Under the tree this year
Several of my favorite books read this year were published in 2016. My top read, a memoir, was first published in Germany in 1938.
You’ll see plenty of memoirs on my list. Almost all the fiction is historical. Two are set in the northern Arctic regions.
Why I Write Memoir was by far my most popular post in 2016.
My Most Unusual & Memorable Read in 2016
A Woman in the Polar Night, by Christiane Ritter (memoir)
Favorite Fiction Read in 2016
#1 To the Bright Edge of the World, by Eowyn Ivey
#2 News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
#3 Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien (not yet reviewed on Books Can Save A Life)
#4 My Name Is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout
Favorite Memoirs Read in 2016
#1 Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren
#2 Ghostbread, by Sonja Livingston
#3 The Beautiful Struggle, by Ta-Nahesi Coates
#4 H Is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald
Favorite Nonfiction Read in 2016
#1 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence, by Howard Means
#2 The Road to Character, by David Brooks (not reviewed on Books Can Save A Life)
Favorite Author New to Me
Sonja Livingston (Ladies Night at the Dreamland; Queen of the Fall; Ghostbread)
MOST POPULAR BOOKS CAN SAVE A LIFE POSTS, 2016
#2 A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, by Sue Klebold (memoir)
Also popular
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi (memoir)
The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion, by Jenny Peterson
MOST POPULAR BOOKS CAN SAVE A LIFE POSTS OF ALL TIME
#1 Meeting the Dark Matter of Mental Illness
#3 Do Genes Shape Our Mental Health?
#4 Children of Mental Illness, Part I
What were your favorite books read in 2016, and what is on your list for 2017?
