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