In 2016, I am so proud of myself that I read 291 books! My goal was 250, so I surpassed it–YAY! Last year I finished 288, but I was able to keep track of first reads of so many picture books that I have now read over and over again and wasn’t able to put as 2016 books because I wanted to keep their original date on Goodreads, so I am considering this year a much better reading year.
Today, I want to share with you 60 favorites (broken up into 5 categories) from the 291 that I read in 2016. If you haven’t read any of these, put them on your TBR now!!!!!
*These are books I read in 2016, not books that were published (only) in 2016
**In no particular order
***I included links to Unleashing Readers reviews if I wrote one
My 15 Favorite Fiction Picture Books I Read in 2016
Reviews:
Shy by Deborah Freedman
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Pirasaurs! by Josh Funk
A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts
Return by Aaron Becker
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
Dear Dragon by Josh Funk
Nibbles: The Book Monster by Emma Yarlett
My 10 Favorite Non-Fiction Books I Read in 2016
Reviews:
Antsy Ansel by Cindy Jenson-Elliott
Dorothea’s Eyes by Barb Rosenstock
Hillary Rodham Clinton by Michelle Markel
My 5 Favorite Graphic Novels I Read in 2016
My 20 Favorite Middle Grade Novels I Read in 2016
Reviews:
Still a Work in Progress by Jo Knowles
Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
My 10 Favorite Young Adult Novels I Read in 2016
Reviews:
Rescued by Eliot Schrefer
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
This year was a phenomenal reading year; I hope yours was too! Here’s to another year full of books and stories!
Ahhh, so many of these I haven’t read yet!! Too many books, not enough time!
So many excellent books! I’ve read many of them but there’s always so much more to read (yay!) Happy reading in 2017!
Always so much to read…. 🙂
we have many of the same books on our lists Kellee. I didn’t get to Counting Thyme, but I see that it should probably be on my 2017mustread list. Happy reading this year!
I think you would like it! It is a special book about family.
So many amazing titles! It’s the time of the year when I add dozens of books to my TBR list and then promptly feel overwhelmed with all the gloriousness!
Me, too 🙂 It is one of my favorite book times of the year!