Top Five Books of 2016

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What are your top five reads for 2016? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2016. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
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Yösirkus
tekijä: Erin Morgenstern
18,394 jäsentä
1,262 arvostelua
4.1
Global Rank 30
3 Members
krisa, IrishSue, flying_monkeys
Selitykset
flying_monkeys: Because I could see that magic, close my eyes and touch it. All my senses were fully engaged. It's a rare book that uses smells and sounds with such clarity and power.
2
Every Heart a Doorway
tekijä: Seanan McGuire
3,357 jäsentä
291 arvostelua
3.8
Global Rank 79
2 Members
lkmiller, flying_monkeys
Selitykset
flying_monkeys: Because it's beautiful, macabre, diverse. And it speaks to a secret, lifelong quest: to find my door.
3
All the Birds in the Sky
tekijä: Charlie Jane Anders
2,860 jäsentä
178 arvostelua
½ 3.6
Global Rank 20
4 Members
lkmiller, norabelle414, flying_monkeys, wolfeyluvr
Selitykset
flying_monkeys: Because it's a mash-up of sci-fi and fantasy, and it's the weirdest book I read in 2016. And I mean "weird" in the best possible way.
4
Parable of the Sower
tekijä: Octavia E. Butler
8,084 jäsentä
237 arvostelua
4.1
Global Rank 512
Member
flying_monkeys
Selitykset
flying_monkeys: Because its world is frighteningly close to reality, and because Lauren Olamina is the kind of leader a non-follower like myself would be proud to join on any quest.
5
Where Futures End
tekijä: Parker Peevyhouse
129 jäsentä
5 arvostelua
½ 3.4
Global Rank 748
Member
flying_monkeys
Selitykset
flying_monkeys: Because it's YA for the thinking teen (or adult). Time travel, an alternate universe, and some scary ideas of just how far social media and corporate sponsorship could go.