Top Five Books of 2016

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What are your top five reads for 2016? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2016. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
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18,619 membres
876 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2
7,364 membres
326 ressenyes
4.1
3
8,851 membres
451 ressenyes
4
10 Members
zhejw, Cariola, lsh63, dudes22, beebeereads, Carmenere, lindapanzo, JSWBooks, jcwharton, honkingcronk
Explicacions
JSWBooks: Powerful - the story and the writing!
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5,542 membres
274 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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11,569 membres
775 ressenyes
4.1
6
3,605 membres
188 ressenyes
3.9
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11,028 membres
679 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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3,658 membres
286 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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2,504 membres
131 ressenyes
4.2
10
7,699 membres
368 ressenyes
½ 4.4
7 Members
bookwoman84, rosalita, holly_golightly, greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, jcwharton, aquariumministry
Explicacions
rosalita: A contemporary black man's point of view about race relations in America. Some deeply uncomfortably truths for white Americans here, but so necessary to acknowledge and absorb.
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4,377 membres
238 ressenyes
4
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1,797 membres
94 ressenyes
3.8
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8,973 membres
509 ressenyes
½ 4.4
6 Members
Bookmarque, Cariola, beebeereads, Romonko, edparks, AmourFou
Explicacions
Romonko: I absolutely loved this book! It was so understated, but so well written.
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2,432 membres
152 ressenyes
4
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2,876 membres
91 ressenyes
4.2
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4,660 membres
243 ressenyes
½ 4.6
5 Members
rosalita, Jim53, gypsysmom, honkingcronk, Papermoon4
Explicacions
rosalita: A searing look at the racial biases in the American criminal justice system.
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187 membres
28 ressenyes
3.8
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8,449 membres
321 ressenyes
4.2
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2,933 membres
196 ressenyes
4.1
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2,852 membres
178 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
lkmiller, norabelle414, flying_monkeys, wolfeyluvr
Explicacions
flying_monkeys: Because it's a mash-up of sci-fi and fantasy, and it's the weirdest book I read in 2016. And I mean "weird" in the best possible way.
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11,506 membres
495 ressenyes
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4 Members
ccatalfo, highlander6022, Redheadlib, Cynthia_Moses
Explicacions
highlander6022: Oh, how I wish this book was available 40 years ago. The best adjective I can give it is "rich". Rich in discussion. Rich in research documentation. Rich in providing a wonderful insight into myself, a confirmed introvert but with some extrovert tendencies. Rich in discussion of interactions between intros and extros. Rich in providing guidance on how to raise, teach, encourage intro and extro children. Rich in how to succeed in a business world where extros seem to be the "chosen ones" to lead us to the promised land of success.
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1,881 membres
92 ressenyes
4
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6,183 membres
540 ressenyes
3.9
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13,551 membres
284 ressenyes
3.9
25
5,302 membres
399 ressenyes
4
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2,316 membres
78 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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4,317 membres
277 ressenyes
3.9
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1,019 membres
45 ressenyes
4.2
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34 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
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18,272 membres
1,261 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
krisa, IrishSue, flying_monkeys
Explicacions
flying_monkeys: Because I could see that magic, close my eyes and touch it. All my senses were fully engaged. It's a rare book that uses smells and sounds with such clarity and power.
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5,418 membres
360 ressenyes
4.1
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339 membres
17 ressenyes
4
3 Members
sianpr, cbl_tn, Willoyd
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78,153 membres
1,431 ressenyes
½ 4.4
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5,276 membres
261 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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17,991 membres
1,239 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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9,481 membres
537 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
kaulsu, AmourFou, Laura1124
Explicacions
kaulsu: I read little "good" fiction...and this was worth reading. I had it on my iphone for several years, but kept putting it off. Verghese is a marvel. More of his books in my future, I foresee.
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7,290 membres
506 ressenyes
3.9
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339 membres
21 ressenyes
3.8
39
16,808 membres
473 ressenyes
4
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1,430 membres
77 ressenyes
3.8
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5,537 membres
312 ressenyes
4.2
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9,869 membres
616 ressenyes
3.9
43
15,689 membres
566 ressenyes
½ 3.4
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1,277 membres
54 ressenyes
4
45
1,558 membres
66 ressenyes
½ 4.3
46
6,910 membres
294 ressenyes
4.2
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4 membres
1 ressenya
5
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12,822 membres
501 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
kgriffith, asyouth
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3,743 membres
220 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
Micheller7, terran
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3,393 membres
197 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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2,937 membres
160 ressenyes
½ 4.5
2 Members
charl08, lorannen
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2,766 membres
168 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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963 membres
90 ressenyes
3.9
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281 membres
10 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, rplinke
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8,296 membres
239 ressenyes
½ 4.5
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5,311 membres
315 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
ursula, krisa
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3,440 membres
138 ressenyes
3.9
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1,717 membres
73 ressenyes
4.2
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624 membres
19 ressenyes
4.2
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296 membres
18 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
rarm, Jarandel
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20,606 membres
608 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
rarm, ahef1963
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6,232 membres
304 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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5,415 membres
359 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
jjwilson61, craso
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2,933 membres
146 ressenyes
4
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2,613 membres
45 ressenyes
½ 4.6
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1,607 membres
68 ressenyes
4
2 Members
avatiakh, soraki
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1,518 membres
26 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Kaffie, bethmariec
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1,229 membres
98 ressenyes
4
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791 membres
113 ressenyes
½ 3.7
70
7 membres
5
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2,169 membres
144 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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928 membres
44 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
okeres, lorannen
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4,439 membres
224 ressenyes
4
2 Members
chgstrom, JSWBooks
Explicacions
JSWBooks: How kindness can change a community.
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19,017 membres
343 ressenyes
4
2 Members
hipdeep, AmourFou
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18,376 membres
1,270 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Cecrow
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2,713 membres
171 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
fannyprice, flips
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519 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
78
3,943 membres
287 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
mahsdad, ahef1963
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3,340 membres
290 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
lkmiller, flying_monkeys
Explicacions
flying_monkeys: Because it's beautiful, macabre, diverse. And it speaks to a secret, lifelong quest: to find my door.
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52,638 membres
1,298 ressenyes
4.2
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13,643 membres
198 ressenyes
½ 4.3
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3,305 membres
198 ressenyes
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2,787 membres
124 ressenyes
4.1
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581 membres
48 ressenyes
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272 membres
19 ressenyes
3.9
86
223 membres
22 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
lsh63, katiekrug
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2,155 membres
123 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Jim53, lindapanzo
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1,451 membres
87 ressenyes
4.2
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1,364 membres
74 ressenyes
3.9
90
8,648 membres
517 ressenyes
3.9
91
2,427 membres
98 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
EfEh, Laura1124
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1,591 membres
84 ressenyes
3.9
93
14,875 membres
607 ressenyes
3.8
94
2,329 membres
225 ressenyes
4
2 Members
zhejw, njinthesun
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1,143 membres
71 ressenyes
½ 3.6
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6,731 membres
287 ressenyes
4.1
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3,402 membres
251 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
EfEh, katemcangus
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1,995 membres
103 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
kaulsu, chgstrom
Explicacions
kaulsu: I've not previously read anything by Allende. I am told each of her novels is unlike the last. It took me a minute to get into the flash backs, but (I work in a retirement community) I did enjoy it. There were some pieces that didn't ring true (FBI field agents have a mandatory retirement age of 57, for example), but Twain said we shouldn't allow a few facts to spoil a good story. Or something.
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1,481 membres
64 ressenyes
3.9
100
14,787 membres
797 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Minthe, gtimcqueen