Looking Back at Our Favorite Reads in 2016

Here is a list of books both Gerard and I loved that we read in 2016 and would highly recommend.  If you click the links it will take you to our reviews:

YA fantasy continues to be a favorite genre for both of us.  Books in this genre we both read and loved last year were:

A Torch Against the Night (the second book of Sabaa Tahir's Ember in the Ashes series) 

A Court of Mist and Fury (the second book of Sarah J. Mass's A Court of Thorns and Roses series)

Ruined by Amy Tintera (first book of series)

The Beauty of Darkness (third book of Mary E. Pearson's Remnant Chronicles series)

We also read some historical fiction and had a couple we both loved:

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

 Mystery/Thrillers we both loved:

 

 Those Girls by Chevy Stevens 

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner

 Contemporary Adult Fiction:

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross

The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin

Young Adult:

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Finally a couple children's books we both loved:

Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart

 PAX by Sara Penny Packer

We also each made a top 12 Favorites list for 2016 so some of these will not be on those lists because we had to narrow down our favorites to just 12--a very hard thing to do!  I read 83 books last year and Gerard read 132.   You can see both our favorites of 2016 here:

To find books on a specific topic, scroll to the bottom and click on the topic you want. Happy Reading!