The Best Books I Read This Year
Posted on: December 26, 2016
The best thing about being a book blogger is all the amazing books I get to read! I didn’t read as many books in 2016 as I wanted to, but I sure picked some good ones to read. If I’ve given you good recommendations in the past, but you think you might have missed some, this list is a great reference of stuff I think you might like. If you’re new to my blog and are wondering what kind of books do it for me, this list is a great place to start.
In no particular order, here are my favorite books that I reviewed this year:
The Narrator by Michael Cisco
Spells of Blood and Kin by Claire Humphrey
Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez
The Flux by Ferrett Steinmetz
Clockwork Phoenix Volume 5 edited by Mike Allen
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Way Station by Clifford Simak
10 Responses to "The Best Books I Read This Year"
December 26, 2016 at 1:30 pm
Love Way Station. Simak’s best novel. Prefer his short fiction to his novels. Have never been able to get through a Michael Cisco book. Also remember enjoying the Greg Bear. City of Blades is on my TBR pile.
December 26, 2016 at 4:27 pm
Like Steve, I think WAY STATION is Simak’s best novel. I read it when it was first published in the 1960s and have reread it a couple of times. A great book!
December 26, 2016 at 6:10 pm
My list, the 28 most enjoyed of the 144 I read, will be up Friday. Only a couple were published in 2016. I read older stuff, and as many mysteries as SFF.
December 27, 2016 at 9:58 am
I got Darwin’s Radio based on your post. I just need to get to it!
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December 28, 2016 at 8:19 am
Why haven’t I read Spells of Blood and Kin yet! Damn. I’ve had it for ages but I just got so far behind and have been trying to catch up. I will bump this up the list I think – still a few days left i 2016 after all!
Lynn 😀
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December 28, 2016 at 10:14 pm
Aaaaah this makes me realize I need to come back to the Robert Jackson Bennett series. I loved the first one!
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December 29, 2016 at 8:35 pm
and if you loved the 1st one? the second is ever better! (how a book can be better than City of Stairs, I have no idea, but he did it!)
the Little Red Reviewer 
December 26, 2016 at 1:19 pm
But…the year isn’t over! I’m madly trying to finish a couple more!
Good choices. How many total did you read?
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December 26, 2016 at 4:35 pm
oh, I’m still reading for the rest of the year, but I’m reading January stuff, trying to stay ahead of the game!
I read an embarrassingly small number of books this year. I averaged less than 1 book a week, and on top of that probably had 20 that I read 50 pages into and then never picked up again. To add insult to injury, I also became a couch potato this year, watching more TV than I have in the last 5 years combined.
been a weird year.
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