Top Five Books of 2016

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What are your top five reads for 2016? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2016. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
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876 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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326 besprekingen
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451 besprekingen
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zhejw, Cariola, lsh63, dudes22, beebeereads, Carmenere, lindapanzo, JSWBooks, jcwharton, honkingcronk
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JSWBooks: Powerful - the story and the writing!
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274 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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11,567 leden
775 besprekingen
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3,605 leden
188 besprekingen
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11,026 leden
679 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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3,657 leden
286 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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131 besprekingen
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7,696 leden
367 besprekingen
½ 4.4
7 Members
bookwoman84, rosalita, holly_golightly, greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, jcwharton, aquariumministry
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rosalita: A contemporary black man's point of view about race relations in America. Some deeply uncomfortably truths for white Americans here, but so necessary to acknowledge and absorb.
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238 besprekingen
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1,797 leden
94 besprekingen
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8,972 leden
509 besprekingen
½ 4.4
6 Members
Bookmarque, Cariola, beebeereads, Romonko, edparks, AmourFou
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Romonko: I absolutely loved this book! It was so understated, but so well written.
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2,431 leden
152 besprekingen
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2,876 leden
91 besprekingen
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4,657 leden
243 besprekingen
½ 4.6
5 Members
rosalita, Jim53, gypsysmom, honkingcronk, Papermoon4
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rosalita: A searing look at the racial biases in the American criminal justice system.
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187 leden
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321 besprekingen
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2,933 leden
196 besprekingen
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2,852 leden
178 besprekingen
½ 3.6
4 Members
lkmiller, norabelle414, flying_monkeys, wolfeyluvr
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flying_monkeys: Because it's a mash-up of sci-fi and fantasy, and it's the weirdest book I read in 2016. And I mean "weird" in the best possible way.
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11,506 leden
495 besprekingen
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4 Members
ccatalfo, highlander6022, Redheadlib, Cynthia_Moses
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highlander6022: Oh, how I wish this book was available 40 years ago. The best adjective I can give it is "rich". Rich in discussion. Rich in research documentation. Rich in providing a wonderful insight into myself, a confirmed introvert but with some extrovert tendencies. Rich in discussion of interactions between intros and extros. Rich in providing guidance on how to raise, teach, encourage intro and extro children. Rich in how to succeed in a business world where extros seem to be the "chosen ones" to lead us to the promised land of success.
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92 besprekingen
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6,182 leden
540 besprekingen
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284 besprekingen
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399 besprekingen
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78 besprekingen
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277 besprekingen
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45 besprekingen
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18,267 leden
1,261 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
krisa, IrishSue, flying_monkeys
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flying_monkeys: Because I could see that magic, close my eyes and touch it. All my senses were fully engaged. It's a rare book that uses smells and sounds with such clarity and power.
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4.1
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339 leden
17 besprekingen
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3 Members
sianpr, cbl_tn, Willoyd
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1,431 besprekingen
½ 4.4
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261 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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1,239 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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537 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
kaulsu, AmourFou, Laura1124
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kaulsu: I read little "good" fiction...and this was worth reading. I had it on my iphone for several years, but kept putting it off. Verghese is a marvel. More of his books in my future, I foresee.
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506 besprekingen
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473 besprekingen
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77 besprekingen
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312 besprekingen
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616 besprekingen
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566 besprekingen
½ 3.4
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1,277 leden
54 besprekingen
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66 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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294 besprekingen
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12,815 leden
501 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
kgriffith, asyouth
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3,741 leden
220 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
Micheller7, terran
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3,392 leden
197 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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2,937 leden
160 besprekingen
½ 4.5
2 Members
charl08, lorannen
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168 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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90 besprekingen
3.9
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10 besprekingen
3.8
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Dilara86, rplinke
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239 besprekingen
½ 4.5
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315 besprekingen
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ursula, krisa
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138 besprekingen
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18 besprekingen
4.1
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rarm, Jarandel
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608 besprekingen
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rarm, ahef1963
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304 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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jjwilson61, craso
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146 besprekingen
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45 besprekingen
½ 4.6
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1,607 leden
68 besprekingen
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2 Members
avatiakh, soraki
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26 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
Kaffie, bethmariec
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98 besprekingen
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113 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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144 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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928 leden
44 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
okeres, lorannen
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4,438 leden
224 besprekingen
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2 Members
chgstrom, JSWBooks
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JSWBooks: How kindness can change a community.
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19,011 leden
343 besprekingen
4
2 Members
hipdeep, AmourFou
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18,373 leden
1,270 besprekingen
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hipdeep, Cecrow
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171 besprekingen
3.8
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fannyprice, flips
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519 leden
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3,943 leden
287 besprekingen
4.1
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mahsdad, ahef1963
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290 besprekingen
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lkmiller, flying_monkeys
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flying_monkeys: Because it's beautiful, macabre, diverse. And it speaks to a secret, lifelong quest: to find my door.
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272 leden
19 besprekingen
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223 leden
22 besprekingen
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lsh63, katiekrug
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2,154 leden
123 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
Jim53, lindapanzo
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87 besprekingen
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74 besprekingen
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517 besprekingen
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2,427 leden
98 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
EfEh, Laura1124
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84 besprekingen
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607 besprekingen
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225 besprekingen
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2 Members
zhejw, njinthesun
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1,143 leden
71 besprekingen
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287 besprekingen
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3,402 leden
251 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
EfEh, katemcangus
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1,993 leden
103 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
kaulsu, chgstrom
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kaulsu: I've not previously read anything by Allende. I am told each of her novels is unlike the last. It took me a minute to get into the flash backs, but (I work in a retirement community) I did enjoy it. There were some pieces that didn't ring true (FBI field agents have a mandatory retirement age of 57, for example), but Twain said we shouldn't allow a few facts to spoil a good story. Or something.
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1,481 leden
64 besprekingen
3.9
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14,784 leden
797 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
Minthe, gtimcqueen