Year archive

Best books of 2016

Books selected by independent literary juries and editorial teams in 2016, gathered into one transparent, source-linked reading list. The chronology uses the award year for prizes and list year for editorial recommendations.

Selections
330
Authors
326
Lists & prizes
16

Showing 97–144 of 330

2016Young readers

Ida, Always

Caron Levis and Charles Santoso

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2016Mystery & crime

Jane Steele

Lyndsay Faye

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2016Young readers

King Baby

Kate Beaton

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2016Nonfiction

KooKooLand

Gloria Norris

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2016Nonfiction

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

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2016Nonfiction

Landmarks

Robert Macfarlane

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2016Young readers

Let Me Finish

Minh Lê, illustrated by Isabel Roxas

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2016Young readers

Little Red

Bethan Woollvin

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2016Graphic novels

March: Book Three

John Lewis, with Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell

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