
15. Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 3 / David Petersen
16. Mouse Guard: Baldwin the Brave and Other Tales / David Petersen
17. The Portable Veblen / Elizabeth McKenzie
18. My Pantry/ Alice Waters

a p r i l

1. The Road To The Border / Elizabeth Ashton
2. After The Loving / Carole Mortimer
3. The Blue Castle / L.M. Montgomery
4. The Bread We Eat in Dreams / Catherynne M. Valente
5. End of Discussion / Mary Katherine Ham and Guy Benson
6. War of the Encyclopaedists / Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite
7. Everything, Everything / Nicola Yoon
8. Lab Girl / Hope Jahren
9. The Nest / Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
10. Luckiest Girl Alive / Jessica Knoll

m a y

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / J. K. Rowling
2. Demigods & Magicians / Rick Riordan
3. The Apprentice's Quest / Erin Hunter
4. My Paris Kitchen / David Lebovitz
5. Hausfrau / Jill Alexander Essbaum
6. The Borrower / Rebecca Makkai
7. The Fifth Heart / Dan Simmons
8. A Madness So Discreet / Mindy McGinnis
9. Wraith / Joe Hill
10. Step Aside, Pops / Kate Beaton
11. The Hidden Oracle / Rick Riordan
12. The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - Lady of Shadows / Peter David and Peter Allen
13. The Raven King / Maggie Stiefvater

j u n e

1. The Road Through the Wall / Shirley Jackson
2. The Murder of Mary Russell / Laurie R. King
3. Let Me Tell You / Shirley Jackson
4. The Magic of Shirley Jackson / Shirley Jackson
5. Fellside / M.R. Carey
6. Eligible / Curtis Sittenfeld
7. End of Watch / Stephen King
8. The Last Star / Rick Yancey
9. Unwrapping the Castelli Secret / Caitlin Crews
10. The City of Mirrors / Justin Cronin
11. Every Last Word / Tamara Ireland Stone
12. Stolen / Lucy Christopher
13. The Fireman / Joe Hill
14. The Curiosity / Stephen P. Kiernan
15. You Know Me Well / Nina LaCour and David Levithan
16. Stiff / Mary Roach
17. Pirate Penguin Vs. Ninja Chicken / Ray Friesen

j u l y

1. Don't Breathe a Word / Jennifer McMahon
2. Sleeping Giants / Sylvain Neuvel
3. Lobscouse & Spotted Dog / Anne Chotzinoff Grossman
4. Tell the Wolves I'm Home / Carol Rifka Brunt
5. The Narrow Road to the Deep North / Richard Flanagan
6. Relativity / Antonia Hayes
7. Sunshine / Robin McKinley
8. Seven Wild Sisters / Charles De Lint
9. Six-Gun Snow White / Catherynne M. Valente
10. The Nightingale / Kristin Hannah
11. Freddy the Pied Piper / Walter R. Brooks
12. The Turnip Princess / Franz Xaver von Schönwerth
13. The Lake House / Kate Morton
14. The Blue Sword / Robin McKinley

a u g u s t

1. Red Queen / Victoria Aveyard
2. The Panopticon / Jenni Fagan
3. Ghosts of the Fireground / Peter M. Leschak
4. You / Caroline Kepnes
5. Saga [vol 6] / Brian K. Vaughan
6. Coaltown Jesus / Ronald Koertge
7. Orphan Black [vol 1] / Graeme Manson
8. And We Stay / Jenny Hubbard
9. Serafina and the Twisted Staff / Robert Beatty
10. The Leaving / Tara Altebrando
11. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle / David Wroblewski
12. Cruel Crown / Victoria Aveyard
13. Hyperbole and A Half / Allie Brosh
14. The Girls in the Garden / Lisa Jewell

s e p t e m b e r

1. The Disappearing Spoon / Sam Kean
2. Lumberjanes To The Max Edition Vol. 1 / Shannon Watters
3. Through the Woods / Emily Carroll
4. This One Summer / Mariko Tamaki
5. Seconds / Bryan Lee O'Malley
6. Glass Sword / Victoria Aveyard
7. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie / C. Alan Bradley
8. The Soul of an Octopus / Sy Montgomery

o c t o b e r

1. Tales of the Peculiar / Ransom Riggs
2. Descent / Tim Johnston
3. The Tale of Kitty-in-boots / Beatrix Potter
4. The Widow / Fiona Barton
5. Eileen / Ottessa Moshfegh
6. Mischling / Affinity Konar
7. Confessions of An Imaginary Friend / Michelle Cuevas
8. Dark Matter / Blake Crouch
9. Hillbilly Elegy / J. D. Vance
10. Thunder and Shadow / Erin Hunter
11. Looking for Alaska / John Green
12. Like A River Glorious / Rae Carson
13. Furthermore / Tahereh Mafi
14. Unbound / Ann E Burg
15. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
16. The Professor and the Madman / Simon Winchester

n o v e m b e r

1. Replica / Lauren Oliver
2. These Shallow Graves / Jennifer Donnelly
3. The Liszts / Kyo Maclear
4. The Ruins of Lace / Iris Anthony
5. Messy Grace / Caleb Kaltenbach
6. How It All Began / Penelope Lively
7. The Perfect Girl / Gilly Macmillan
8. Scalped, Book 1 / Jason Aaron
9. Flawd / Emily-Anne Rigal
10. The Hammer of Thor / Rick Riordan
11. Man's Search for Meaning / Viktor E. Frankl
12. The Water Knife / Paolo Bacigalupi
13. The Wonder / Emma Donoghue

d e c e m b e r

1. Crooked Kingdom / Leigh Bardugo
2. A Man Called Ove / Fredrik Backman
3. The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
4. Mortal Engines / Philip Reeve
5. The Vanishing Year / Kate Moretti
6. The Ice Twins / S. K. Tremayne
7. The Nightwalker / Thomas Tessier
8. Hawkwing's Journey / Erin Hunter

s u m m a r y

1. total books: 155
2. total pages: 47,302
3. shortest: 40 pages [The Liszts by Kyo Maclear]
4. longest: 911 pages [City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg]
5. average: 317 pages

[*] = re-read

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