2016 Reading List

Favorites: Maus, The Audacity of Hope, The Body Reader, Girl on the Train, Eleanor & Park, The Godfather, The Year of Yes, The Martian, Bel Canto, Spark Joy

1. Industry-focused – Contagious  (July)
2. Written by a YouTuber  - You’re Never Weird on the Internet (September)
3. Continuing a Series – The Hollow City  (March)
4. Start a Series – Perdido Street Station (June)
5. Current Events – The Audacity of Hope  (October)
6. Self-Help – Spark Joy  (September)
7. Zombies – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (December)
8. Biography/Memoir – You Can’t Make This Up (September)
9. Best Seller List – The Body Reader (September)
10. Already Own on Kindle – The Mermaid’s Sister (December)
11. Graphic Novel – Maus (December)
12. About Writing – On Writing  (October)
13. New Spin on a Fairy Tale – Alice (September)
14. “Best 100” Classic Book – Jane Eyre  (December)
15. Book Club Pick – This is Where it Ends (November)
16. Thriller – Girl on the Train  (February)
17. Ghost – Saint Odd  (April)
18. Hyped Up Book – Outlander  (May)
19. Book from Author in their 20’s – The Opposite of Loneliness (August)
20. From an Author who wrote 20+ Books – Mr. Mercedes  (February)
21. Author I’m Interested In – Velocity (December)
22. From Childhood – Son  (March)
23. For Life Crisis – Thrive  (November)
24. Super Popular Author – Tricky Twenty-Two (November)
25. Set in Wisconsin – Odd Wisconsin (November)
26. Love Story that Doesn’t Suck – Eleanor & Park (June)
27. Career Focused – Creativity, Inc.  (August)
28. Female Author – Love Like Crazy (October)
29. Road Trip Book – The Lost Continent (September)
30. Modern Mystery – The Short Drop  (March)
31. Book to Movie – Already Out – The Godfather (November)
32. Book to Movie – Before it Comes Out – The Night Circus (August)
33. Young Adult – Red Queen (November)
34. Contemporary – Bel Canto (October)
35. Crime – The Eyre Affair  (June)
36. Humor – Fat Girl Walking (November)
37. Fantasy – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (November)
38. Recommended by a Friend – The Scar (December)
39. Christmas – Visions of Sugar Plums (December)
40. Football – Silver Linings Playbook (June)
41. Author’s First Book – Everything We Keep (November)
42. Horror – Five Nights at Freddy’s: Silver Eyes  (January)
43. In Space – The Martian  (December)
44. Anticipated – A Lion Among Men (December)
45. Inspiring – Year of Yes (July)
46. Quick Read – The Ocean at the End of the Lane (April)
47. Discovered b/c Last Year – Maus II (December)
48. Play – Wit  (December)
49. Award Winner – The Man in the High Castle  (December)
50. Published in 2016 – Jilo  (July)
51. Poetry – Celebrations (December)
52. Free Choice – The Source (June)
53. Free Choice – The Line  (May)
54. Free Choice – The Void (July)
55. Free Choice – The Light of the Fireflies  (August)
56. Free Choice – 10 Secrets for Success & Inner Peace  (December)

Monthly Breakdown

January: 1 book
February: 2 books
March: 3 books
April: 1 book
May: 2 books

June: 5 books

July: 4 books
August: 5 books
September: 5 books
October: 4 books
November: 9 books
December: 14 books