Top Ten Tuesday is hosted at The Broke and the Bookish each week. This week's topic is supposed to be Ten Books I'm Looking Forward To For The First Half of 2017. However, I never did get my Best of 2016 list posted, so here we go:
Number of Books Read = 118
Number of Audiobooks = 56
Number of Female/Male Authors = 73/45
Fiction/Nonfiction = 102/16
Best Mystery
The Trespasser by Tana French
Honourable Mentions Best Mystery (because I read a lot of mysteries)
Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridasson
The Door in the River by Inger Ash Wolfe
Criminal by Karin Slaughter
Best Start to a Series
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Best End to a Series
End of Watch by Stephen King
Best Historical Mystery
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
Best Recommended Book
The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters
Best Childrens
Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge by Monica Kulling
Best Young Adult
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart
Favourite Characters
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy
The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty
Best Book by a New to Me Author
The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami
Best Historical Fiction
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
Best Book by a Tried and True Author
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
The Wonder by Emma Donaghue
A God in Ruin by Kate Atkinson
Best Epic Apocalyptic
The Fireman by Joe Hill
Best Short Story Collection
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie
Best Short Story
The Grown-Up by Gillian Flynn
Funniest
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Most Heartbreaking
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Runner up Most Heartbreaking
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Creepiest Novel
Her by Harriet Lane
Most Unique Book
The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys
Best Audiobook
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Best Nonfiction
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steven Sheinkin
Best Debut Book
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
