In 2015 I wasn’t reading much, and I didn’t like that. I’ve always enjoyed reading, but at the end of a busy day, it was just easier to turn on netflix while I was falling asleep. Reading more books was on my someday, maybe list, and I just never got around to it.
So, in 2016, I made it a goal to read 100 books….I decided that a really big goal would be the best way for me, personally, to feel inspired to read more. And now I’m officially back in the reading game! Here’s a list of every book I read in 2016. Click here to keep up with my 2017 book list!
* indicates my favorite books of the year.
** indicates the books I listened to as an audiobook.
January
*The Martian by Andy Weir
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander
* The Paris Wife by Paula McLain **
*A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
February
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley **
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey
*Brooklyn by Colm Tobín
March
The Royal We by Heather Cocks
*Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
*Room by Emma Donoghue
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table by Shauna Niequist
Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin **
After You by Jojo Moyes
*Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin
Something Blue by Emily Griffin
*Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell **
April
*Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham **
*The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins **
Landline by Rainbow Rowell **
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Secrets of Midwives by Sally Hepworth
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand **
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
*My Life in France by Julia Child
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
May
*Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn **
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
*Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Condo
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
June
Where Water Comes Together With Other Water by Raymond Carver
Catalog of Unbashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
*The Great Fires by Jack Gilbert
Song by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand **
*The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
*Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes **
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turtle
July
*Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari **
Keep Me Posted by Liza Beazley
The Resilient Investor by Hal Brill
The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion **
*Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Peal: Poems by Bruce Bond
August
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner **
*Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes **
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith **
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai *
*Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
*Rising Strong by Brené Brown **
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand **
September
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breafast by Laura Vanderkam **
*A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold
Paris Street Style by Isabelle Thomas
*A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Nesting Place by Myquillyn Smith
A Mile Wide by Brandon Hatmaker
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
*The Assistants by Camille Perri
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh **
October
*Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan **
*When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi **
The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
*Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
November
Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand **
*The Wangs Vs The World by Jade Chang
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Alice and Oliver by Charles Bock **
Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam
*Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson **
*Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
A Gambler’s Anatomy by Jonathan Lethem
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson **
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
December
*Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
*Walk Through Walls: A Memoir by Marina Ambramovic
Compass Rose by Arthur Sze
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell **
Riding Westward by Carl Phillips
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson **
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
