Books of 2016

Do you really need any explanation from me?  I thought not (a line from the musical Rent, BTW).  So here are all of the books I read in 2016 in the order that I read them.

Last Bus to Wisdom - Ivan Doig - 3.25
Violent Crimes - Philip Margolin - 2.5
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 2.75
The God's Eye View - Barry Eisler - 4.0
Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray - Nick Bruel
Memory of Water - Emmi Itaranta - 2.75
Veronkia Layne Gets the Scoop - Julia Park Tracey - 3.0
Rosemary:  The Hidden Kennedy Daughter - Kate Larson - 3.0
Mulberry - Paulette Boudreaux - 3.5
A Conscious Peace - Ruchi Rai - 2.25
Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley - 2.5
Looking for a Kiss - Kate Walter - 3.0
The Arrangement - Ashlee Warlick - 2.25
Rare Mettle - Ann Bridges - 2.5
Fool Me Once - Harlan Coben - 4.0
Murder on the Champs de Mars - Cara Black - 2.75
Redemption Road - John Hart - 3.75
Under the Influence - Joyce Maynard - 3.25
You - Caroline Kepnes - 2.75
Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys - 3.5
Ladies Invited - T.J. Reilly - 2.25
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman - 4.0
Princess:  A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia - Jean Sasson - 3.25
The Illuminator Rising - Alina Sayre - 3.25
A Taste of Sugar - Marina Adair - 3.25
Under One Roof - Adam Henig - 2.5
Two Among the Righteous Few - Marty Brounstein - 2.5
The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney - 3.5
Alphabet Britain - Lucy Feltham - 3.0
Charcoal Joe - Walter Mosley - 3.0
Toni Pacini - Alabama Blue - 2.5
Cometh the Hour - Jeffrey Archer - 4.0
The Green Road - Anne Enright - 2.0
Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys - 3.25
Love Me Two Times - Philip Michaels - 3.25
Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel - 2.75
Fearless in Love - Jennifer Skully/Bella Andre - 3.5
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante - 2.5
Mending Heartstrings - Aria Glazki - 3.25
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi - 3.5
The Ones Who Matter Most - Rachael Herron - 3.75
You Will Know Me - Linda Abbott - 2.5
Blaming the Wind - Alessandra Harris - 3.0
The Life We Bury - Allen Eskens - 3.625
Fantasy Man - Nate Jackson - 3.0
Amour Provence - Constance Leisure - 3.0
The Art of the Deal - Tony Schwartz/Donald Trump
Home - Harlan Coben - 3.5
Commonwealth - Ann Patchett - 2.5
The Wright Brothers - David McCullough - 3.5
Ice Shear - M.P. Cooley - 2.75
The Black Widow - Daniel Silva - 3.75
I Will Send Rain - Rae Meadows - 2.5
The Choices We Make - Karma Brown - 3.75
Sign of the Green Dragon - C. Lee McKenzie
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling - 3.0
Splinters of Light - Rachael Herron - 4.0+
Composing Temple Sunrise - Hassan El-Tayyab - 2.5
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness - 3.25
Elemental Magic - Angela Wallace - 3.0
Blackberry Winter - Sarah Jio - 3.5
Letters from Paris - Juliet Blackwell - 3.5
Bed & Breakfast & Bondage - Kate Allure - 2.75
Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult - 3.5
Livia Lone - Barry Eisler - 3.5
Paris for One - JoJo Moyes - 3.5
Glitter and Glue - Kelly Corrigan - 3.5
I'll Take You There - Wally Lamb - 3.25
Hold A Scorpion - Melodie Johnson Howe - 2.25
Weighing the Truth - Christine Z. Mason - 2.75
This Was A Man - Jeffrey Archer - 3.75
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi - 3.25
The Scribe - Elizabeth Hunter - 3.0
The Japanese Lover - Isabel Allende - 3.0
12.21.12:  The Vessel - Killian McRae - 2.25
Twisted - Hannah Jayne - 3.0
Really Enough - Margaret Zhao/Kathleen Martens - 2.5

Books - 77
Pages - 22,673