Books I read in 2016

This is a complete list of the book I finished in 2016 and my Goodreads rating. I read exactly 100 books this year, which was my goal. All of the 4 and 5 star books are highly recommended.

The Barbarian Nurseries by Héctor Tobar ★★★★ Dec 31, 2016

The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) Buck, Pearl S. ★★★★ Dec 30, 2016

Meditations Aurelius, Marcus ★★★ Dec 29, 2016

Appetites: A Cookbook Bourdain, Anthony ★★★★★ Dec 28, 2016

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Pollan, Michael ★★★ Dec 21, 2016

A Monster Calls Ness, Patrick ★★★★★ Dec 20, 2016

The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection Ruhlman, Michael ★★★★ Dec 19, 2016

The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life Sterner, Thomas M. ★★★★ Dec 14, 2016

Hamilton: The Revolution Miranda, Lin-Manuel ★★★★★ Dec 12, 2016

Total Recall Anthony, Piers ★★★ Dec 11, 2016

The New Artisan B in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking Hertzberg, Jeff ★★★★ Dec 09, 2016

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Díaz, Junot ★★★★ Dec 08, 2016

Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It Olmsted, Larry ★★★★★ Dec 06, 2016

The Girl with All the Gifts Carey, M.R. ★★★ Dec 03, 2016

The Secret History Tartt, Donna ★★★★ Dec 2016

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #26) Connelly, Michael ★★★★★ Nov 28, 2016

News of the World Jiles, Paulette ★★★★★ Nov 25, 2016

The Collector Fowles, John ★★★★ Nov 20, 2016

Jaws Benchley, Peter ★★★★ Nov 20, 2016

Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide Kinsley, Michael E. ★★★★ Nov 11, 2016

Sharp Objects Flynn, Gillian ★★★★ Nov 10, 2016

Everyone Brave is Forgiven Cleave, Chris ★★★ Nov 09, 2016

Lonesome Animals Holbert, Bruce ★★★★ Nov 06, 2016

Cover of Snow Milchman, Jenny ★★★ Nov 04, 2016

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley Martinez, Antonio Garcia ★★★★ Nov 2016

I Am Legend Matheson, Richard ★★★★ Oct 27, 2016

The Wind Through the Keyhole: The Dark Tower IV-1/2 King, Stephen ★★★★ Oct 24, 2016

Zero K DeLillo, Don ★★★★ Oct 23, 2016

Commonwealth Patchett, Ann ★★★★★ Oct 19, 2016

Revolutionary Road Yates, Richard ★★★★ Oct 19, 2016

Thunderstruck Larson, Erik ★★★ Oct 11, 2016

American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye: A Guide to the Nation’s Favorite Spirit Risen, Clay ★★★★ Oct 09, 2016

The Bean Trees Kingsolver, Barbara ★★★ Oct 07, 2016

The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island Bryson, Bill ★★★ Oct 04, 2016

The Last Chinese Chef Mones, Nicole ★★★ Sep 27, 2016

Sweetbitter Danler, Stephanie ★★★ Sep 23, 2016

The Kingdom of Speech Wolfe, Tom ★★★★ Sep 16, 2016

Heroes of the Frontier Eggers, Dave ★★★★ Sep 14, 2016

Dark Matter Crouch, Blake ★★★★ Sep 13, 2016

Think Like a Freak Levitt, Steven D. ★★★ Sep 08, 2016

Before the Fall Hawley, Noah ★★★★ Sep 04, 2016

Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) Travers, P.L. ★★★★ Sep 2016

Dad Is Fat Gaffigan, Jim ★★★ Aug 30, 2016

The Secret River Grenville, Kate ★★★★ Aug 26, 2016

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Sebastian Junger ★★★ Aug 26, 2016

Salt to the Sea Sepetys, Ruta ★★★★ Aug 19, 2016

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Vance, J.D. ★★★★★ Aug 15, 2016

