January
Here, There and Everywhere:
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles - Geoff Emerick - ****
H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald - ***
Close To The Edge - The Story of Yes - Chris Welch - ***
Sweet Caress - William Boyd - ****
February
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
Still Alice by Lisa Genova.
March
Natchez Burning - Greg Iles
The Promise (Elvis Cole #20) - Robert Crais
April
The Snowman (Harry Hole)- Joe Nesbo ****
Phantom (Harry Hole) - Joe Nesbo ****
The Leopard (Harry Hole) - Jo Nesbo ****
May
George Harrison Reconsidered ***
The Heart Goes Last - Margaret Atwood ****
Dropping The Needle - The Vinyl Dialogues Volume II ***
The Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead, (Dave Robicheaux #6) - James Lee Burke****
June/.July
Lust and Wonder - Augusten Burrow ****
The Black House ****
The Lewis Man ****
The Chess Men ****
End of Warch - Stephen King ****
Cometh the Hour (Clifton Chronicles #6) Jeffrey Archer *****
The High Mountains of Portugal - Yann Martell ****
Taken - Robert Crais (Elvis Cole) ****
Dixie City Jam - James Lee Burke (Dave Robichaux) ****
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen *****
August
The Sentry - Robert Crais ****
The Heist - Janet Evanovich ****
The Chase - Janet Evanovish ****
The Job - Janet Evanovich ****
Our Kind of Traitor - John le Carre ****
The View From the Cheap Seats - Neil Gaiman *****
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury *****
Shoe Dog - Phil Knight ****
The Illegal - Lawrence Hill *****
It's A Long Story: My Life - Willie Nelson ***
The Two Minute Rule - Robert Crais ****
Lud-In-The-Mist - Hope Mirrlees ***
September
Hyperion Cantos (#1) - Dan Simmons ****
The Fall of Hyperion (#2) Dan Simmons ****
Endymion (#3) Dan Simmons ****
The Rise of Endymion (#4) Dan Simmons ****
Nutshell - Ian McEwan *****
One Way Out - The Inside Story of the Allman Brothers Band - Alan Paul ****
The Wonder - Emma Donoghue *****
The 13 Clocks - James Thurber ****
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells *****
October
Pigs Might Fly - Mark Blake ****
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen *****
The Emerald Lie (Jack Taylor #12) - Ken Bruen *****
Apathy For The Devil - Nick Kent ***
The Crossing (Harry Bosch #20) - Michael Connelly ****
Police (Harry Hole #10) Jo Nesbo *****
Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux #8) - James Lee Burke ****
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson * (DNF)
Never Say No To A Rock Star - Glenn Berger ***
St Lucia's Day and Other Stories - Michael Whitman-Jones ****
November
The Nix - Nathan Hill ****
I Am Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson ***
Rather Be The Devil - Ian Rankin *****
The Trespasser - Tana French ****
The Sun and The Moon and The Rolling Stones - Rich Cohen ****
December
This Was a Man (Clifton Chronicles #7) - Jeffrey Archer *****
Testimony: A Memoir - Robbie Robertson *****
The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill *****
Not Dead Yet: The Memoir - Phil Collins ****
Moonglow - Michael Chabon ****
Lilly and the Octopus - Steven Rowley *****
I read a lot of good books last year. Hell, I read a lot of books, period. So it was hard to choose just 10 of my favourite reads. But here's what I came up with...
2016 Top Ten Favourites:
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
Cometh the Hour (Clifton Chronicles #6) Jeffrey Archer
This Was a Man (Clifton Chronicles #7) - Jeffrey Archer
The Illegal - Lawrence Hill
The View From the Cheap Seats - Neil Gaiman
Nutshell - Ian McEwan
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Testimony: A Memoir - Robbie Robertson
The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill
Lilly and the Octopus - Steven Rowley
If you're interested in a review of any of these books, click on the "Books" button at the top of this page and then scroll down to the month and the book you're interested in. What did you enjoy reading last year? Let me know. And happy reading.
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