2016 Book Recap

This is just for personal record-keeping. These are the 74 books I read in 2016. Divided by category.

In 2016, I read 74 books: 9 nonfiction (6 memoir), 10 YA, 24 Misc. Fiction (12 romance), 11 erotica, 18 re-reads, and 2 books I didn’t finish.

In 2015, I read 71 books: 11 Nonfiction (5 memoir), 22 YA, 23 Misc. fiction books, 9 erotica, 2 re-reads, and 4 books I didn’t finish.

Nonfiction:

1. Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon (biography)
2. Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola (memoir)
3. The Real Thing: Lessons on Love…From a Wedding Reporter by Ellen McCarthy (memoir)
4. I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag by Jennifer Gilbert (memoir)
5. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (memoir)
6. Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (memoir)
7. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (memoir)
8. Rising Strong by Brene Brown (psych)
9. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (psych)

Young Adult:

1. Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
2. Finding Audrey by Sophia Kinsella
3. Upstaged by Patricia McCowan
4. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
5. The Crown (Selection #5) by Kiera Cass
6. The Heir (Selection #4) by Kiera Cass
7. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
9. The Heiresses by Sara Shepard
10. Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas

Miscellaneous Fiction (includes chick lit/romance):

1. The Whip by Karen Kondazian
2. Longbourn by Jo Baker
3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick
5. Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
6. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
7. The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes
8. Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
9. Self Help by Lori Moore (essays)
10. Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes (essays)
11. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J.Ryan Stradal
12. Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
13. Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (romance)
14. Cream of the Crop (Hudson Valley #2) by Alice Clayton (romance)
15. Nuts (Hudson Valley #2) by Alice Clayton (romance)
16. Happy Ever After (Bride Quartet #4) by Nora Roberts (romance)
17. Savor the Moment (Bride Quartet #3) by Nora Roberts (romance)
18. Bed of Roses (Bride Quartet #2) by Nora Roberts (romance)
19. Vision in White (Bride Quartet #1) by Nora Roberts (romance)
20. Untamed by Diana Palmer (romance)
21. Merciless by Diana Palmer (romance)
22. Wyoming Strong by Diana Palmer (romance)
23. Love, Come to Me by Lisa Kleypas (romance)
24. Accidentally Yours by Susan Mallery (romance)

Erotica:

1. Grey by E.L. James
2. Michief and the Masters (Masters of Shadowlands #12)
3. Protecting his Own (MoS #11) by Cherise Sinclair
4. Perfectly Paired (Topped #3) by Lexi Blake
5. Submission is not enough (Masters and Mercenaries #12) by Lexi Blake
6. Dominance Never Dies (Masters and Mercenaries #11) by Lexi Blake
7. From Sanctum with Love (Masters and Mercenaries #10) by Lexi Blake
8. You Only Love Twice (Masters and Mercenaries #8) by Lexi Blake
9. The Men with Golden Cuffs (Masters and Mercenaries #2) by Lexi Blake
10. Ruthless (Lawless #1) by Lexi Blake
11. Her Highland Master by Anya Summers

Didn’t Finish:

1. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Rereads:

1. Servicing the Target (Masters of Shadowlands #10)
2. 1001 Dark Nights: Show Me, Baby (MoS #9) by Cherise Sinclair
3. If Only (MoS #8) by Cherise Sinclair
4. This is who I am (MoS #7) by Cherise Sinclair
5. To Command and to Collar (MoS #6) by Cherise Sinclair
6. Make me, Sir (MoS #5) by Cherise Sinclair
7. Lean on Me (MoS #4) by Cherise Sinclair
8. Breaking Free (MoS #3) by Cherise Sinclair
9. Dark Citadel (MoS #2) by Cherise Sinclair
10. Club Shadowlands (MoS #1) by Cherise Sinclair
11. The Dom’s Dungeon by Cherise Sinclair
12. Mr. Cavendish, I presume by Julia Quinn
13. Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
14. A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
15. Fat Cat by Robin Brande
16. Amelia by Diana Palmer
17. Heartbreaker by Diana Palmer
18. Hurt Me So Good by Joely Sue Burkhart