My 2016 Reading List

Ever since 2004 I have kept a list of all of the books I read each year. Mostly I prefer fiction.  It's my escape.  I'm partial to who-done-it's but I can't do a steady diet of any one genre.  Below is my list for 2016.  

The three Ken Follett books were a series of historical fiction spanning most of the 20th Century beginning right before WWI.  The first book was the best of the three and they were LONG. "Pretty Girls" was a good thriller.  The bestseller "A Man Called Ove" was a sweet story about a grumpy sad old man and his finding purpose again in life.  Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime" was really interesting.  It's about his life growing up in South Africa before and after apartheid. 

Whenever I look over my list for the year, I can never really pick out a favorite.  Some years I read more of a particular genre or I get started on one particular author and want to read everything they wrote.  

I'm also one of those people that occasionally  rereads books.  I have a few that I have read multiple times.  Those include "Lonesome Dove" and "Gone With the Wind".  It's like revisiting old friends or watching favorite old movies.  You know how "Christmas Vacation" is always funny no matter how many times you watch it?  For me, it's the same with certain books.  

Anyway, here is the list for this year.  Maybe you'll find a suggestion if you're looking for something to read.  Enjoy!

       Title                    Author

1  In The Unlikely Event      Judy Blume
2  Head Full of Ghosts        Paul Tremblay
3  The Japanese Lover         Isabella Allende
4  Sweet Caress               William Boyd
5  The Goldfinch              Donna Tartt
6  Carrying Albert Home       Homer Hickham
7  The Husbands Secret        Liane Moriaty
8  Pretty Girls               Karin Slaughter
9  Who Do you Love            Jennifer Weiner
10 The Nightengale            Kristin Hannah
11 Fall of Giants             Ken Follett
12 Winter of the World        Ken Follett
13 The Letter Writer          Dan Fesperman
14 A Man Called Ove           Fredrik Backman
15 Edge of Eternity           Ken Follett
16 All Summer Long            Dorothea Benton Frank
17 The Nest                   Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
18 Born a Crime               Trevor Noah
19 The Unlikely Pilgrimage
     of Harold Fry            Rachel Joyce