My Book Reading Report for 2016

It’s that time of the year to tally up. Here are my stats according to GoodReads.

TOTAL BOOKS READ IN 2016 = 255
5 Adult;  11 YA;  6 MG;  2 CB/ER; 231 PB

Listed below are my favorite reads from this year. This list contains titles published in 2016 and past years.

ADULT: When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi), Big Magic (Elizabeth Gilbert)

YA: The Sky is Everywhere (Jandy Nelson), The Sun is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon), The Game of Love and Death (Martha Brockenbrough), The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)

MG: Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White (Melissa Sweet), Hour of the Bees (Lindsay Eagar), Dear Mrs. Naidu (Mathangi Subramanian)

PB:

• Strictly No Elephants (Lisa Mantchev and Taeeun Yoo)
• Horrible Bear (Ame Dyckman and Zachariah O’Hora)
• Mother Bruce (Ryan T. Higgins)
• Nerdy Birdy (Aaron Reynolds and Matt Davies)
• Mirette on the High Wire (Emily Arnold McCully)
• Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes (Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton)
• Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport)
• Diary of a Spider (Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss)
• Are We There Yet? (Dan Santat)
• Poppy Pickle (Emma Yarlett)
• Maple (Lori Nichols)
• Pink is for Blobfish (Jess Keating and David DeGrand)

What were some of your favorite reads? I’m always looking for excellent titles for my 2017 to-read list.