Laurel Cleary
What I read in 2016
JANUARY
My Brilliant
Friend
Elena Ferrante
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra
My Father's Tears and Other Stories John Updike
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes Kenneth E. Bailey
FEBRUARY
The Quest for Corvo
A.J.A. Symons
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler
Intellectuals Paul Johnson
MARCH
Zen in the Art of Writing Ray Bradbury
Rattlesnake Daddy Brent Spencer
The Sunne in Splendour Sharon Kay Penman
APRIL
So Long, See You Tomorrow William Maxwell
The Miracle John L'Heureux
The Imitation of Christ Thomas a Kempis
The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai
MAY
Fine Just the Way It Is
Annie Proulx
Prague Summer Jeffrey Condran
West With the Night Beryl Markham
The Life of Thomas More Peter Ackroyd
What We Talk About When We Talk About God Rob Bell
JUNE
The Art of Floating Kristin Bair O'Keeffe
Lolita *
Vladimir Nabokov
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Ben Fountain
JULY
The Discovery Dan Walsh
H is for Hawk Helen Macdonald
My Hollywood Mona Simpson
The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham
AUGUST
Harvest Jim Crace
Richard III William Shakespeare
Practicing God's Presence Brother Lawrence
Americanah * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
SEPTEMBER
Love Wins Rob Bell
The Bookman's Tale Charlie Lovett
Mapping Manhattan Becky Cooper
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton
OCTOBER
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson
The Life We Bury Allen Eskens
The Brendan Voyage Tim Severin
The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber
Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter
NOVEMBER
Memoirs of Hadrian Marguerite Yourcenar
The Book of My Lives Aleksandar Hemon
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure Sarah MacDonald
DECEMBER
Skippy Dies Paul Murray
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
A Toast to Tomorrow Manning Coles