2016 Books

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Here are all the books I read and reviewed in 2016:

★★★★☆ The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
★★★☆☆ The Martian by Andy Weir
★★☆☆☆ The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
★★★★★ The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #2)
★★★★☆ Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (Welcome to Night Vale #1)
★★☆☆☆ The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill
★★★★☆ The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Last Survivors #4)
★☆☆☆☆ Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Todd Family #1)
★★☆☆☆ The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks (Shannara #2)
★★★☆☆ The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #6)
★★☆☆☆ The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7)
★★★★★ The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆ Modern Romance: An Investigation by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
★★☆☆☆ Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
★★★★☆ Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
★★☆☆☆ The Dark Half by Stephen King
★★★☆☆ Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis #1)
★★★☆☆ Another Day by David Levithan (Every Day #2)
★★★☆☆ Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
★★☆☆☆ Made to Kill by Adam Christopher (Ray Electromatic Mysteries #1)
★★★☆☆ Rogues edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
★★★★☆ Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm #3)
★★★☆☆ The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
★★☆☆☆ Pet Sematary by Stephen King
★★★☆☆ Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis #2)
★★★☆☆ Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #3)
★★★★☆ Lifeboats by Diane Duane (Young Wizards #9.5)
★★★☆☆ Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
★★☆☆☆ American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales
★★★★☆ Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #1)
★★☆☆☆ The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (The Talisman #1)
★★★★★ Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Red Rising #1)
★★★☆☆ Imago by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis #3)
★★★★★ Golden Son by Pierce Brown (Red Rising #2)
★★★☆☆ Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub (The Talisman #2)
★★★★☆ Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan
★★☆☆☆ Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
★★☆☆☆ The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #1)
★★★★☆ Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
★★☆☆☆ Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks (Genius #1)
★★★★☆ Morning Star by Pierce Brown (Red Rising #3)
★★★★☆ The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #4)
★★★☆☆ Calamity by Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners #3)
★★★★★ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
★★☆☆☆ The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Jean le Flambeur #1)
★★☆☆☆ Needful Things by Stephen King
★★★☆☆ The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (The Checquy Files #1)
★☆☆☆☆ The Arrivals by Melissa Marr
★★★☆☆ Yes Please by Amy Poehler
★★★★☆ Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
★★★☆☆ The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi (The Star-Touched Queen #1)
★★★☆☆ Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
★★☆☆☆ Salvation City by Sigrid Nunez
★★★★☆ Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
★★★★☆ Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
★★★☆☆ The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics by John Pollack
★★☆☆☆ Omnitopia Dawn by Diane Duane
★★★☆☆ The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (Tufa #1)
★★★★☆ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millennium #1)
★★★★☆ Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #2)
★★★★★ People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
★★☆☆☆ The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (Millennium #2)
★★★★☆ Terrier by Tamora Pierce (Beka Cooper #1)
★★★☆☆ Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
★★☆☆☆ Dodger by Terry Pratchett
★★★☆☆ The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk
★★★★☆ The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (Tommy and Tuppence #1)
★★★☆☆ A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (Time Quintet)
★★★☆☆ The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sís
★★★★☆ Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley (The Checquy Files #2)
★★★★☆ Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows #1)
★★☆☆☆ The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #2)
★★★☆☆ Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan #1)
★★★☆☆ The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8)
★★★★☆ Uprooted by Naomi Novik
★★★☆☆ The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
★★★★☆ The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
★★★☆☆ Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1)
★★★☆☆ The Golem of Hollywood by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman (Detective Jacob Lev #1)
★★★☆☆ Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
★★★★☆ Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (Beka Cooper #2)
★☆☆☆☆ Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury
★★☆☆☆ The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
★★★★☆ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
★★★☆☆ Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
★★☆☆☆ The Devil You Know by K. J. Parker (Saloninus #2)
★★★☆☆ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
★★★☆☆ Joyland by Stephen King
★★★★☆ The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
★★★☆☆ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
★★★☆☆ Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler
★★★★☆ The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
★★★☆☆ Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan #2)
★★☆☆☆ Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #3)
★★★☆☆ Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (Alcatraz #1)
★★★☆☆ My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (The Neapolitan Novels #1)
★★☆☆☆ What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
★★★☆☆ Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2)
★★★☆☆ Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller Was Dad, the Apthorp Was Home, and Life Was a Catch-22 by Erica Heller
★★★☆☆ Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Beka Cooper #3)
★★★☆☆ What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
★★★★☆ The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)
★★☆☆☆ How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (How to Train Your Dragon #1)
★★★☆☆ The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #9)
★★★★☆ My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair
★★★☆☆ Goliath by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan #3)
★★★☆☆ A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
★★★☆☆ The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (Colonel Race #1)
★★☆☆☆ Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
★★★★☆ Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #3)
★★★☆☆ The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen (The Ascendance Trilogy #2)
★★☆☆☆ A Whole New World by Liz Braswell (Twisted Tales #1)
★★★☆☆ Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones by Brandon Sanderson (Alcatraz #2)
★★★★☆ The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman #1)
★★★☆☆ Desperation by Stephen King
★★★★★ The Giver by Lois Lowry (The Giver #1)
★★☆☆☆ Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers (Mary Poppins #1)
★★★☆☆ Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3)
★★★★☆ The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
★★★☆☆ Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
★★★★☆ Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
★★★☆☆ Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral by Mary Doria Russell (Doc Holliday #2)
★★★☆☆ Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia by Brandon Sanderson (Alcatraz #3)
★★★☆☆ Armada by Ernest Cline
★★★☆☆ The Magicians by Lev Grossman (The Magicians #1)
★★★☆☆ The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
★★★☆☆ The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd (The Madman’s Daughter #1)
★★★☆☆ The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen (The Ascendance Trilogy #3)
★★★☆☆ Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
★★☆☆☆ Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #4)
★★★★★ Version Control by Dexter Palmer
★★☆☆☆ Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
★★★☆☆ The Green Mile by Stephen King
★★☆☆☆ The Magician King by Lev Grossman (The Magicians #2)
★★★☆☆ To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix
★★☆☆☆ Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (Warm Bodies #1)
★★★☆☆ Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray
★★★★☆ Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
★★☆☆☆ Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd (The Madman’s Daughter #2)
★★★★☆ The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10)
★★★★☆ NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
★★★☆☆ Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
★★☆☆☆ I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas by Lewis Black
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell, and Scott Handcock
★★☆☆☆ Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (The Giver #2)
★★★☆☆ Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
★★★☆☆ Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
★★★★☆ Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
★★★☆☆ The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie (Superintendent Battle #1)
★★★★☆ The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
★★★★☆ Goldenhand by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom #5)
★★★★☆ Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

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