This one is a little different in that the books didn’t have to come out this year, BUT they had to be a new read to me (or a reread of something I may not have grasped when younger). I read/listened to 87 books this year! I was well on my way to 100 but then I started traveling and surprisingly had no time to read. I read mostly nonfiction this year so there are a lot more non fiction recommendations than fiction. So here are my top (recommended) books of 2016, in no particular order but split it into fiction and nonfiction.
NON FICTION
Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion – Jonathan Haidt
The Cost of Discipleship – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes
Think LIke a Freak – Steven Levitt
The Wright Brothers – David McCullough
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit – Mark Seal
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning – Chris Hedges
Pitch Perfect – Bill McGowan
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – William L. Shirer
Dark Money – Jane Mayer
Born to Run – Christopher McDougal
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World – The Dalai Lama
The Right Kind of Crazy – Adam Steltzner
FICTION
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
It Can’t Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis
Will in Scarlet – Matthew Cody
Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
Dune – Frank Herbert
Everyone Brave is Forgiven – Chris Cleave
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