Every year there is always those few books that you love and want to recommend and share with everyone. These are not necessarily newly published, but books I have finally read.
This is my “Best of 2016”
General Fiction
- The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
- Dark Water by Sara Bailey
- House Broken by Sonja Yoerg
- The Last Days of Summer by Sophie Pembroke
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
- The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Story of Our Life by Shari Low
- What We Didn’t Say by Rory Dunlop
Historical Fiction
- Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
- The Girl and the Sunbird by Rebecca Stonehill
- The Sugar Planter’s Daughter by Sharon Maas
Mystery/Suspense
- All Fall Down by Tom Bale
- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
- Dark Water by Sara Bailey
- Dark Water (Erika Foster #3) by Robert Bryndza
- Friction by Sandra Brown
- Her Darkest Nightmare by Brenda Novak
- Into the Light by Aleatha Romig
- The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
- The Last Mile by David Baldacci
- Memory Man by David Baldacci
- My Husband’s Son by Deborah O’Connor
- The Night Stalker (Erika Foster #2) by Robert Bryndza
- Security Breach by Humphrey Hawksley
- Without Mercy by Jefferson Bass
- Valentina by S.E. Lynes
Contemporary Romance
- All She Ever Wished For by Claudia Carroll
- The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz
- For Better or Worse by Lauren Layne
- The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green by Laura Kemp
- The Little Antique Shop Under the Eiffel Tour by Rebecca Raisin
- Lovers and Liars by Nigel May
- Nannyland by Jane Elizabeth Hughes
- Not Quite Perfect by Catherine Bybee
- One Christmas in Paris by Mandy Baggot
- Playing By Her Rules by Amy Andrews
- Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen
- Take a Chance on Me by Carol Wyer
- The Sunshine and Biscotti Club by Jenny Oliver
- Those Summer Nights by Mandy Baggot
- To Have and To Hold by Lauren Layne
- To Love and to Cherish by Lauren Layne
- Trophy Life by Elli Lewis
- What Happens at the Beach… by T. A. Williams
Young Adult