Speak Anderson, Laurie Halse ★★★ Aug 11, 2016

Boys in the Trees: A Memoir Simon, Carly ★★★ Aug 07, 2016

Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) Neuvel, Sylvain ★★★★ Aug 06, 2016

The Sympathizer Nguyen, Viet Thanh ★★★ Jul 31, 2016

The Wright Brothers McCullough, David ★★★★ Jul 27, 2016

Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin ★★★★ Jul 22, 2016

It King, Stephen ★★★★ Jul 21, 2016

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered Kleon, Austin ★★★★ Jul 18, 2016

End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3) King, Stephen ★★★★ Jul 16, 2016

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge Punke, Michael ★★★★ Jul 11, 2016

The Stranger Camus, Albert ★★★★ Jul 07, 2016

The Last Picture Show McMurtry, Larry ★★★★★ Jul 05, 2016

The Orphan Master’s Son Johnson, Adam ★★★★★ Jul 04, 2016

Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises Blume, Lesley M.M. ★★★★★ Jun 29, 2016

Wonderful Tonight Boyd, Pattie ★★★ Jun 23, 2016

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Lewis, Michael ★★★★ Jun 19, 2016

Orphan Train Kline, Christina Baker ★★★ Jun 14, 2016

A Burglar’s Guide to the City Manaugh, Geoff ★★ May 25, 2016

A Simple Plan Smith, Scott B. ★★★★ May 18, 2016

The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British Lyall, Sarah ★★ May 15, 2016

Dictator (Cicero, #3) Harris, Robert ★★★★★ May 06, 2016

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Swanson, James L. ★★★★ May 05, 2016

Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul ★★★★ May 03, 2016

At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bryson, Bill ★★★★ Apr 28, 2016

All Stories Are Love Stories Percer, Elizabeth ★★★ Apr 27, 2016

Leaving Time Picoult, Jodi ★★★ Apr 21, 2016

The Nest Sweeney, Cynthia D’Aprix ★★★★ Apr 17, 2016

All the Light We Cannot See Doerr, Anthony ★★★★★ Apr 06, 2016

Push Sapphire ★★★★ Apr 05, 2016

Sideways Pickett, Rex ★★★★ Mar 31, 2016

War Sebastian Junger ★★★★ Mar 23, 2016

The High Mountains of Portugal Martel, Yann 3.37 ★★★★★ Mar 21, 2016

A Doubter’s Almanac Canin, Ethan ★★★★★ Mar 15, 2016

Still Alice Genova, Lisa ★★★★ Mar 07, 2016

Anna and the Swallow Man Savit, Gavriel ★★★★★ Mar 06, 2016

A Moveable Feast Hemingway, Ernest ★★★★ Mar 02, 2016

A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl Pearl, Mariane ★★★★ Feb 29, 2016

Conspirata (Cicero, #2) Harris, Robert ★★★★★ Feb 28, 2016

When Breath Becomes Air Kalanithi, Paul ★★★★ Feb 22, 2016

My Name Is Lucy Barton Strout, Elizabeth ★★★★ Feb 19, 2016

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life Finnegan, William ★★★★★ Feb 16, 2016

Yes Please Poehler, Amy ★★★★ Feb 09, 2016

The Expatriates Lee, Janice Y.K. ★★★★★ Feb 07, 2016

Between the World and Me Coates, Ta-Nehisi ★★★★ Feb 04, 2016

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist Yapa, Sunil ★★★★★ Feb 2016

The Dinner Koch, Herman ★★★★ Feb 2016

Mr. Splitfoot Hunt, Samantha ★★★ Jan 26, 2016

Petty: The Biography Zanes, Warren ★★★★★ Jan 24, 2016

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life Adams, Scott ★★★★ Jan 22, 2016

The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) Russell, Mary Doria ★★★★★ Jan 18, 2016

Johnny Carson Bushkin, Henry ★★★★ Jan 11, 2016

Beautiful Ruins Walter, Jess ★★★★ Jan 09, 2016

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film Oswalt, Patton ★★★ Jan 02, 2016