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\"\"So many books, so little time\u2014part ten.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the tenth\u00a0year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

My favorite books of 2016 were probably You Will Know Me<\/a> by Megan Abbott, a mystery-thriller set in the world of women’s gymnastics; Eight Hundred Grapes<\/a> by Laura Dave, set in the world of wine-making; Sweetbitter<\/a> by Stephanie Danler, which is about the restaurant business; Barbara the Slut and Other People <\/a>by Lauren Holmes, a terrific collection of shot stories; and The Monsters of Templeton<\/a> by Lauren Groff, who also wrote Fates and Furies<\/a>, one of my favorite books I read last year.\u00a0\u00a0
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As usual, I tend to find an author I like and then read anything I can get my hands on. I adored Where’d You Go, Bernadette<\/a> by Maria Semple so much that I also read her two other\u00a0novels, Today Will be Different <\/a>(in development as a TV series with Julia Roberts)\u00a0and This One is Mine<\/a>, both of which I liked but didn’t LOVE the way I did Bernadette.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake<\/td>\nAnna<\/td>\nQuindlen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Why Not Me?<\/td>\nMindy<\/td>\nKaling<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boys & Girls Together<\/td>\nWilliam<\/td>\nGoldman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fun Home<\/td>\nAllison<\/td>\nBechdel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Precious Gifts<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 Degrees South<\/td>\nNeal<\/td>\nRabin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last One Home<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feel This<\/td>\nBen<\/td>\nStiller & Janeane Garofalo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Whole New Light<\/td>\nSandra<\/td>\nBrown<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All Fall Down<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Children Act<\/td>\nIan<\/td>\nMcEwan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purity<\/td>\nJonathan<\/td>\nFranzen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crooked Little Lies<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nTaylor Sissel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Rumor<\/td>\nElin<\/td>\nHildebrand<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Truth About Alice<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nMathieu<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girl Tripping<\/td>\nGina<\/td>\nIamanna<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everything’s Relative<\/td>\nJenna<\/td>\nMcCarthy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Clasp<\/td>\nSloane<\/td>\nCrosley<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Guestbook<\/td>\nAndrea<\/td>\nHurst<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Art of Peeling an Orange<\/td>\nVictoria<\/td>\nAvilan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What Alice Forgot<\/td>\nLiane<\/td>\nMoriarty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bettyville<\/td>\nGeorge<\/td>\nHodgman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Between the Lines<\/td>\nJodi<\/td>\nPicoult & Samantha van Leer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miss Adventure<\/td>\nGeralyn<\/td>\nCorcillo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who Do You Love?<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girl Waits With Gun<\/td>\nAmy<\/td>\nStewart<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Tender Bar<\/td>\nJ.R.<\/td>\nMoehringer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Monsters of Templeton<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nGroff<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connect the Stars<\/td>\nMarisa<\/td>\nde los Santos and David Teague<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbara the Slut and Other People<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nHolmes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Moon and More<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Apartment<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dead of Night<\/td>\nJ.D.<\/td>\nRobb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Swans of Fifth Avenue<\/td>\nMelanie<\/td>\nBenjamin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lizzie Bennett Diaries<\/td>\nBernie<\/td>\nSu and Kate Noble<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The List<\/td>\nSiobhan<\/td>\nVivan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One Plus One<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nora Roberts Land<\/td>\nMiles<\/td>\nAva<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windfallen<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dear Mr. You<\/td>\nMary Louise<\/td>\nParker<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Sleuth Sisters<\/td>\nMaggie<\/td>\nPill<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireside<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweetbitter<\/td>\nStephanie<\/td>\nDanler<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tiny Pretty Things<\/td>\nSona<\/td>\nCharaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Favorite Husband<\/td>\nPam<\/td>\nMcCutcheon<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Fixer Upper<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Inn at Rose Harbor<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Was Told There Would be Cake<\/td>\nSloane<\/td>\nCrosley<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Girl’s Guide to Moving on<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drinking Closer to Home<\/td>\nJessica Anya<\/td>\nBlau<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Identical<\/td>\nScott<\/td>\nTurrow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If I Stay<\/td>\nGayle<\/td>\nForman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Euphoria<\/td>\nLily<\/td>\nKing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eight Hundred Grapes<\/td>\nLaura<\/td>\nDave<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In the Unlikely Event<\/td>\nJudy<\/td>\nBlume<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remembrance<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Innocents & Others: A Novel<\/td>\nDana<\/td>\nSpiotta<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calling Invisible Women<\/td>\nJeanne<\/td>\nRay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royal Wedding<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eligible<\/td>\nCurtis<\/td>\nSittenfeld<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Man of the House<\/td>\nStephen<\/td>\nMcCauley<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Be Frank With Me<\/td>\nJulia<\/td>\nClaiborne Johnson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fallen in Love<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Four of a Kind<\/td>\nValerie<\/td>\nFrankel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Bridge Ladies<\/td>\nBetsy<\/td>\nLerner<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Goodbye Quilt<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
French Roast<\/td>\nAva<\/td>\nMiles<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Behind Closed Doors<\/td>\nB.A.<\/td>\nParis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heat & Light<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nHaigh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Grand Opening<\/td>\nAva<\/td>\nMiles<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paris for One & Other Stories<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Kind of Perfect<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nEllis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heroes Have Always Been My Weakness<\/td>\nSusan Elizabeth<\/td>\nPhillips<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Will Know Me<\/td>\nMegan<\/td>\nAbbott<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The History of Love<\/td>\nNicole<\/td>\nKrauss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today Will Be Different<\/td>\nMaria<\/td>\nSemple<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This One is Mine<\/td>\nMaria<\/td>\nSemple<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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